Gd3 Flashcards
He joined United as a free
agent
The injury had kept him
sidelined
There is no guarantee government edicts will be
respected
Leaving many other residents outraged by the flagrant
law breaking
Drivers were particularly irked when protesters closed off
major roads
Climb over a kerbside
fence
The habit can only be stubbed out by enforcement officers on ad hoc inspections. When they enter an establishment, smokers can quickly ditch
the evidence
The authorities appear to be slow to rein in
offenders
Glassy-eyed teenagers stumble around or pass out after
a lengthy drinking session
She wed in a sham
marriage
A postmortem was
conducted
He emerged as a lightning rod for criticism after appearing unaware of the extent of the humanitarian disaster that
unfolded after the hurricane hit
Entrenched rural
interests
He raised the
subject of his future with
She imagined him toadying
to his rich clients
To mend the
rift
Job drought after supporting Occupy worth
the sacrifice
Anthony Wong has endured six
lean months
Took on occasional celebrity
endorsements
Has a moral
compass
He claimed he was the victim of a media
witch-hunt
A government that has a public
mandate
Their lack of hope for the future has fed into a
mood that also discourages innovation and local start-ups
They do not want to stick their
necks out
Salaries in fact have declined in real
terms after accounting for inflation
The helicopters lifted
off at 1030 hours
Work began again
in earnest
Councilor Smith performed the topping
out ceremony
To tap rising
affluence on the mainland
A golden finial was installed on top of
the tallest of the castle s eight towers
We have been keeping an ear
out for any news
Ratcheted up
pressure on its Hong Kong counterpart
Various theme parks could differentiate themselves with proprietary attractions and different lines of
products or memorabilia
At a tender age of 10, the Airbus A380 is already entering
a mid-life crisis
As the mid point of the year approaches, the plane has yet again
drawn a blank on deals
It is a far cry from the
jubilation in 2005
It heralds a new dawn of travel, pairing ultra-luxury with mass transport while alleviating the
strain on congested airports
To rediscover the A380 as a
work horse
The tepid response has haunted Airbus, particularly since the A380 is a hit with
the flying public
Perks like bars have
created buzz
Young lovers
love birds
Love me,
love my dog
When the wolf comes in at the door,
love creeps out of the window
First thrive and
the wive
When poverty comes in at the door,
love flies out of the window
To marry into
aristocracy
Marriage of
convenience
God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the
depths of the soul
In a strike situation, a large numbers of crews will not cross
picket lines and flight disruption is to be expected
Not fill-in for
colleagues during standby duty
Crews can opt to trigger cancellations through
tactical sickness
A presidential pardon is an act of grace or mercy, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of laws, which exempts the individual, on whom it is
bestowed, from punishment the courts inflict for a crime he or she committed
His private life better known in Britain than here at home has not prepared on the
radar of the Canadian media
He is off the radar
in the UK but in his country of birth he is a well-known figure
Chicken cooked
on a spit
The windows were grimed like
a coal miner’s goggles
I will be much
obliged if
Oblige me by not being
sorry for yourself
Esoteric philosophical
debate
David asked my dressmaker to
taper his trousers
Just a little poetic
license
She wiggled her
toes
She kicked and
wriggled but he held her firmly
A misanthropic
drunken loner
In the fridge it
goes
I saw the sort of riff raff that
had been invited
A dirt-cheap
price
Are you allergic to
regulations
The weather is taking a change for
the worse
He won only 49 per cent of the vote, so a
run-off will be held
Water polluted by run-offs
from farmland
To take the chequered
flag
I gave up a coveted
job, that of editor-in-chief
It is going to be a temperature
testing
Much pleased to
oblige
The highlight of the day, as always, the Piu Sik afternoon parade, in which hot
button issues were fodder for mockery
The letdown came after a sunny day
with temperatures of up to
China has unveiled plans to expand its naval power as part of an assertive military strategy that aims to go beyond
its present push for offshore defence to open seas protection
The cat is out of
the bag
A blatant
disregard of law
Lin slammed Leung for committing the crime out of financial gain and
perversity, saying the offences had been far from a momentary lapse of judgement
To get a word in
edgeways
Go
commando
Lax
discipline
To snap the four-day
descending streak
I do not want harp
on about the past
Squeaky
clean
Have a forensic eye for turning a scandal-hit
governing body into a transparent organization
Hong Kong prides itself on an
efficacious supply-chain management service system
The city s unrivaled status could be up for scrutiny with a host of
factors coming into play
Not oblivious to the challenges ahead, the FS reassured
the industry of its future
Hong Kong is in dire
need of upgrading its management services
An acute scarcity of land in the logistics industry are denting
foreigners interest
Trade zones are pilling pressure on Hong Kong to pull up
its socks, and Hong Kong hopes to have a finger in the mainland pie
Wise
guy
But practice does not match
policy
One of their biggest gripes is the practice of ministers writing Chinese-only blogs to
float important policy ideas
Getting a straight answer from the bureau was an
exercise in frustration
People who have inflated
opinions of their command of the language
Stand-up briefings
by government officials
Mo is fiercely
critical of the city’s education system
Past education reforms have exasperated
the teachers
Edward only knows a smattering
of Welsh
Let me say this with absolute
conviction and justification
I am not speaking as your stereotypical whingeing
expatriate bemoaning the loss of the colonial era
Later the police paraded him in front of news photographers in a humiliating
perp walk
What I found particular galling was Lam’s curt
reply that he had already answer the question in Cantonese
They are seen as smart
alecks or teacher s pets by their cooler classmates. Go figure
Things are going
swimmingly
A wrong-headed
desire to
To vote as a
block
The doubts continued to gnawed
at me
Bad hair
day
The sleek horses, cute lambs, elephants and a hippopotamus could be
auditioned for kitschy animal calendars
A no-nonsense
approach
