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
Stick your
chest out
For serial expats, moving around means relationships will often boil down to t
one big stick-or-twist momen
They knew the pitfalls of
long-distance
Swab your
ears after a shower
Lead a vagrant
life
There was a tendency for students to
factionalise
Just grit your
teeth and hang on
I feel the hand of
history upon our shoulders
Regina Ip tearfully regrets Hong Kong reform vote
misstep
I thought I’d just throw in my
two cents’ worth
If I may put my two cents in, that hat does not
do you any favours
Recriminations fly among the pro-Beijing over
bungled vote on electoral reform
Finger pointing and
bickering escalated
A sudden flurry of
meetings and telephone calls at Beijing s liaison office
Flexing its
muscles again in Hong Kong affairs
Their bungle reduced the much-appreciated showdown between pan-democrats and Beijing loyalists in Legco
to a farce
The prompt contacts with lawmakers in the wake of the debacle speak volumes about the
high profile it adopts over Hong Kong s electoral reform
A government-friendly lawmaker said on condition of
anonymity
Wifi is
spotty
Squally
showers
I find it infinitely more
satisfying if
Put sb on
the spot
They appear to be making headway in bringing the
revels under control
A six minute
headway
Despite dissenting
voices
Acting on complaints, the university asked its
audit committee to examine
Warily
optimistic about
It seems churlish
to complain
A remand prisoner
escaped
Officers gave
chase
Competitors from as far as
afield as Aberdeen
He is literally chasing
me across the pond
The place was going
for a song
I never get the
hang of roller-skating
Mainland officials also offered a surprise
olive branch to the pan-democrats
Vote against the Beijing-decreed
blueprint
A totally unexpected development was the unprecedented media access to a building usually cloaked
in mystery
No witch-hunt
for messages leaker
Unmask the whistle-blower who
leaked messages
Poles apart
from
He was playing
footsie with Mara under the table
To part
ways
A pipe
dream
Medical charter
flight
The hall was packed to
capacity
To flag down
a taxi
Don’t you worry, we will get things
squared away
Find time to relax, unwind and loosen
your grip
The stalwarts of
the Labour Party
A lack of burning
issues
He staunched the
blood with whatever came to hand
Vi hissed, meeting his gaze, preparing to
stare him out
They are droll, yet morbid, featuring amusing little colourful happy people behaving with perfect
presence of mind
A series of lifeline from Beijing failed to stop the
slide in the mainland s stock market
After waiting ten minutes without seeing any signs of a sweet menu, we decided to give it
a miss
Seem like a
mirage now
Not long ago retailers were blase about such numbers when mainland visitor
arrivals were at their peak
Disappear in
droves
Decreasing customer
traffic
Ferguson will rue the day
he turned down that offer
She might live to rue this
impetuous decision
The numbers will tell soon enough if the strategies work. If not, a rough ride lies ahead for Hong Kong s much
vaunted tourism and retail scene
The party will not field a
candidate
They have egg on
their face
Snazzy little silk
dresses
Swallows zipped back and
forth across the lake
It is a rare
gem in London
Soggy
sandwiches
A fussy
eater
His skin was sallow and
pitted
To swear under his breath at the arrant
incivility of it
He is unwashed, uncouth, and
drunk most of the time
The emotional aspect of it all threw us
for a loop
The film has a strong plot and nuanced,
witty dialogue
She has other projects in the
pipeline
He contends that he is innocent, that he was set up as a
fall guy
He need for some congenial
company
Marianne took a glance at her reflection and pursed her
lips disgustedly
Her black hair was drawn into
a tight bun. She looked distinctly ruffled
Jet-black
hair
It is all very sad, but get a
grip on yourself
Being prodded and
pinched by his cousin
Why don’t we just hire a flunky and get him to do the
legwork for us
You cried
wolf too many times
The central bank startled markets on Tuesday by pushing the yuan down nearly 2 per cent through an aggressively
weaker guidance rate
Speculation behind the identity of the buyers had been rife following a flurry
of deals last week that saw ownership of the building change hands twice in a matter of hours
She exacts a cruel
revenge for his rejection
Spurned lover who looked up ex-boyfriend’s information on Hong Kong government computer system
avoids jail
Chelsea again looked
rusty
Oh come off
it
Come off it,
he will know that is a lie
It is essential that conflicting views are heard and
thrashed out
That never carried over
the day you left the conference room
We road-tested some lightweight
keychain alternatives
August is one of the most tempestuous
months in Hong Kong
Hunker down indoors and
entertain yourself
You might think twice about venturing into the
stew of heat and humidity
The workshops allow staff to get away from their desks and get their creative
juices flowing
Known in Cantonese as dry land
swimming
Supposedly an offshoot of
the Vietnamese style, it is popular among the Chinese
Don’t forget to trawl the
bargain bins for retro classics
You can also get your gaming
kicks at the city’s video arcades
Peruse your options as eardrums rattle
to the noise of shoddy techno music
Lip-syncing is all
the rage
A slow, romantic
ballad drifted into the air and the crowd turned to look at them
Shaking their head in faux panic as the microphone
approaches their trembling hand
A star-struck
wannabe
Film or TV
marathon
We have all pulled off marathons, such as watching the Back to the Future trilogy in one
sitting, or an entire season of Friends
An intense and
brooding trilogy
Top it
off with the quintessential cinema snack: popcorn
Its combination of tangy
cheese and rich caramel might raise a few eyebrows at first, but it is excellent
Just try not to be that guy who noisily rustles and
crunches his way through the entire film
It takes a while to get the
hang of it, but is pretty compelling when things hot up
You will see how a serene home practice can quickly descend into
fracas between human and animal
All immediately warmed
to him
Anyone who could sing in tune was
roped in
Fight-or-flight
response
Fit with
friends
He has given a guarded
welcome to the idea
Make guarded
statement on wartime aggression
An emotionally
stunted young woman
He stowed away on
a ship bound for South Africa
The modern city bulges
with buildings, cars and people
Mass urbanisation, for all its benefits, is followed by a trail of
collateral damage
SCMP staff reporters sifted
through the technologies, both current and in development
These car-sized, driveless pods use electric
rail networks
The porter left with a
surly expression
To sell raffle
tickets
He found himself the
toast of the baseball world
Writers of all political
persuasions
A hung
parliament
The imagination can atrophy from
lack of use
A diffident
youth
The waiting area was
overflowing
A man in a sharp suit, reclining in a leather chair, laptop open in front of him, a smiling
stewardess serving a scotch and soda
A Renaissance
polymath
In an age of polymaths who mastered
all the disciplines
The church is lovely for its
bucolic setting
The fever
dissipated
He has lost his
halo
He deftly one-upped
the interrogator
Aren’t there young men who are swayed by nothing more than the stirring music of a military brass band, or the sight of fine-looking uniforms, or the
rabble-rousing rhetoric of a jingoistic politician while the flag waves in the wind
These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing
ruffians
Signs of a
thaw
In my close social circle I have a vegetarian,
a pescatarian, and a flexitarian
This probably reflects a primitive form of
egalitarian society
His face had withstood the
ravages of time
They use the Internet as a crutch for
their loneliness
You find yourself dithering in a
doorway not knowing where you are meant to be
Nipping the problem in the bud could stall
further decline
Commando work required as much brain
as brawn
The benefits seem to stretch from cradle
to grave
New attacks dealt a death
blow to the peace talk
Staff were beginning to feel the
pinch as the dispute entered its third week
The inevitable teething
troubles of a new system
Institutional inertia against
change
He makes no bones about
his feelings towards the militants
A frontal
assault
A non-negotiable item on the
schedule
A miserable nine-minute
increment
This is an evident and
crushing reality
James was all
over her
For some bloggers, a nom de plume might be used when the blogger’s real name is phonetically
unwieldy or so common as to be undistinguishable
Postmodern
gobbledygook
We regret the
error and apologise for any inconvenience
The Midas
touch
Baby
bump
Profusely
apologetic
PSV’s defence was up against the wall but impressed with their rigorous
resistance, while United failed to capitalise in front of goal
Despite furious United onslaught, PSV’s defensive formation held firm to open
their account with maximum points
He has won the argument, but there is no point in rubbing
his opponent’s nose in it
Binge-watching, binge-viewing,
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