Gd8 Flashcards
I would
appeal that…
Quickly put a lid on the
controversy
Play
gooseberry
Slightly intoxicated
微醉
The clingy
黏人的
The
rusher
The
commitment-phobic
sinification
赤化
Bus
boy
Is it the case
that…
In their
heyday, they…
Hard liquor
列酒
Toe government’s line
To do what are ordered or expected to so
Blur the
line between
break a
leg
In a haste to
get the message across the media
Stand
trial
Call a halt to
the investigation
The government has announced a
special, one-off pardon
Crack down on
corrupt officials
Draped in an English flag and serenaded
by the Beatles’ song
A court ruling for a transsexual to
wed
Had Greek civilization never existed,
If Greek civilization had never existed,
He succeeded to
the throne
The world is fraught
with uncertainties
Religious vitality was paralleled by
a cultural flowering in philosophy
Men of the Early Middle Ages were groping for
a synthesis of Greek philosophy and Christian revelation
Creation of the World -> God works through history -> Resurrection of the dead
-> final judgement -> World to Come
To make its presence
felt
Vomit their
intoxication
As far as sth
goes,
When I sober
up,
You should not drive under the
influence
He slit open the envelope
with a knife
He killed himself by
slitting his waist
He was found the next day
with his throat slit
They held their nerves
to beat their rivals
Women have long broken the
glass ceiling in public life
Slumber
party
Be upfront
with me
Gossip-
monger
He said it out of
spite only
Take an immediate leave
of absence
The law enforcement bodies will act
impartially without fear or favour
Ongoing external
headwinds
China and India put aside
their differences
He was butchered
in broad daylight
A blood-stained knife and
meat cleaver
We condemn this
unreservedly
Firearms
police officer
Police tape sealed off
the scene
He has already established as a
poet in his own right
You are having a flight of
fancy!
He is still bearing
the grudge
Grant immunity
to all
Weakening manufacturing activity in China rocked
confidence about the strength of the rebound
Sent the market slumping 7.3 per cent,
registering the deepest loss since 2011
Deepening doubts added to
market jitters
Output still climbed,
but a lower rate
The slide took the shine off
regional stock market that benefited from…
The slowdown casts downside risk to
China’s fragile growth recovery
Soon-to-be university
graduates
The move could be a bid to
overcome tensions with the West
The airline - which prides itself on its image as an environmentally conscious
carrier - took the step after admitting…
The carrier follows the lead of
Cathay Pacific
He was run down by
a car
Settle the
score
There is no cause
worthier than to…
Fork out
To pay unwillingly
Lack of sleep causes your brain to
run on empty
Hit the sack
Go to bed
There is no hard
evidence that…
