Gd2 Flashcards
I was pooped and
flopped into bed
He started tailgating the
motorist in front
A small force would hold the position until
reinforcements could be sent
The stench of
rotting fish
The audience responded with whoops
and hollers
Trying to shop with three children in
tow is no joke
I thought I was a
goner
They conducted a kangaroo
court there and then
A plane clipped a
bridge shortly after take off
The dashboard
camera of an oncoming car
The aircraft half-submerged in the river, with its fuselage
crumpled and tail broken
The plane tilted fully to
its side
Some passengers, dazed and shell-shocked, managed to climb
out of the wreckage
The line between life and work became
blurred
The stigma of mental
disorder
Some of the men tried to get
fresh with the girls
The idea had been a good idea even if it had not
panned out
He has risen to where he is mainly by sucking
up to the president
Point an accusing
finger
The fuselage was brought
ashore
His smile became even more
ingratiating
He hurried
to the door
They hustled him off, leaving the entire household in a state of panic, quite at
loss to know what the trouble could be
Everyone pressed him to give a full
account of what had transpired
Celebrated interest of
scenic interest
His delight goes without
saying
The country is well placed to take
advantage of the single market
His jumpsuit appears to be doused
with a liquid, possibly a flammable accelerant
Do pin it
on me
Things said in the
heat of the moment
The girls became shrews
and harridans
The aircraft was seen to lurch
between buildings
Burn off
the fuel
Would you mind terribly
serving as the representative
Potluck
tasting
The potstickers in the greasy
spoon seem great
Come and take
potluck with us
He don’t have time to cook anything special but she can put an
extra plate on the table for you
He undressed them with my eyes, the girls I met, I lusted
after them with my thoughts
A soccer
Amom
The pastor has long been a thorn
in the side of the regime
The cab rank
rule
A bespoke
suit
My ears pricked up when I
overheard two guys discussing the actress
She struck me as a bit
of a scatterbrain
Carpe
diem
He need for some congenial
company
He went back to a climate more congenial to his cold
stony soul
He resorted to dilatory tactics, forcing a
postponement of peace talks
Normally she would accept the challenge, but she
demurred
She was an instant celebrity, feted
by the media
A reverent
silence
Buildings made of
knapped flint
A crippling affliction of the
nervous system
Some of the horses foundered and damaged
themselves in the stones of the riverbed
The world is run
on tricks
US dollar cross
rates
I am so tied
up with work
To go with your
gut
Power
walk
The panacea for
corporate ills
Political
leanings
A maze of legal
mumbo jumbo
It was quite a
slap
I think it said it
all
It almost slipped my
mind
It is just that we
wanted to
I am delicate
girl
I live on borrowed
time
It is just a
hiccup
I am no expect
but
No hot
dates
My water
broke
Both our triumphs and
missteps
Promises made and
broken
I got a huge favour to
ask
On one
condition
You want to go
see
I got a promise that I never live
up to
They smiled tentatively to
each other
You have been working
out
The strike lasted practically
a fortnight
The letter assuaged the
fears of most members
He pulled a different
groupie every night
Shorter dress would get you
wolf whistles
He clings to
ideals
All the staff have slunk
off home
People love self-depreciating
humour
Members have grown tired of the
backbiting in the group
You can compete with me but you cannot do so by riding
on my coattails
Lead sb to the
altar
Her warning glare against fraternizing with
the enemy
They have a huge reserve of latent
talent
He sneaks up on
us slyly
A limp
handshake
I was looking for the
shift
Lean on my
shoulder
A test-prep
group
He shorted
me
Can you run the
card please
Hold down the
fort
I cannot stand
the idea that a jerk hurting her
A promiscuous
girl
Granted, Maria was two years older than her, but it is not a
question of age
The brick of the villages was
pulverized by the bombardment
Early
seating
He loves stodgy
puddings
A Freudian
slip
A toupee
A
Are these bitter
tears
Do not sell yourself
short, you have got what it takes
I am only too happy
to oblige
Here is wishing you joy
and progress
He is licentious and
treacherous
It is not a female prerogative to
feel insecure
He wanted to jump
her
Bump her
off
You look
beat
A bow
wow
We could not help notice how pretty and intelligent she was and
we just click
I am sure I was shortchanged
at the bar
Emerging markets used to be the beacon of hope in the world economy, but now they are often
a source of gloom
Brazil is mired in
stagflation
Russia is in recession, battered by
Western sanctions and the slump of oil price
South Africa is plagued by
inefficiency and corruption
India could take
wing
It must shed the legacy of counter
productive policies
To slash red
tape
India possesses untold
promise
The economy has been balkanized by taxes
levied at state borders
The economy seem to be on an increasingly
stable footing
The tried and
tested development economy
Ill-educated
youngster
A long-standing plan is on
ice
They have a rare chance to turbocharge India
take off
Debts become more onerous because the amount that is owed does not
fall as earnings do
Central banks should err on the side of
looseness
Their allegiance to inflation targets runs
deep
The clock was calmly inching
forward
There was a cautious
rap on the door
Enunciating fastidiously with drawn-out
pauses between words
The change in his voice was nothing but the harbinger of a
severe cold, an occupational hazard of traveling salesmen
Only an outright miracle would prevent
injury to his head
Still this risk has to
be run
The teachers made spiteful
little jokes about me
Slap some sense
into you
It is a busy kitchen where speed is of the essence and this creation was whipped up faster than you can say
pan-seared fish with herb, garlic and cheese sauce
Revenge is a dish best
served cold
Nosey
Parker
He cannot stand anyone
in sight
Make amends
for you
A sleazy private
detective
Shawl
A
Go on a wild goose
chase
A chance
encounter
I was born with no
silver spoon
Diamond in the rough or
rough diamond
By all
counts
Has the hots
for
Too close a
call
Stiff-necked
look
The minute you snapped
out of it
The queue at the bank had not
budged
A small-time
hustler trying to sell their stuff
Women spell
trouble
The economy is in dire
straits
Just rattle the
bell
I need a
breather
Let set the record
right
He feigned nervousness or
ignorance
It is a raw
deal
Babies
burp
The Joneses
Mentality
There is enough ruckus over
identity cards
Party
pooper
Call it
quits
I was all rattled
up
Forgive my tardiness, I have some important business to
attend to
I would love to, but
alas a previous engagement
A piquant tartar
sauce
Made with light flaky white fish fillet, topped with tangy
tartar sauce all on a lightly steamed bun
A sham
marriage
A chance
encounter
He nodded off during the
sermon
In an attempt to introduce a note of levity, the words were a
disastrous flop
We are living
proof
In those days women are not accepted as scholars, much
less mathematicians
It is a blessing in
disguise
I was just zoning
out for a moment
He cooed with
delight as he unpacked the bags
Probably under the
radar
Chow
time
The group gets thinner and
thinner
Get new mob top
hairdo
Beatles mania was in full
swing
Their performance was pretty rough
around the edges
Someone with his high profile in sport must take the rough
with the smooth
His boss is stingy and
idle
His forecast is always off
the mark
The government is running
deficit
A measure appropriate to a wartime
economy
She does not seem to share his sense of
urgency
His laconic reply suggested a
lack of interest in the topic
I have been told I come off as
disinterested, I have ugly duckling syndrome
Try to keep your childlike
wonder
She showed victims no
compassion
The judge handed down his
sentence to
Law has been remanded in
custody
Law was found guilty of inflicting
grievous bodily harm with intent
The court was given a rare
glimpse into the life of the defendant
Instruments used in the case are not the instruments
per se for the infliction of the injuries
Law had been vilified, demonized and
ostracized since the case came to light
Law stood
impassively in the dock when the judge announced her sentence
They deal with an issue as and when it
rears its head
The buying frenzy spread to
government-subsidized housing
The house, with its boarded-up windows, was hardly
inviting
The bricks were used as a
facing on the concrete core
It is vital that team members step out of their
silos and start working together
A family
get-together
There are many insurmountable
odds between us
A teenage mom tried to smother
her baby in hospital
I guess we could agree to
disagree
I will race
you to the bedroom
Your work performance has been a little
off
Morgan drank half the Scotch and smacked
his lips
He was only doodling in the
margin
My ears were about to freeze
off
The committee was set up in the wake of the
inquiry
The abysmal performance of the national team has become an embarrassment and a
source of public resentment
Its nemesis South Korea and Japan automatically
qualified as the hosts
To press forward
undaunted
It was originally intended for an audience of students already
fairly well-informed about general linguistics
The pink-tinged pachyderm is the ninth white elephant to be held in captivity in the former
junta-run country
Despite their name, the revered
creatures are not actually white
The population of endangered Asian elephants are threatened by
poaching and habitat loss due to logging
His six-year tenure has also been marred by a big drop-off in stock trading volume, hit by scandals that have called the bourse s regulatory
prowess into question as well as ferocious competition from Hong Kong
There was a perception of a possible conflict of interest between its regulatory and
for-profit roles
Even before his impending departure, calls for a new watchdog had
gathered steam
The city flagship ensemble showed no sign of a recent mutiny as it unleashed a powerful
sound in the absence of three backbone players in a performance
Despite the rancour, the group appeared unaffected by the
aborted coup
It was no easy feat for both performers and audiences to sit
through works which were relatively new
A reprise affirmed their artistic worth
for a second hearing
Slightly amplified, the delicate sound of western instrument conveyed a lone voice against the full orchestra that
yielded interesting effects
It was a collection of folk styles from around China
blended into one organic whole
Contrasting moods and sonic effects
abounded
The primal vigour was audacious, intoxicating the audience with the
unique sonority no other orchestra could produce
Is it bad to crack your
knuckles
Is there any truth
to this
I would never have
guessed
Attacker showed no remorse during a
chilling interview
The comments reflect a wider
instinct to blame victims of sex crime
Why are they making
a fuss about us
She was savagely
attacked on a moving bus
The case sparked much soul-searching about the treatment of women, but campaigners say little has changed in the deeply
patriarchal country
The male is nowhere in sight
of blame
A history of particularly gruesome
rapes
The victim should not have fought
back
Deranged
monsters
They boarded an off-duty
bus
He stayed at the wheel
throughout
He kept expressing bewilderment that such a
a fuss was being made
I tried, really hard, to search for a
glimmer of regret
It would be easier to process this heinous crime if the perpetrators were monsters, and just the
rotten apples in the barrel, aberrant in nature
I wrung my hands together and buried my
face into my hands
He had muffled her
screams with his big hand
His eerie
half-smile
A girl is accorded
no value
I would put petrol on her and set
her alight
He did not disown that
comment when I put it to him
Female feticide,
A\honour killings
Gender inequality is the major
tumour
They braved a freezing December and a ferocious government crackdown of water
cannons, baton charges, and teargas shells
The presence is reminiscent to me of the crowd that had thronged
the square
A gathering of civil society that demanded a conversation that was long
overdue
An appalling record of
violence
Look at the darkest recesses of
the human heart
I woke one morning on the shoot, wet from head to toe, bathed in sweat and fear and my heart was
knocking against my ribcage
What carried me through was what had inspired
me in the first place
We are now on the cusp of
change
The growing public clamour for more policemen on
the beat
There was oddly little global
furor
He let his business
slide
A cushy life or
job
Germaphobe
A
The dispute soured the
relations between the two countries
Good riddance to all the fanatical
hangers-on
He hurled insults at bar staff in a
fit of anger during a loud tirade
He cut up his membership card in
disgust
A vast choice of consumer goods sets
Hong Kong apart
Soft flesh is no match for mortar shells, rocket-propelled grenade fragments and shrapnel thrown
out in all directions by roadside bombs
Torrential rain turned the building site into
a quagmire
China s rubber-stamp
parliament
The highlight of the minutely
scripted proceedings
To flesh out Chinese officialdom s
latest economic slogan
The film has gone the way of all flesh after being
slated by the critics
To take a tougher
line over
He was alert and
conscious
The ebb and flow of state politics and
power
It is the same difference to
me
They would revoke your
parole
He was jostled by passengers rushing
for the gates
The two sides are haggling
over television right
Many industry observers are predicting a flop of
potentially gigantic proportions
Heavy use of apps will cause the battery to
drain in around five hours
There is at least a good chance that critics will be left with
egg on their face
If the Watch lives up to its
hype, Apple may well become the first US trillion company
A spate of suicides a decade ago led Tin Shui Wai to be nicknamed
City of Sorrows
Stigmatization comes from ignorance and
prejudice
Each model features a three-way
pan-and-tilt head
His armor, once immaculately burnished
gold, was now tarnished and dented in a dozen locations
A man who took advantage of any
opportunity to burnish his image
I knew next to nothing about
farming
They called the reports next to
useless
His resignation was a tactical
gambit
The cowboys goaded their
Acattle across the meadows
She is in pieces and cannot even
speak to him
Office-romp couple
unmasked
The sexual antics were caught on
camera
They started to get bored and drift
off back to that dance floor
Customers across the road got a front-row
seat for the show
It started with a casual
flirt
Off comes the tights, down goes
his head
The patrons were pressing up against
windows yelling their approval
A cheeky
grin
Flattery will get you nowhere, she
quipped
We may criticize them for a lapse of
decency taking advantage of that
In the hastily written note, scrawled on a scrunched
up piece of lined paper, he says he was only speaking to a friend for a few seconds was not constantly talking
The report reveals racism and
right-wing bigotry
They hunted
game in Alaska
They made political hay
out of the issue
The fracas was broken
up by the stewards
He is on the slippery
slope towards a life of crime
Hong Kong s political development falls entirely
within China s domestic affairs
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Shenzhen is devoutly paying
homage to Apple with several companies launching clones of the Apple Watch ahead of its release next month
Many lookalikes can be
found
Hi tech knock
offs
The type has little tolerance for an emotional monkey
wrench jamming their machines
The only outward evidence of this enthusiasm will be silent
pacing or staring into the distance
He got so caught up in their
logic
They thought the teachers were arrogant and
condescending
The ultimate insult comes as INTPs give up with a
dismissive never mind
He carries out random spot checks to keep everyone on
their toes
Still waters
run deep
Provide their own in
equal measure
Reach dazzling
heights on their career ladder
To go with the
flow
To take the reins into
your own hands
A knock on the door broke
his reverie
The tortoise beats the
hare, again
Run with the hare and
hunt with the hounds
A colourful hand-painted
motifs which adorn narrowboats
The island, say the detractors, has been
devoured by development
Lesser-known tipples
A
They are served on a hot skillet and come with a generous amount of mozzarella
A
A 10-ingredient
marinade
In a rice dish, the gooey cheese adds
flavour and texture
Sous-chef
A
The monster show that now bestrides
the globe actually began in 1977
She was drafted in to broaden
its appeal
He is a staple of the
economy
His departure from the show heralded a slump in
viewing figures and it was put on ice in 2001
We have gone out aggressively
pitching for new business
The BBC has traditionally been quite coy about revealing commercial details, but it seems
fairly safe to say he is a multi-millionaire
He takes a cut of the
international rights
They want a slice of the juicy
Top Gear pie
The BBC would be loath to
lose it
They offer a guarantees way of drumming
up a crowd
Barely a week goes
by without
A cursory glance through the annals of history will prove
this beyond doubt
An ingenious, fresh take on a
well-worn subject
Without him, the movement would not be the popular
juggernaut it is today
The haute
bourgeoisie
He was living in
exile in London
On a whim, he bought
them both
He concocted various strategies to build
a market for
His elegant, art-bedecked
apartment
The artists were largely
reviled
To scope out the
place
To wear a
demeanour of
Try unheard
of
I was a dead
man
A armed robber in a heist has been panicked into opening fire because he thought store staff had seen
through his act as a big-spending customer and were about to tackle him
The shocked victims of an armed
hold-up
Police were poring over closed-circuit television footage in an effort to
pinpoint the fugitive s escape route
A patrol car gave
chase and finally overtook him
The officers mounted a fruitless
nine-hour search
A journalists masquerading as a man in
distress
Idle gossip that masquerades as
news
Emulous young
writer
Land you in
a hospital
The protection of liberties is immanent in
constitutional arrangements
Heads I win, tails
you lose
To look over your
shoulder
Party hardliners have to stop taking extreme
positions on immigration
He left the girls defenseless by spiking
a drink with tranquilizers
He claimed that the sex was
consensual
As most of the facts of the case are uncontested, it is being dealt with
under closed-door
A tell-all
article in the tabloids
He is trailing in
the poll
He was survived by his wife and
six children
They trawled through two
corpora of English
That represents a blend of theory and practice that was long
overdue in translation studies
The prosecution attorney has the burden to
proof
I was casing the
joint
Side
business
He chanced to pick up one among the indiscriminately
shelved books
The once-funny joke has become a
banality in the camp
She was short and
cuddly
The authority slaps hefty
fines to polluters
Potable
water
The question of redomicile of the company registered in one country to another jurisdiction becomes relevant if the current country changes the
conditions of company operation such as its tax rate
His years in office were marked by corruption and
nepotism
This is the work of
fate
Tailwinds are building for a European
equity recovery
Curtains for ATV as Exco pulls the
plug on ailing broadcaster
The CE and his cabinet finally pulled the
plug on struggling broadcaster ATV
On an April Fool’s Day filled with real-life drama that created a bigger sensation than any programme the
cash-strapped station has produced in recent years
It decided that ATV did not deserve the
lifeline it has been desperately seeking
Its licence could be revoked
altogether
That was just after HKTVs maverick boss, Ricky Wong, categorically denied Wong Ching s stunning claim the previous day that the telecom veteran would be
the while knight
The fate of the staff hung
in balance
Perry never passed up a chance to wax
eloquent at a banquet
The once-sizzling real estate
market
I am writing to express our grave concern over the
reckless manner of
The panels were unplugged, wires left
in disarray, and system dongo was removed and displaced
It is imperative, I hope you would agree, that students should be made
aware of the importance of civility and care of public property
In this spirit, we demand a written apology from your party for their lack of
civic responsibility in this event
The ground is beginning to look like the
finished article
Our minds are heavily conditioned and
circumscribed by habits
He gave her a lascivious
wink
Manhole
cover
He had been recruited by the KGB to inform
on his fellow students
A man leapt out brandishing
a knife
Apple Watch launch fails to
chime with Hong Kong gadget fans
I told her what had happened and she took it
all in her stride
Do not pull a
no-show
It is so many times. I cannot keep
count
Retailers in districts frequented by Shenzhen visitors are bracing for an expected
cutback in cross border traffic
There was high demand for daily
staples such as milk powder
The change would likely be the “nail in the coffin” of many businesses in the trade who would bear unnecessary
brunt the the new policy
Parallel trading
ringleaders
What a becoming
dress
Stool
pigeon
She sure has quite
the eye
Beat or bang the drum of or for
the free market
As any director will tell you, doing Shakespeare is not a
walk in the park
I will have to eat humble
pie at training after being sent off for punching
I decided to go for broke and
turn professional
He was desperate not to
slight a guest
The president would be appointed on
merit once the AIIB had been formally established
A proposal should be judged on its
merits when it comes forward for approval
Obama has voiced misgivings
about the bank’s transparency
Cost
overruns
Salaries did not change significantly in quarter three, although golden handshakes and
guaranteed bonuses have almost disappeared from the offer table
Any time
soon
A fortunate stroke of
serenpidity
I wonder if the doctor was being deliberately
obtuse
Kilted
skirts
I am after a hard
disk
Don’t you
dare
The judge gave short shrift to an
argument based on the right to free speech
It took four years of struggle before we managed to
make our mark
She treated him to a coy
smile of invitation
Powell embarks on a publicity blitz that
promises to be the D-day of author tours
The accommodation is fairly
spartan
She accepted both the good and the
bad with equanimity
A poignant reminder of the
passing of time
Much academic language is obscure and
verbose
Disappear off into
Neverland
Shinzo Abe stopped short of repeating
previous premiers apologies
You cannot fault him for
the professionalism of his approach
It is not a female prerogative
to feel insecure
An idea just came out the
top of my head
The literature they forced down our
throats in high school
Live in
shoeboxes
They wore cool shades and a
leather jacket
Stay at the
forefront
It tempts to jump in. That is the
kid in me
She dipped the ladle into the
casserole dish
She flinched at the acidity in
his voice
He had faced death without
flinching
A salary
man
We cannot raise the
dead
She sounded in a jocular
mood
He transgressed the boundary of
courtesy and made rude jokes at work
Her mirthful eyes belie
her feeling
The cacophony of deafening
alarm bells
The man bantered
with the waitresses
The masses were too preoccupied by prosaic
day-to-day concerns
You are a tough
cookie
Love transcends
all difference
Weasel
words
Top
brass
A desert plain dotted
with scrub
Her voice was non-committal, and her face gave
nothing away
Crimes of the utmost
gravity
The plane engine was
acting up
Neither fish or
fowl
Rickety folding
table
Most ice cream stores are mom-and-pop
shops that lack the funds needed to finance such a study
Add that to your
preference
She was too quick for him and jinked
away every time
The defenders are closing in on
him from all sides
He denies that his staff overstepped the
mark in lobbying
I lost count of how many times I cheated
death
The house was dark and
uninviting
A stout lady in an unbecoming
striped sundress
He was an unassuming and
kindly man
The luxury department store Galeries Lafayette closed its doors to all others shoppers so that the visitors could
browse the aisles, and queue at the till, in relative peace
The authorities were pulling out all the
stops to accommodate the wishes of the group
Tiens top dogs have gone one better with VVIP
treatment lavished on them
The bar was a favourite haunt of
artists of the time
The case was the second porcine
incursion of the day
Once I was able to sift through, I found I was surrounded by mannequins
displaying the newest Berliner collection
To stand on
alert
They also had to contend with teasing
from a passer-by
Only hard braking and a quick turn on to
the hard shoulder saved our bacon
He chaperoned her to far-flung
places such as Jordan and Egypt for tournaments
This title was as much as his
as it was hers
My head ached, my arms and legs felt like lead
weights, and I was groggy with sleep
Not bad for a youngster with a waif-like
build who grew up in Tai Po
A seamstress for a
garment factory
As the reality of her victory sank in, his father remained
stoic outwardly, though inside she knew he was beaming with pride
Her relationship with his father is integral
to her success on the baize
She tugged at the
lapel of her vest
The players donned their
football shirts
The support she receives is unmatched by even
the top British players
While Ng is coy about her status on the global stage, Griffiths
has no doubt
He is coy
about his age
This was no time to be coy
about asking for money
An irascible and
difficult man
A doleful
look
A facetious
remark
He led a reclusive
life
Poverty is not a shame, but the being
ashamed of it
Street urchins dressed in
rags
An unbidden
guest
Pull the wool over
someone s eyes
They quit the rat
race in order to live a simple life
To be caught up in the rat
race seems to mean that a compromise has to be made
The notion of doing things for the sake of doing them, the pressure and the rigid timetables take the
enjoyment factor out of the question
Police laid a holding charge of manslaughter, but dropped it hours later because
he had an alibi
The passengers began to
disembark
He has become rather chummy
with Ted recently
He enfolded her in
his arms and strokes her hair
She is too much of a softie
to fire anyone
She had been granted absolution
for her sins
I do not like to be beholden
to anyone
The end game of the
negotiations
In the course of ninety minutes, chances are so
few and far between
Before it comes to the boil, take it
off the heat
A nifty black
shirt
The overcrowded housing conditions have
sordid and degrading
A peerless
cartoonist
Thin streaks of cloud
trailed across an azure sky
Raucous
youths
He spoke without
rancour
She was morose and
silent when she got home
They were served by
obsequious waiters
A convivial cocktail
party
Any resemblance is pure
coincidence
Cast ne’er a clout till
May is out
Little strokes fell
great oaks
In vino veritas.
In wine there is truth
A face that launched a
thousand ships
Their wedding anniversary is a red letter
day for the young couple
The helicopter crews are not
daredevils, indifferent to danger
Take aim at a civilian protester, squeeze
the trigger and shoot
They had been pelted with stones and Molotov
cocktails and many had at least minor injuries
It was not clear whether the police involved had been reprimanded or prosecuted, said the sources, who spoke
on condition of anonymity
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is grilled
in court about Macau s beheading plot
