Gd9 Flashcards
Increasingly lax attitude
towards sex
Rouse suspicion of
the police
Become the sole beacon of the
dark and unstable world
Lock, stock and barrel
the whole thing
He finally realised that John had been playing
a prank on him
Lift the
repression
Stand/ turn sth
on its head
Is in grave
doubt
Lay bare the
truth
It all seems a a far
cry from…
Be on speaking
terms
Bear you
prejudice
Scheme against
sb
Go such a
length to
We pull
this off
By
far
We are calling
the operation
We criticized the proposals, but at a loss for
an alternative
We will not yield
to blackmail
Stop
shoving
Marry beneath
you
Marry in haste,
repent at leisure
Not be the marrying
kind
I chipped in
twenty dollar
Incubation of
ideas
Just keep your wits about you and
you will do fine
I am drawing a total
blank here
Evidence adduced
援引證據
Is in effect saying
等同在說
Sb is in error
in…
Upon its true construction
經真正詮釋後
The appeal is dismissed and the original judgement upheld
本庭駁回原告人的上訴, 維持原判
A condition precedent to
… 前的條件
I have a hunch that you would
be here
Come along for the ride/ look on/ watch the fun
看熱鬧
A last-gasp
goal
Whiz it up with a food
processor
A green scouring
pad
Use a pestle and mortar
to bash the fennel seed
I am raring
to go
arrest of
growth
brave the
heavy rain
fish maw
花膠
He was released from bail on
medical parole
His death added a dramatic touch to
this year’s vigil
Fight for the crackdown to be
redressed
Something for Hong Kong to be justifiably
proud of
Keep the candle burning for as long
as it takes
His comment reduced her to
tears
Classy even in the face
of disrespect
He turned to support the
underdog
Join in on
the fun
Cheer their heart
out for
He is stripped of
the title
That slide tackle does not even
receive a caution
a segregated section for
away fans
Kudos
to
Well
mannered
A sob
story
Remember the day
in veiled reference
In a thinly veiled reference to
Barack Obama, …
A drunk driver mowed down
Lantau Cattle
A dented car stained with
animal hair
Compassionate
allowance
Miscarriage of
justice
An armchair critic
/ gardener/ traveler
He took a vow to abstain
from alcohol
Stock stage an awesome comeback
on another wild day
Euro gains as ECB seen on hold,
Fed worries linger
Force their way into
the apartment
He did not heed her
assurance that she was a policewoman
They are still divided on
the issue
Cover up a
naughty doodle
a bind over
a good behaviour order under which charges are withdrawn as long as the offender agrees to abide by the court’s terms
A binding-over order is not
a let-off
A rallying point for
activists
A case dropped in fall and
revived in February
Hone fighting
skills
The hunger
pang
A pang of
jealousy
A rainbow heralds
change
He has been asked to take on the mantle of
managing director in New York office
inherit the
mantle
Stick around for a few more
days
I sneaked a phone
call
a sting
operation
I have a brush with
death on the motorcycle
Spare me the
scare tactic
The cat is the bane
of my life
He has his own
agenda
Signed a petition calling for his
pardon in the United States
An 800-strong police force already on terror
alert at Heathrow
The ‘cherry-pick’ facets of text to
focus
It is on the flip side of
the page
Wave goodbye to
sb
Pass the buck
to sb
She has eyes in the back of
her head
They are rolling in
money
My ears are burning.
Someone must be talking about me
Come across
as
As though
As if
Beyond
the pale
At a/one stroke
by a single action having immediate effect
Be in hot
water
He was imprisoned on
trumped-up corruption charges
Give you a sneak peek
of what we are doing
Have pillow
lips
A well thought-out
plan
I will strike what you have
just said
Get on sb’s
nerves
Boil it
down to
Bump my
fist
America’s prying
eyes
Fun-
laden
You will see them in a
complete new light
Take a peek at
the questions
Slip drug
in her drink
He was arrested on
suspicion of corruption
Too
chatty
Ward off
his touch
Had she not faint,
I would…
Run counter to
expectations
My batteries were
flat
Grind to
a halt
An ambulance or fire tender with its
light flashing and siren blaring
A grease
spot
Give him the
brush off
Apparently superfluous
information
Try hard to curry favour
with his bishop
I would not try to steer you
away from that conclusion
Rise to the
occasion
Doll yourself
up
A tough nut
to crack
Fish for
fame
Always harp on the
same thing
We have lost everything that we
cherish and hold dear
The sentence/voice trails
off
Pack a
punch
Bodily
touch
During the
small hours
In an attempt to chat
up a girl
He walked her toa place near
her address
He was taken
aback
My game, my turf
, my rule
The controversy has already
reached fever pitch
They are not political
pawns
Become a pawn in the
chess board
His parents footed the bill
for his course fees
Two listing candidates open
retail books today
I thought you knocked
her up
Give sb an
earful
He plays hooky all
the time
Go out with
a bang
Be barking up the
wrong tree
All that work
down to drain
The specter of higher interest
rates is looming
It may be sweltering outside but
that’s what’s driving up the hemlines all around
Independents who had been
non-committal
Twirl
gyroscopes
Swing a ball
on its tether
Sunglasses with prescription
lens
Suffer a
relapse cancer
After exchanging pleasantries, the delegation revealed
the purpose of their visit
To work in accordance with the
laid-down norms/ procedures
She waded in
with her opinion
Series
Premiere
The book is perfectly pitched
to meet the needs of
Run
into sb
A latent
artistic talents
Barely a day goes by
without…
No preordained fate
awaiting
The students’ language
proficiency leaves much to be desired
Chinese to English translation
was especially trying to them
A nonchalant
shrug
Cook the
books
‘Black Monday’ in Shanghai as the index
registers/ posts its biggest fall in four years with investors spooked by the squeeze on the interbank market
Mounting cash crunch worries
sent mainland stocks into freefall
Push certain borrowing entities to
the brink of default
Hong Kong stocks took
a hammering
Following the regional rout,
… plunged…
Cash crunch would continue to
wrech havoc on embattled financial institutions
…, citing concerns
over…
To mitigate
risk
There has been no flood
of credit
Stoke volatility across
financial markets
Jumble
sale
There is a grand scheme
behind
To make peace
with sb
Hong Kong way of life is characterized among
other things by laissez-faire economy
Stretching out the tired limbs,
she felt the tensions of the day drain away
Stamp the tide of
population movement
A brain
drain
In a CV,
every sentence should pack a punch
Spell the
end of
Attached lots of significance
to
cut adrift
from
His account is both introspective
and anecdotal
Will not buckle to
the threat
Wheeling and dealing
and trading
Involve a
shady deals
Get into a
squabble
I am a
slow burner
Time is the herald
of time
Bake the
ledger
He ratted
on us
Play a
third wheel
Give sb
the brush-off
Go out with her on a
proper date
Bring sth to
the fore
Another area that would merit further investigation
concerns the way in which…
With the benefit of
hindsights…
It would throw a wrench
to the system
Stretch
the law
It is the last thing
you want
A flaky
degree
Sometimes life squeezes out
the best of us
The topic at
hand
She tucked a loose
strand of hair behind her ears
There are so many different strands to the
plot that it’s quite hard to follow
The judge issued a
gagging order
We will see how the
story evolves
Poems are
highly-wrought
Sear into
our memory
Point of
departure
Act like
a Red Guard
Become cannibal of
our own business
Fly off the
handle
All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy
Meddle in internal
Hong Kong affairs
It ran under the headline:
“…”
There are no hard-and-fast
rules for
Although it is tempting to
think that
A case in point
is …
Generalization
- plural (common) - computers are…
- singular + def art (formal) - The computer is
The staggering publicity
stunt
A numerical
ruse
Political
grandstanding
The legal battle
could leave the club in limbo
Field a group of experts
/ workforce
Due to a whole
host of factors outside our control
Take our place by
undercutting the narrow margins
We have established baseline
resources
Grandstanding theatrics cannot
settle this dispute
Would you like to
venture a guess?
On second
thought,
Scale
new heights
None of the evidence adduced in
court was conclusive
The boy was found lying face-up under a slab of concrete which
had been weighted down further with a wooden trolley
The boy was covered
in scratches
Foster
mother
Concrete
drain cover
Raise the alarm
call the police
He was only a matter of feet from
the entrance of an underpass
Get short end of
the stick
I was nowhere near
the place
What are you
up to?
In the middle of
something?
Keep his plan close to
his vest
The robbers walked out right
under the nose of the guard
A microcosm of
Hong Kong society
To go “off the grid”
in Hong Kong
Lift the lid on
intelligence gathering
I am not
amused
A crisp HK$500
note
Haggle with
station staff
Spend 45 minutes
traipsing around in the heat
Install alarms in
stairwells
HSBC acknowledged
compliance lapses
Thwart financial
crime
Window
dressing
