Gd8 Flashcards
Hourglass
figures
Release a cocktail of
chemicals
Get on the same
wavelength
We are attracted to people whom they perceive as being on the
same wavelength
The researchers highlight the importance of attunement and resonance in
attachment and relational closeness
We are attracted to people who dance together with us,
psychologically speaking
Only a 30-minute
layover
Cat-skill
performance
May I make a suggestion
by all means
Humanity will be brought to
its knees
I peeked out of the corner of my eye and saw her
smirking with an almost uncontainable joy
A keepsake from her earlier days as a
professional dominatrix
The sign outside her building says “Clinic”. She greets me in yoga pants and fluffy
animal slippers, cradling a Pekingese dog whom she introduces as Marilyn Monroe
A bedroom with no furniture except a
double futon
Although there has long been a pragmatic separation of love and sex in Japan – a country mostly free of
religious morals – sex fares no better
The pressure to conform to Japan’s anachronistic family model of salaryman husband and
stay-at-home wife remains
Official alarmism doesn’t
help
Adult incontinence pants outsold baby
nappies in Japan for the first time
The demographic crisis is so serious that Japan might
eventually perish into extinction
Japan’s under-40s won’t go forth and multiply out of duty, as postwar
generations did
Its already nuclear-destruction-scarred
psyche
Marriage has become a minefield of
unattractive choices
Japanese men have become less career-driven, and less solvent, as
lifetime job security has waned
Cohabiting or unmarried parenthood is still unusual,
dogged by bureaucratic disapproval
Or else they’re opting out altogether and replacing love and sex with
other urban pastimes
Aversion to marriage and intimacy in modern life is not
unique to Japan
Procreation-shy
youth
This is
distasteful
A man 13 years her
senior
From chunky to
hunky
Forty weeks come down to a mother’s first moment, and everything changes. Crying keeps her awake, but silence is deafening. She will teach him to walk only to chase him out of the street, out of a tree, and out of harm’s way. Then suddenly time stands still, long days and endless nights turn morph into years, and as other mothers are chasing their babies, her baby is driving away. The mathematics of motherhood:
Days that last forever add up to years that pass in the blink of an eye
Aussie opens new business to give vent to
stress, sorrow by smashing things
A wizened, weather-beaten
old man
I am going to give it
a miss
A very prim and
proper lady
My asthma is
acting up
I was waking up in the middle of the night and
coughing and hacking for hours
The elephant in the
room
Count yourself lucky, for it
could have been worse
He had a face like a wet
weekend all day
You sit in this office like the cat that got the cream and
expect the world to revolve around you
Johnny feels like the cat that’s
got the cream
Leicester’s Cinderella
season
I was bristling with
anticipation
He tugged the ends of his shirt out of his waistband and started to
swiftly work the buttons loose
The driver was a buff
blond named March
That happens. That
happens
Stop it. Stop
it
The results cannot be extrapolated to other
patient groups
It is always dangerous to extrapolate
from a sample
The figures were extrapolated from
past trends
Wonky trolley
wheels
In wet weather stout boots or
wellingtons/wellies are essential
Some civil servant earning twenty-eight thousand a year,
tops
I slept for maybe three hours
tops
The food was served by women in turquoise, nylon uniform, their hair tucked up under
hairnets and plastic shower caps
You learn a lot by active engaging than
passive listening
Why one painting grips us by the
collar and another leaves us cold
The language of the eye stubbornly
resists the language of words
A grim and
forbidding building
Ignorance is
bliss?
As if anyone is going to be taken by this lame
publicity stunt
How to get a better
read on people
She called at a most
inconvenient time
She telephoned frequently, mostly at
inconvenient times
My husband has resigned himself to my
hobby and accept it
It is extremely difficult to find a decent house either for rent or purchase at affordable rates and many people have resigned
themselves to accepting anything called shelter
Have you resigned yourself to a lower
salary after graduation
The insertion of the intentionally designed segment showing dress-up artistes consuming fried chicken at the award ceremony was gratuitous, not justified
editorially and obtrusive to viewing pleasure
Even if the writing is excellent, I don’t usually excuse
errors with verbs
Blame a lack of sex education from school or parents who were too embarrassed to discuss
the birds and the bees - but it seems that not everyone knows how babies are made
One man copped a feel of his partner’s breast while on a log flume ride. Thankfully the children sitting in front
remained oblivious
Similarly, this guy also found himself third-wheeling
a couple before class was due to start
To iron out
snags
Tender meat mixed with salad, smothered in sauce and wrapped in a warm carb cocoon: the tasty kebab ticks
all the boxes for a tasty booze sponge after a night on the town
A good corner spot with a buzzy vibe and kiosk-style
layout are the best qualities of this place
We discovered a significant thread of gristle
running through the lamb
It was loosely wrapped, spilling ingredients. The saving
grace was the generous amount of fresh salad
The sauce was barely
evident
Just the right amount of juicy, tender lamb in a
flavourful sauce, and expertly wrapped
Despite its rather rough-and-ready
interior, it delivered where it mattered: taste
Just enough spicy sauce to
tingle the taste buds
It is a good shout for a post-pint
nibble
I sit next to the quickest, the brightest, most well-read,
most entertaining, most brilliant man
Some familiar notions are communicated from a fresh viewpoint, which may be of
benefit even to well-read players
The text is largely a reiteration of what any
well-read designer already knows
Nervous bird Beijing waits for the pluck of
the Fed’s bow
As a Chinese proverb goes, the mere twang of a
bow-string is sufficient to scare a bird
An unguarded
moment
An unguarded
slip
Kate Middleton had a little and adorable slip of the tongue today. The duchess accidentally revealed her sweet
pet name for her husband Prince William
That is indefinitely
more adorabe
Put the layers
on
MTR services finally back to normal after rogue
dog causes extensive commenter delays
Here’s the one thing bears are getting
wrong when it comes to Hong Kong property
Housing market recovery just a
blip, analysts warn
I’m going to be a bore on this one. It is not a recovery and
neither is it a blip
Many companies were caught
flat-footed in international competition
That was a little attempt
at humour
Her ambition is more conspicuous by
the day
She jumped on every
opportunity recently to bolster her chances for the election
Send reporters to cover such a
public relations stunt
Her proposed solutions to these chronic problems are, to
put it politely, feeble
Lam thinks she has two trump cards up
her sleeves
Lam’s actions in whitewashing the lead-in-water scandal also raise questions about
her integrity and ability
His face looked lined and jowly and wore
ill-fitting swimming shorts
His ambitions for worldly
success
No good will come
of it
Fortunately, nothing came
of this
Ronaldo enjoys a steamy
dance with a female companion
Marshals collar
protesters who storm 4 June vigil stage
A beach
bum
How Hong Kong walk-up flat became
a hi-tech rooftop retreat
Five floors above a traffic-choked stretch of Hollywood Road seems an unlikely place to find a hi-tech, eco-friendly flat. But sure enough, here on the top floor of a grimy
tong lau walk-up, local studio Liquid Interiors has created a slick new space for a no-fuss, healthy lifestyle
The desk had a cubby attached underside, and I watched as the contents
spilled from the cubby’s mouth
She flashes toned tummy in grey sports bra and
leggings
The telltale signs that your marriage is
doomed from day one
From weeding through paperwork to searching for optimal loan terms, purchasing a home can be as mentally
taxing as navigating a foreign country without knowing the language. Let’s face it: Channeling your energy toward finding the perfect home is a much more pleasurable experience than agonizing over potential lenders and loan applications
She missed two tests; she is the author of
her own fate
As a part-time teacher, I find I can err too far
towards the position of the student
Should we be strict, or should we give her
some latitude
As their tutorial teacher, I feel your view should
take priority
This is a holding reply, to assure you I am
attending to your enquiry
The rough-and-tumble
atmosphere of the dealing room
He examines the rough-and-tumble world of Chicago party politics, where
labour organisations were but one group of players
His father insisted he went to university to round
out his education
He spoke with the fervour of discovery, unaware that he was
reinventing the wheel
A collusion between the government and
the developer
We all love some
eye candies
Perverted,
horny, dirty
Vote-rigging,
bid-rigging
When Apple announced a banquet of upgraded emoji features at its annual developer event on Monday, even its own software boss groaned. “The children oftomorrowwill have no understanding of the English language,”
he quipped, veering only slightly off course from Apple’s upbeat corporate spiel
The use of living room as sleeping quarters led to
unwholesome crowding
The food is plentiful and
very wholesome
They will have to answer to the public at
the ballet box
That’s value for
money
Hong Kong firefighter dies after battling fourth-alarm
blaze in Ngau Tau Kok Industrial Building
After a chaser
from me, she replied on 20 June
I am not sure the manager has the players at his
disposal to solve the problem
Yet I am yet to be convinced that Rooney will be able to pull strings in a midfield role against some of Europe’s top sides, as this is a player who has only just started to adapt to his new position at
the back end of his career
The level of opposition he has been up against so far is modest compared to what lies
in wait if his side progress to the quarter-finals and beyond
He is no longer considered to be first choice striker in a squad featuring the
likes of Harry Kane, Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy
He should be integrated in the side as either a starter or
on the bench
The prolific Real Madrid forward etched his name into the
record books with a cheeky flick
A window ledge can be just as useful as a
sink counter
Considerable guidance was needed to help them come up with a commentary that marginally measures
up to the required level of intellectual maturity of university graduates. This, I must say, is a continuous cause for concern
Bombastic rhetoric at
turbulent times
Time is going
by
A lot of
juggle
Cut your horseshit
attitude
For what it’s worth, she is very highly
thought of abroad
Adolescents preening in their
bathroom mirrors
It is astounding that, at 24 years of age, the stand-up comic has already
dabbled in more professions than most people attempt in a lifetime
He was huffing and puffing when he got to the
top of the stairs
I am very sorry to have to tell you that your final grade
stands. This decision was supported by the department, whose view was sought on your case. Personally, I really wish you had attended all the assessments, as you would otherwise not be in this position
Please try not to be too downhearted
at this result
The faces change but England’s aversion to
winning stays disturbingly consistent
The photograph became a symbol of fearlessness and humour and has since become a popular poster print, often
parodied and copied but never bettered
Pinkie
promise
The magazine won an award, acing
out it rivels
Liam is a dab
hand at golf
Don’t sell him
short
To jump into the market to
bottom fish
She had no
priors
Run along now, there is a
good girl
Take this cheque and we will
call it quits
He had a bloated,
unshaven face
The company trimmed its
bloated labour force
He is just another bloated
millionaire just like Bill Gates
The dog days of
summer
To beat the
heat
Sweat like a
pig
Like a cat on a hot
tin roof
Soak up some sun/
bag some rays/ catch a few ray
Take a suntan/
go brown
Soft serve
ice cream
A la mode
apple pie
He dabbled in
left-wing politics
They were hoping for
tidbits about the family
You are dead
meat
He was always in his
element when working around the house
All is not
rosy in the labour market
Kate’s strapless frock is a
perfect fit
Spare me your lovers’
squarrel
We seemed more like friends than
incipient lovers
Don’t get loud
with me
No-holds-
barred military action
Passengers refused to head to a lay-by
area and began charging at the cordon
Visibly losing
patience
Confusion reigned at check-in counters as the airport tried to clear
backlog caused by Typhoon Nida
They stick to the credo of their
predecessors and to the language of their training and tend perpetuate it in their professional service delivery
Legal texts are still awash with arcane and
pompous jargon which, if unattended to, may cause problems
CTS has not reached research
saturation
A new poll could be held if a rejected hopeful mounted a
successful legal challenge through an election petition
The dog does not slobber or
have a running nose
Meryl dons patriotic
frock for Hillary’s big night
Meryl Streep dusts off American
flag dress for democratic national convention
International financial agencies under the tutelage of the USA and its rich allies indiscriminately impose
restructuring on less fortunate countries, sometimes with disastrous consequences
Money and taste rarely
go together
Social media and networking sites offer a data
goldmine to fraudsters
She allowed the fraudsters to harry her
into giving up her attempts to contact NatWest independently
We cannot sit back and hope that everything works out for
the best
He is prepared to set out
into the world
You can’t have a thin-skin and a tendency
to lash out
Not every day you saw that poised,
competent kid distressed
Oliver’s eyes snapped open. He let out a yelp as he fell from the air and bounced back onto
the plush, blue leather seat beneath him
They avoid profit-taking on winners and fail to cut
losers with poor long-term outlooks
The stupidity of human beings never ceases
to amaze me
It beggars
belief
Right on cue
the door opened
Hopscotch
A
Boo for
us
A rich human
touch
Without moral
compass
Employed a dazzling
array of method
She contorted her face and jabbed her
finger accusingly
The colossal debt issuance compounded the credit folly of the 2008 crisis to spawn
problems you can see from America and to Hong Kong
Nagging
facts
Go to any length to solidify his power and
persecute his critics
The latest purged were intended to blunt the
influence of Gulen
25,000 fired in huge purge of
coup plotter
The pastor has long been a
thorn in the side of the regime
He left for
the day
Clip joints more interested in overcharging for drinks than
delivering a show
Without a shadow of a
doubt, the world is in deep trouble and in desperate need of fixing
We often have strongly held
intuitions, but those intuitions frequently prove to be incorrect when they are tested empirically
They enable analysis of a scope and reliability not feasible otherwise, allowing researchers to address issues that were previously
intractable
Analysis are based on naturally-occurring
structures
Scores were killed as truck ploughed through crowd of revellers in France, leaving 2km trail of
carnage. The driver was killed in a hail of police gunfire
To put a rumour
to rest
The property tycoon was of exceptional
character and was unlikely to abscond
It prevents acid
reflux
It is a natural facelift for your
skin
Sleeping on your back will eliminate the
morning puffiness
Authoritarian, bigot, chauvinist, demagogue, egomaniac, fearmonger, grandstander, hypocrite, Islamophobe, jingoist, Klansman, Liar, misogynist, narcissist
oppressor, philanderer, quack, racist, sexist, truther, vulgarian, unilateralist, warmonger, xenophobe, yeller, zealot
