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| stage | stag |
| fit the cap on | revisingbarrister |
| tenantlike | professional |
| agist | give sb. the benefit of the doubt |
| tarantella | tabard |
| prizer | sturdy beggar |
| Beggars should be no choosers. | tabernacle |
| As good beg of a naked man as a miser. | give sb. the benefit of the doubt |
| proband | sweater |
| sticky | stepper |
| privity | prig |
| tarzan | stepper |
| cut the cards | A cat in gloves catches no mice. |
| fat cat | stockateer |
| make a caricature of | Watch sb. as a cat watches a mouse. |
| slogan | tidbit |
| slave | tinderbox |
| skat | give sb. the bag to hold |
| when one's back is turned | sleeper |
| A man cheated me out of | balanced ticket |
| bullet bait | slicker |
| make a back for sb. | mail cover check |
| trader | trews |
| shrinking [blushing] violet | sister |
| benefit of clergy | |
| attention span | look babies in sb.'s eyes |
| If my aunt had been a man, she'd have been my uncle. | skat |
| paper baron | squirrel |
| squatter | climb on the bandwagon |
| psst | stable |
| adventure | tradebarrier |
| cast a single ballot | tepee |
| puisne | soubrette |
| sophomore | sooner |
| spiv | pons |
| squarer | pork |
| spotter | spoilsman |
| antipersonnel | yuppie |
| zulu | the NPC Presidium |
| baby | throw a word to sb. as a bone to a dog |
| zionist | yuppie |
| zeolite | Curtain ! |
| swear an accusation against sb. | the NPC Standing Committee |
| oath of abjuration | backbend |
| sun dance | Chinese People's National Committee for Defence of Children |
| Measures for Assisting Vagrants and Beggars with No Means of Support in Cities | system combining collective leadership with individual responsibility |
| strengthen the management of family planning among the floating population | parachute candidate |
| backbencher | reminder |
| talk-show campaign | background |
| will | wool |
| reinvent | widower |
| corn crackers | rob the cradle |
| widow | do sb. credit |
| men of all races and creeds | woomera |
| bounce off | plump |
| yarmulke | have a crow to pluck with sb. |
| astro | xenophile |
| checkerboard crew | checkerboard crew |
| carry on an affair with sb. | pleiad |
| Roman holiday | Boston Tea Party |
| never-never land | snake dance |
| bring sb. back to earth | sacristan |
| not every man's money | tacky party |
| be hard hit | Is your father a glazier ? |
| vanity box | tacky party |
| surprise party | |
| saga | backroom boys |
| firing party | pledge |
| AELM (APEC Economic Leaders Meeting) |
| the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation CEO Summit | within sb.'s danger |
| sabbatarian | safeguard human rights and steadily improve the human rights situation |
| ribald | redirect laid-off workers for reemployment |
| balloon | Administration of Fishery and Fishing Harbor Supervision of the PRC |
| play on/upon | banana |
| sahib | sambo |
| Monday morning feeling , Monday feeling | Black Saturday |
| God'sadvocate | vichy |
| victorian | scouter |
| walkabout | arcadian |
| God'sadvocate | anchor |
| communication gap | sin in good company |
| valetudinarian | scop |
| artifact | wallflower |
| sarong | walkabout |
| comparison shopper | scarab |
| make (a) book | turf commission agent |
| ragamuffin | rag |
| sequestrator | beware of a man of one book |
| racegoer | Job's comforter |
| rapporteur | be on affectionate terms with |
| applicator | He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself. |
| valentine | universalist |
| ratter | semitic |
| recaption | scream |
| Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. | association copy |
| give sb. an advantage | sandbagger |
| A-is a good discipline. | administration with the will annexed |
| in congenial society | acquit a person of a charge |
| desk copy | were |
| wayleave | weasel |
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