1
Q
If there’s nothing else,
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I must get on
2
Q
A long and gassy
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book
3
Q
Take your meds,
A
man
4
Q
You
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ninny
5
Q
Modest in
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size
6
Q
The British was faced by a brain drain at the nadir
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of confidence in Hong Kong
7
Q
For decades, alarmists have been crying wolf with
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proclamations that the world is running out of oil
8
Q
The course doesn’t start until May, so there’s still time to
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chicken out, if need be
9
Q
The facts seem to have borne out the necessity of the action in face of unprecedented, sophisticated, and coordinated transborder
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attempts at manipulating HKSAR’s financial markets
10
Q
The hedge fund, which had been spreading an unchecked plague from Bangkok to Moscow, were
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taken on and beaten
11
Q
Women throw themselves
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at him
12
Q
To chase your
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blue away
13
Q
Drake and Jennifer Lopez are officially
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a thing
14
Q
Her bag was slung
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over her shoulder
15
Q
We slung a hammock
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between two trees
16
Q
She looked at herself at the mirror, it fitted her like a glove, and it was not even showing too much
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cleavage as the other dresses she had tried on
17
Q
I just thought it seemed a very unfriendly,
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to say the least of it, way of doing things
18
Q
Some discrepancy seems unavoidable, but we have tried our best to
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keep it as slight as possible
19
Q
Wish to sink
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through the ground
20
Q
Wish the ground would
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swallow up
21
Q
All else pales
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by comparison
22
Q
I sat in the pew and heard him
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prate on for at least an hour
23
Q
Everyone is accounted for after
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the floods
24
Q
Time to pop the
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corks
25
Grab-and-go
snacks
26
What did we do to
deserve you?
27
I was up
late last night
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Attaboy
/Atta girl
29
Did I left the toilet
seat up?
30
A pop
quiz
31
We were worried
sick
32
Beautiful things don't ask
for attention
33
Man for the field;
woman for the hearth
34
I pretended to be utterly helpless.
This appealed to the mother in her
35
He is all
attention
36
He is all
smiles
37
He has recovered, much
to the delight of his friends
38
I hope the investment will prove to
your advantage
39
It is good for you to keep
early hours
40
The fire forms a path of
death and destruction
41
Some evaluators consider typos and spelling and punctuation errors to be
peccadillos and ignore them in their overall assessments, while others will regard them as serious
42
Mr Lai has been asking for more responsibility, but has bad to content
himself with a minor managerial post
43
No offense.
None taken
44
I holed up with the
books for two days
45
You don't think straight in
this moment of madness
46
The executive order is vague in
its wording and broad in its reach
47
He can come up with a witty
remark in any situation
48
On the other side of a vast cultural
divide, it seems
49
Hi, wanna get
acquainted?
50
Riding the bus
already!
51
Sounds promising! If your offer still
stands, I will come over right now
52
They couldn't be bothered to look it up
look it up
53
Others struggle with bags
and briefcases, looking hot and bothered
54
Nothing much.
Staying home today
55
Where are you
already?
56
Is your invitation still
standing?
57
Men need to court us long
and hard
58
We are made to be showered
with flowers
59
I am fully stocked up
on drinks
60
Stop being such a diva and
get over yourself
61
I am just working for chicken
feed
62
Don't strut your stuff
on stairs
63
Followed a distant
second by
64
He plunged his
hands into his pockets
65
Machinery faintly
purred
66
They were game for
anything
67
With all honesty, did you
jump on the bed?
68
The hotel boasts high
standards of comfort
69
Environmental emissions from cradle
to grave
70
Scoop the top
gong
71
She was beside
herself with rage
72
The plot
thickens
73
Everyone in the audience looked stunned
to say the least
74
Straight off the
top of my head
75
Can you hold
your drink
76
The dog in the
manger
77
Soft fire makes
sweet malt
78
It is not a matter of general
application of policy
79
I really don't want to open a can of
worms at the College level
80
That's not very
lady-like isn't it
81
And the sweetest thing for me, she's been a personal friend and
soul sister
82
Free trade in international aviation will remain a
pipe dream
83
A huge confluence of
luck and opportunities
84
We are confident that next year's rendition of the contest will
raise the bar once again
85
He decanted the rich red
liquid into the glasses
86
So what can we do to still get the benefits, without diving
full fledge into abstinence?
87
Fall into the arms of
Morpheus
88
Destiny
calls
89
And unlike some other media organizations, we haven't
put up a paywall
90
When the police found the body in his garden, the game
was up
91
In a dry
spell
92
Light of his life,
fire of his loins
93
Can you see to it that the email
goes out this afternoon
94
Go freak
yourself
95
Learn to live
with that
96
After his wife died, he just
pined away
97
His loss will leave a huge
void in all of our lives
98
I am sad that we met under
such terrible circumstances
99
He aged
out
100
Catch you
later
101
I remember that just
fine
102
They sat in the back seats for
old times' sake
103
What makes you think I wouldn't help some friends
for old times' sake
104
I heard his cries
echo through this house
105
Sheer wanton
vandalism
106
Suffering builds
character
107
He can pull off different military
garbs
108
All in a vain
effort
109
She felt wildly overdressed in her
velvet suit
110
She is almost always overdressed, and in ways that make people
blink
111
I hoped I wouldn't look underdressed in my jumper
and jeans
112
It appears that an unlikely bromance has
blossomed amidst the the players
113
Hanky-
panky
114
Like most of my generation, I was brought up on the saying:
'Satan finds some mischief for idle hands to do.'
115
SHK posts bumper
sales as HK$10m one-bedroom flat sizzles
116
A single-bedroom apartment measures
about 400-plus square feet
117
His measured and dignified
prose is cool, lucid, and enlivened by ironic wit
118
Oh I can see
that
119
Campbell threatened to run him
through with his sword
120
He is two months shy
of turning 18
121
Delusions of
grandeur
122
A torrid love
affair
123
To cook
intelligence
124
Shield stands guard and
sword stands ready
125
For the banks chasing this growing business, the gloves are
now definitely off
126
An edgy yet tasteful
sense of humour
127
Explain why her crush should
date her
128
Sick of your family nagging you to get a serious girlfriend?
Look no further
129
I am a tantalizing conversationist and can hold riveting
table talk with your parents
130
I am well dressed and will look
classy at family reunions
131
I have behind-the-scenes
benefactors that can spot me cash
132
I will not be too
clingy
133
Machine gunfire erupts in the heart of the Paris tourist zone, as terror suspect riddles
police car with bullets
134
Not all heroes wear
capes
135
Hope this email finds you
well
136
We want to bring him to his
senses, not his knees
137
His outburst was entirely
in/out of character
138
I must confess that I rolled my eyes
heavenward
139
They found they could earn a perfectly good living by
sponging off others
140
He edged closer, clearly intending to
sponge money from her
141
You chose to consort with the
enemy
142
Game of
chicken
143
Silver
bullet
144
All we had was what was left after the guests had
eaten their fill
145
The pigs had had their
fill of the leftovers
146
Call your mom. Can you
bunk over
147
Do I look in a
gaming mood
148
I am not overly fond of what
follows
149
I am clocking
out here
150
The man
rabbited
151
He stretched his legs in front of the fire and laughed
heartily for some time
152
Oblige me by not being
sorry for yourself
153
He appeared to be in a great hurry, shouted to the cabman to wait, and brushed past the maid who opened the door with the air
of a man who was thoroughly at home
154
She has more than her fair
share of mishaps along the way
155
He decided not to launch straight
into a career in the field
156
I don't want to come across as
superior
157
The letter is enough to strike utter
fear into any student
158
I am dead against
camping holidays. I can never sleep comfortably in a tent
159
What's wrong with Linda? She cut me
dead in the bank this morning
160
Over my dead
body
161
What a terrible colour! I wouldn't be seen
dead in it
162
A lapse of
judgement
163
MMA doesn't have to be about bashing the hell out of someone, or getting yourself beaten to a
bloody pulp
164
Chinese MMA fighter wipes
floor with Tai Chi master
165
We are spoilt for
choice
166
I told my parents not to wait
supper
167
He disappeared into his bedroom and returned in a few minutes in the character of an amiable and
simple-minded Nonconformist clergyman
168
She wears behind-baring
dress to the gala
169
The sheer, backless look came with a thigh-high slit and a diagonal chest-baring cutout, and
left not much to the imagination on the back
170
Lunch is on
me today
171
The next round is
my shout
172
He had a scrawny
physique and a protuberant Adam's apple
173
Old but gold.
Always sweet like wine
174
Have children in wedlock and don't confuse love with
debauchery
175
It's not right she should be flouncing
around with her fancy man
176
He was bowled over
by her beauty
177
I caught a whiff of peachy
perfume
178
She seemed quite sweet
on him
179
He was getting a lot of mileage
out of the mix-up
180
Service industries barely seem to
register
181
He has become filthy
rich
182
Go or come with the
territory
