1
Q
Down
A
payment
2
Q
Put sth.
A
in order
3
Q
Put sth.
A
at risk
4
Q
Thousands of people besiege
A
the branches
5
Q
wrap up
A
conclude
6
Q
stripping out
A
this windfall
7
Q
A public
A
outcry
8
Q
Call it off at
A
the last minutes
9
Q
Flat-for-flat
A
compensation
10
Q
Judge slams sb.
A
as dishonest
11
Q
Dodge legal
A
bill
12
Q
Forge a
A
will purporting…
13
Q
His audacity to perpetuate
A
a deception
14
Q
It is noteworthy
A
that
15
Q
Profit was
A
hit by
16
Q
Lifer
A
終生從事某種職業的人
17
Q
indecision/ wavering
A
優柔寡斷
18
Q
Step back from the brink
A
臨崖勒馬
19
Q
Have a moment’s
A
respite
20
Q
Become a vicious mudslinging,
A
not to say muckraking, campaign
21
Q
The race is spinning
A
out of control
22
Q
A two-horse
A
race
23
Q
The race was mired
A
in scandal
24
Q
Lawmakers have become
A
emboldened
25
Avoid another
minefield
26
A swelling of
Legco power
27
A new round of political
infighting
28
The election will be declared
invalid
29
Impeachment bid
looms
30
Collusion
勾結
31
Dereliction
of duty
32
There is a slim
chance of ...
33
In the first
instance
34
A media
heavyweight
35
His tenure
as president
36
Take the rein
at the company
37
Undergo a management
reshuffle
38
Emeritus
professor
39
Thinned the rank of
the university
40
Well-heeled (infml)
富有的
41
Quoting unnamed
sources
42
Mother-to-
be
43
Overstay without undergoing
prenatal checks
44
About to go into
labour
45
Run against the original
purpose of the bill
46
Do not fall in line with
international standard
47
The authority synchronizes the fees
for all operators
48
Pick up the pieces of
a shattered reputation
49
It sickens
me
50
Sitting scrunched up
in a chair
51
Is littered with
dirty plates
52
An angelic
voice
53
Record comeback
tunes
54
A fondness of booze (infml)
and cigarettes
55
Child
stardom
56
Dog her every
step
57
Uncanny mastery of
classical music
58
Stay out of the
public eye
59
Cut off many of
her childhood friend
60
Uncompromising
outspokenness
61
Furore
轟動事件
62
Lambast teachers
for ...
63
Impertinent and
reckless
64
His ordeal is a
chilling example
65
Seek solace
in Buddhism
66
Over-zealous
passion
67
Enmity between Taiwan
and the Mainland
68
Overstep his role
as a journalist
69
Be embroiled in
suffering
70
Spell out the reason
for his incarceration
71
A government
think-tank
72
Precocious
早成的
73
An apt reflection
of my life
74
Must not remain heedless
of the situation
75
Double-not
Women who as well as their spouses are not Hong Kong residents
76
The hostile sentiments have been
simmering for long
77
An acrimonious
dispute
78
Work
late
79
Be
snubbed
80
Tackle an issue in bits and pieces/ in dribs and drabs
/ in a piecemeal approach
81
Has a good grasp of
social matter
82
A perfunctory
reply
83
Such questions will certainly be put to
CE aspirants
84
Fragmented
comments
85
At odds
with
86
A bogus universal
suffrage election
87
At the central government's
beck and call
88
Be in
the red
89
Put forward
persuasive arguments
90
Recoup its
investment
91
In their
infancy
92
Lump "education" and
"industry" together
93
Rest on its
laurels
94
Ephemeral
短暫的
95
The owner will pocket any
value increase
96
Steve Jobs died at 56, in his prime,
one may say
97
Some mention him and Thomas Edison, the inventor, in the same breath
相提並論
98
Jobs of course owed his successes
to his brilliant talent and perseverance
99
The government sets great
store by R&D
100
If a new product is unveiled, the market is soon
glutted with fakes of it
101
At the
helm
102
In the upbringing
of the child
103
Ostracize
排斥
104
Unruly
behaviour
105
The manager presides
over the business of the store
106
The business spans
three continents
107
Top
rated
108
The report cements
his reputation as...
109
All the rage
大流行
110
Heed their
views
111
Need not seize
their hour
112
Global landmarks such as Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong, the Sydney Harhour Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and Rome's Colosseum
all stood in darkness as symbols of hope for a cause that grows more urgent by the hour
113
Make the old man break down in tears
教他老淚縱橫
114
Preorder, put to an end before noon,
disappointed many
115
An epitome of pure
art
116
Denounce unequivocally the interference from
politics and mercantilism
117
He demand little
from others
118
The way he carried himself
in his talk
119
Autograph
seeker
120
Public
appearance
121
Wit and
wisdom
122
To transcend boundaries
of nations
123
Live other cultures
體驗其他文化
124
It was a day to
remember
125
To give an introductory
account of sb.
126
It all goes
as planned
127
Alleviate the congestion of
space in offices
128
Be in high
gear
129
Make his rounds to assess the situation
到處拜訪, 了解情況
130
Vow to
信誓旦旦
131
Breeze wipes through
gently
132
Commit sth. to the flame/ reduce to ashes/ set sth. on fire
付之一炬
133
Anything goes
怎樣都好
134
Go by trial and
error
135
Assume
duty
136
Ruminate/ after deliberation
千籌百算
137
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak/ bite off more than one can chew
心有餘而力不足
138
Will not further elaborate
不再細表
139
Now that we've got the ball rolling again, we have several new projects.
Are you still up for some freelance work? If so, let me know asap
140
You've been kept in our
file all along
141
Get hold of you (infml)
接觸/ 捉到
142
Get round to
有空能
143
Spark widespread criticisms
on the two then hopefuls
144
Walk too far astray from
the right track
145
Point an accusing
finger
146
Keep your head
cool
147
Bear the above qualities whereever
you go
148
Be forgiving when others
are nasty to you
149
There is always a silver
lining ahead
150
Behind the award rests the support
from parents
151
Set a loftier
goal
152
Set exemplary standard
for your fellow
153
Begin to take
shape
154
Jokingly
said
155
Banter on euphony
玩弄文字戲謔
156
Come in flashes
一閃即逝
157
Domino
effect
158
Horrify/ scare/ spook
嚇煞
159
Days are
numbered
160
Put it into
practice
161
Thunderous/ rapturous
applause
162
Simmering
anger
163
... is no stranger to
controversy
164
Bestiality
獸性
165
Incest
亂性
166
Time is
ripe to
167
In the wake
of
168
Reprieve
緩刑
169
Fish in troubled
waters
170
Strike while the iron
is hot
171
Drag its heels
拖延做事
172
Have a special calling
to
173
Scuff
拖著腳走路
174
Stoop
彎身
175
Chief Executive-elect
候任行政長官
176
Sb. is spared
jail
177
Keyhole
surgery
178
Grind to a halt/ come to a grinding halt
漸漸停止
179
Two sources acquainted with
details
180
Come under the
spotlight
181
Cash-strapped
缺乏現金
182
Is nothing short of
簡直是, 無異於
183
Upstart
新貴
184
Arch-rival
勁敵
185
Usurper
奪位者
186
Sb. is
hand-picked
187
A reshuffling of
the deck
188
Spread like
wildfire
189
Touch the raw nerve in
Hong Kong people
190
The Shape of Things to Come
未來趨勢
191
Perpetrator
犯罪者
192
Go
viral
193
Disdain to answer
不屑回應
194
Trade has dried up considerably in the Hong Kong bourse
as investors tread cautiously
195
Hang Seng Index registers another
day of losses
196
Top the mainboard in terms
of turnover
197
Continue to cast a shadow
over the index
198
Weigh down the
stock index
199
Clamp down on
insider trading
200
Cool down frenzied
speculation
201
Markets are mixed
市場各自發展
202
Moved out of the safe-haven
currency
203
Temper recent concerns of a sharp
slowdown
204
Manufacturing activity has remained
in contraction
205
Economic fundamentals
were good
206
Asian markets were hit by
renewed euro zone fears
207
Spain is probably the next country to be
hammered by a debt crisis
208
Fuel concerns
among traders of
209
Slash its public
deficit
210
Play a wait-and-see
game
211
Major markets were confronted by
a number of uncertainties
212
There were concerns about US banks given their
exposures to European debt
213
The US markets generally
outperformed
214
Uncertainties about the global economic
outlook paced losses
215
Market sentiment was
clouded by ...
216
The Hong Kong market underperformed, dragged
down by financial stocks
217
Accomodative monetary
policy
218
Possible slowdown in the growth of most
other major economies
219
The Federal Reserve signalled its intention to
keep interest rates until at least mid-2013
220
Take co-ordinated
action
221
S&P had ended
flat
222
Bond yields
債券孳息率
223
Trading in exchange-traded derivatives grew
交易所買賣衍生工具的交投上升
224
Cash market
現貨市場
225
Face significant
headwind
226
Dampen markets
worldwide
227
Weigh on sentiment
氣氛受壓
228
The losses were quickly recouped on
upbeat corporate earnings
229
Worries about contagion from the European
sovereign debt problem
230
Improvement in employment data also
paced gains
231
Gains were
trimmed
232
Combat
inflation
233
A rate hike cycle
加息周期
234
Austerity measures
緊縮政策
235
Sluggish economic growth
經濟增長放緩
236
The potential spillover effect on US banks
波及美國銀行
237
To jitter over the strength of the
global economy
238
Keep a lid on
sentiment
239
A regime that can ensure the proper discharge
of the gate-keeping role is pivotal
240
Return the extraordinary hospitality
回禮
241
Areas of tension
敏感議題
242
China's peaceful
rise
243
Extend my belated - but no less warm -
wishes
244
To break bread with you
出席這晚宴
245
Given our versatility and resilience
香港人一向以靈活見稱
246
Aspire to be
力求成為
247
People should be equally assured of their
rights with ...
248
Our vision for every child,
life in all its fullness
249
Be in attendance
at
250
Perpetuate his
philosophy
251
A dash of
少量
252
Light-hearted
輕鬆
253
Unrelenting quest for
對... 不斷探索
254
A far-sighted marketing
strategy
255
An exponential
growth
256
The impeccably developed
style
257
Exuberant
精力旺盛的
258
Enclose the spirit of the jewel in a
warm embrace
259
Voluminous
冗長, 多產
260
Intertwine, interlace, weave
糾結, 交織
261
Fineness, tenderness, slenderness, delicacy
纖弱, 優雅
262
Launch a public
consultation
263
Gauge the views of
the public
264
Implement by
legislative means
265
Convene informal meeting with
stakeholders to gauge their views
266
The main thrust of the consultation
該建議的重點
267
Retain the rights to
veto
268
Join force with...
與... 合辦
269
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