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Gd5 Flashcards

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He is taking him

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on

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If the rebel forces succeed in cutting off the road, they will have achieved

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checkmate

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Put on a macho

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front

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The boy in me is super

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excited now

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Adrian could not draw to

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save his life

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Save sb

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bacon/skin/neck

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Find the

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woodwork again

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The keeper tried to rush forward to boost

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the number

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A null

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draw

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I have no beefs

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with him

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A blatant

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disregard of

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To blank out

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the noise

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Level crossing

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People have been giving lip service

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to these issues

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We are taking stock of what he has achieved

The issue has moved to the forefront of the political agenda

Just one point clear of the relegation zone

He steered a volley past Courtois

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Produced a sublime effort

Leicester City moved ahead of Arsenal into pole position

Kept faith with the same line-up

Called the goalkeeper into action

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Courtois looked nervy, but his team showed more composure to control a greater share of possession

The player limped off and was replaced by Pedro

The looping header clipped the crossbar on its way behind for a goal kick

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Remy headed home from a Pedro cross to halve the deficit

Does it bother you that there is a cult of personality built up around him

He is being marketed as a cult of personality

New Left radicals roundly condemned liberals for their reluctance to take sides

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What happened in Darwen proves that is not the case, not in the slightest

His effort was barren of result

Like a bat out of hell

Not to bat an eyelid

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They waited with bated breath

The fox sped by before I can draw a bead on it

The sides of the boxes bear against each other

I will go to beard the lion in his denÿtomorrowÿand ask my boss why he has not increased my salary

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Off the beaten track

Follow the beaten track

Not to make a song about

Not to commit oneself

Opportunity makes the thief

He that shows his purse longs to be rid of it

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Mow down like grass/ kill like flies

Have a finger in the pie/ poke one s nose into

Take the mickey out of it

Cupboard love

The hand that gives gathers

Whistle a different tune

Out of the common run

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It is littered with hackneyed phrases and lazy commonplace

I hope once the lust wears off, they are still totally in love with each other

The lovebirds are engaged

Political pundits were tipping him for promotion

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After the game the vast majority of experts and pundits were gushing in their praise of the official

A white, studious-looking man with flowing, straight hair

He carried the club at times last season, but others must take a leaf out of his book

You sort yourself out at the other end of the pitch and take a leaf out of Jamie Vardy’s book

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There were going to be seismic changes in London sooner rather than later

He is in no position to be throwing stones

You certainly are missing the likes of Lampard

I will try to give an impartial take on Chelsea’s current predicament

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You don’t go from being a good manager to a really bad one in a season

You are dealing with over-inflated egos who are overpaid and spoiled beyond belief

Make wholesale changes

He is sick of chasing games because of concentration lapses

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Truth be told, there are very few who could have stopped the goal

He ghosted in at the last second to latch on what seemed to be a somewhat speculative cross. That is where positional play comes to the fore

The in-form player

They dug in to defend their lead

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Mother and daughter spar regularly over drink, drugs, and career

You have made your bed, now you must lie in it

Don’t expect marriage to be a bed of roses

It is not all beer and skittles

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We are always beforehand with the rent

To beg off helping with the washing-up

I beg to differ

Is this piece of toast going begging

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To begged description

Belt and braces

He has been bending my ear about his new car all morning

Why do you bend your brows

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I think we can bend the rules and let the children in, just this time

Give it the benefit of the doubt

They went berserk and threw stones at him

Bet his boots/ bet my bottom dollar

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He promised to take her for better or for worse

Between ourselves/you and me, I know the bride has already married thrice

Tickle sb’s ears

Opinion rules the world

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We are all slaves of opinion

Any chance they have to portray a male opponent as a milksop, they do it

To chew the cud

Relive the good old days

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It is time for the players and the coach to bury their hatchets and make peace

Give one a dressing down/ to roast sb

Blow hot and cold/ play fast and loose

Tower above the rest/ out of the common run

25
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Born with a wooden spoon in one s mouth

Born in low water

Rise from the gutter

Many go out for wool and come back shorn

A raw recruit, as green as grass, a green horn, wet behind the ears

She was no babes in the woods and knew exactly what she was doing

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If you ever wonder why you are getting the stink eye for absolutely nothing, you may be guilty of these subtle actions that come off as rude

Now I am inclined to chalk that up to sheer dumb luck, or more accurately, to contingency

Stop chalking it up to having a bad memory

As a stay-at-home mom, my grief was pushed to the side by the overwhelming realization that I had absolutely no way to provide for my kids

26
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Assistance for mortgage borrowers facing foreclosure

I was crushed to learn that

The government has given me no wiggle room, no opportunity to grow, no sliding scales that I can work with while I dig myself out of this hole

I am forever surrounded by the stigma of being a welfare mom

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Politicians would never countenance starving all their favourite programmes for such an outlay

The vaunted recovery on which expectations of a return to normalcy rest also looks decidedly anaemic

Menial services

The zero interest rate policy of the past eight years has created froth in financial markets but done little to strengthen real industry

27
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The Fed will administer that 25 basis points and then dither, dally, dawdle and delay about administering another

Banks will face no heat except in the applause of their shareholders

It is too parochial and conservative

The Asian financial centre is well-positioned to weather these challenges

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Go jagging

Beam with joy

The sluggard’s convenient season never comes

Die a martyr’s death

She muttered curses and swore like a trooper throughout

Not budge an inch

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There are wheels within wheels

Clip the wings of/ take down a notch/ peg

A little bird told me

He is a regular bird of passage

You have only got yourself to blame for the mistake

I have consulted all the professors here but drew a blank every time

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The blind leading the blind

A boat has been captured in running the blockade

There is nothing secret about what we are doing; it is all perfectly above board

His description of listening to the opposition drew ire

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Her remarks disparaged mentally ill patients and those tending to them

Cut prices to offload assets amid the unfavourable environment

Hong Kong interest rates move in lockstep with US rates in the next two years

An outright collapse remains unlikely since rate hike calendar is expected to be gradual

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Due to the removal of one of the key overhangs, the prevailing bid-ask spread will narrow

Burning questions

Their souls were forever doomed to wander aimlessly in the netherworld

To kill the dead air

If Allah wills it

A good night s sleep can work wonders for mind and body

30
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Palpable discord-Chelsea sacks manager Jose Mourinho

In a masterful understatement, the association pointed out the obvious

That is certainly an unfortunate and ill-advised comparison

Have coping strategies

Not a few of its members are nuttier than most fruitcakes

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The self-styled “mad dog”

Has rightly expressed regret for her ill-considered remarks

Issuing their strongly-worded criticism

The reigning European champions

Jibe / putdown

31
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It is countered through some form of legal entity often using a local frontman

That was clearly no contest

A huge property market glut

This short history is not to apportion blame or praise

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Mini-units in the private market; rooms, cubicles, bedspaces, cocklofts, cage homes

The trouble of caring too much is becoming a soft touch

The bit that still gets to me is the look on her face as she approached me, as though she thought I was a soft touch and I was going to bow down at her feet and beg forgiveness

The manager was basking in the glow of his impressive side

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Watford have defied the pundits who tipped them for relegation

The manager is determined to ensure his players don’t rest on their laurels

The victim sustained injuries to his face and sought medical attention at a private hospital

He chronicles the poignant last hours at Hap Wah

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The roof was of corrugated tin, and big metal fans hung from it to cool diners eating alfresco beneath a tarpaulin in summer

It turned into an ordinary tea house with French windows and glazed tiles

Many people who once operated mom-and-pop stores are gone

Productivity improved in leaps and bounds

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When all the butterflies have fluttered away and your wedding day becomes a distant memory, you will discover that you have married someone who is just as imperfect as you

It was said in jest

A Christmas hamper

A picnic hamper

He is the next in line

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I cannot ride a bike without stabilizers

Many of the drivers complain that they had no reason to suspect their vehicles contained stowaways

Sling one s hook

She is not wearing enough layers

Out with the old, in with the new

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Youngsters who were losing out on regular schooling

It really was Ross and not a figment of her overheated imagination

Get funding into infrastructure projects that are shovel-ready

Use strong-arm sales tactics to force him into signing up for classes

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Bureaucratic inertia

I became a materialistic and pragmatic girl

Shoot oneself in the foot

He added a couple of chilies for good measure

A milk run

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Geopolitical black swan events, such as the Arab Spring and the Japanese earthquake, have further complicated the market dynamics

That is a make or break factor

He liked to boast and she would egg him on shamelessly

At the Class X hotel, the percentages hit the stratosphere

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Everybody - from old hands to novice players - were in the game until moment came when the music stopped

Investors stampeded for the exits and the central government scrambled to stem the losses that threatened to undermine social stability

The government mouthpieces touted the rally as an opportunity to bolster the slowing economy

The indicators surged, more investors piled in and then in almost an instant it all unraveled

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The boom-to-bust cycle was a crude reminder to many of us to re-evaluating the risks of using margin financing to trade shares

Mary bumped a thread from last year

Are you sure your friend on Facebook isn’t a catfish

The full firehose of data

What is your Twitter handle

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Internet memes are spread like wild rumours

I will ping it to you later

Steer clear of political hot potatoes

His speech stood in stark contrast from last year

Handle non-refoulement claims
To spearhead all initiatives

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Abandoned farmland has been turned to haphazard uses such as scrap car storage or recycling yards

Another of her pet projects was the arts centre

Tackle the problem with resolve and perseverance

Marked divergence in standards poses big challenges to teaching

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His repeated mantra of “One Belt, One Road” stood in sharp contrast to the omission of hot-potato topics such as political reform, growing anti-mainland sentiment and the rise of localism

It is uncharacteristic of Leung, known for his uncompromising and combative style, to avoid controversial topics

To win Beijing’s blessing

To boost his flagging popularity

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Pepper his speech with piecemeal measures to tackle livelihood issues

He meant business

He got barracked by pan-democrat lawmakers

To tout for business

Four of his associates likewise vanished in Oct

A put-upon drudge who slaved for her employer

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Flashes of infantile humour to conceal the often terrible storytelling at the core of this film, which is as diverting as it is forgettable

There are a few good jokes and plenty of cheap laughs

It is a case of two rural boors who refuse to mature into middle age

The actress looks out of her depths in this slapstick farce

Romantic triangle

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We do inch forward, except little baby step by baby step

Two-entree combo

To unplug ourselves during dinner

It is a treasure trove for would-be blackmailers

Writing became the main outlet for his energies

He portrays people who disagree with him as stupid or evil, using withering scorn in his rhetoric

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Why hasn’t the approach entirely swept the board, bringing all linguists into the fold of orthodoxy

I marveled at its beauty

Prayer is a concept that baffles and beguiles. It eludes definition, comprehending wildly disparate and even contradictory practices

Rattling the bars of the prison cage of language

The figure undershot the government’s estimate

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For two years, she applied herself to studies with dedication

Movements in oil prices have knock-on effects on other fuels

The teaching plan says we are due to issue the instructions

I will knock up a draft for the oral presentation

That is a possible title, deliberately vague but with huge scope for diligence and attention to detail

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Error-ridden text, but such a task risks collusion

This is addressed to the twenty of you who missed the final tests

I can understand the temptation not to come to class

That should concern you particularly

Be ruthless with the test

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I should be most grateful if you would please review it together

I was only just thought of that

Contempt is the kiss of death
You find yourself knee-deep in how he or she bought the wrong type of pepper

His life was a succession of felicitous opportunities that came his way without much effort

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The view was the room’s only felicitous feature

This one is likely to make your conscientious co-workers cringe

She had already scaled the heights of the acting profession

Scale new heights

My words count very little, very little indeed

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A spell of greenhouse work

They don’t want to put anyone up

He is well out of his depth

He played everything for
laughs, especially when there were girls around

We have been inundated with complaints from listeners

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That is demoralizing our staff

A laundry list of people and organizations that would have to be won over

The road runs parallel to the river

The increase in the quality of wine has paralleled the rise of interest of food

The goal had more than a shade of good fortune about it

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Spike him with their cleats

Inducted him into the hall of fame

Do you think it is a pull factor for people to come to Britain

Ours, for better or for worse, is the century of youth

Single-handedly quash the verdict of a court

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The buck stops with me

You stole credit for their work

Illegally converted pigsties

Left-tard and right-tard

Siamese twins conjoined twins

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He used a little poetic licence to embroider a good tale

I was eating your dust

I am only just ready in time this week

Busy times!

I worked hard to build up a nice little nest egg

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ISAs are probably the best way for us to save money for a rainy day, build up a nest egg and save for the long term

You have to go really badly; you run into a public restroom, barely have time to lock the stall and unbutton your pants before plopping down on the toilet seat

Ew, I’d hate to think what has been trampled intoÿÿthat carpet

Don’t bother putting down a layer of toilet paper - except to mop up a splash

His heart condition will see him pushing up the daisies at a young age

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Conspiracy theories are a dime a dozen and most are either ridiculous or just plain impossible

She leapfrogged into a sales position

In the past you could spread the blame, but now the bucks stop here

This length of sleep usually makes it easier to hit the ground running after waking up

Sleeping this long may cause sleep inertia, a hangover-like groggy feeling that lasts for up to 30 minutes

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Running street battles between police and protesters

Signs of fracas were still fresh after overnight violence in which police opened fire with two warning shots after protesters launched projectiles like flower pots, bricks and ignited objects

An acrid stench fills the air following the burning of metal dust bins

Police hosed down protestors with pepper spray

Protestors were engaged in skirmishes with the police

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Paving stones were being ripped up and some objects were being hurled at the officers

Protestors had become more radical due to a ramp-up in government heavy-handedness using the example that a fracas occurred over hawkers selling fish ball on the street

Police fend off the unhappy crowd that flung objects at them. A standoff ensued

The tone of coverage is clearly biased and unbefitted of supposedly professional journalists

There are few people more dangerous than the hateful boss

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Detailed accounts of public humiliation, ostracism, and even physical abuse

It was so demoralizing

More people are coming forward

Soporific commentary style

Your voice literally drains the life out of me

47
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I don’t think he is cut out for commentary

Act on a tip-off

Man will never understand women’s fetish for shoes and handbags

You are spacing out

The wipers go swish, swish, swish

Runaway growth of Internet finance

A crooning busker

A

But under the gaze of uniformed and plainclothes police officers, on streets that bore charred marks, it felt like a scene of subdue defiance

Their stalls were distinguished from buskers, broadband touts and knick-knack vendors by their bright splashes of yellow

Amid their wares was an array of street sign-like banners with disparaging remarks aimed at CY Leung

Doing a brisk trade

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Fishballs were races out in hot armfuls, as diners strained to finish their treats before the paper bags disintegrated into a s soggy mess

Despite intense interest from police on street corners in squads of 20, it hosted a jubilant scene of dancing

To have the hots for your coworkers

Free trade in international aviation will remain a pipe dream

It would be a pipe dream to expect the council to grass it over

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The evaluation results testify to the enthusiastic reception of the modules

My relationship with my publicist was doing my head in

Double-barreled questions

A misanthropic drunken loner
Clip the prominence of traditional themes

The major decision in life have already been taken - phew

49
Q

Where people rollerblade on runways

The husband was a tall and genial fellow, friendly, youthful and easy-going

A crew-neck sweater

Have her stomach pumped

It sets my teeth on edge

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All the major hits are here with a couple of new tracks thrown in for good measure

Tariffs in the region were not that high to begin with, though

You know better than to listen to neighbourhood gossip

Lower coddled sectors such as agriculture

Hilary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner

50
Q

In the case of TPP, the glaring outcast is China, the linchpin of most global supply chains

A shopkeeper held up at gunpoint decided to fight back by firing at the armed robber

If anything, he feels more dangerous

Instant gratification

China’s newly rich should take their cues from European old money

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It can only be attained with a “wealth beyond avarice” kind of net worth

The kind of historical significance is beyond priceless

The only similarity is that their lives orbit around their own social order, which is vital for maintaining a semblance of security in a lifestyle of never ending conspicuous consumption

But the rich have multiplied; the nouveau riche have become more ostentatious and their spending habits seem to be contagious

Conceives a child out of wedlock

51
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Hush money

Mr Pringles John Tsang

Fear of capital flight

Money is no object

Lets accede to any requests for groups of 5

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We don’t end up with pairs or lone students as a consequence

The interviews have blown my time for improving the lesson

Put on a proper suit, do up his tie

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