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36 Cards in this Set
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A Mountain of Evidences |
A mountain of evidences is put forward against Nawaz Shareef |
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As is well known |
as is well known, child labour is a global phenomena |
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as of late = recently |
As of late, I have met Ahmed Ali. |
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Not more than often= usually |
Not more than often, Fayaz telephones me. |
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Sweeping the problem under the carpet Bury/hide your head in the sand |
Sweeping the problem under the carpet is not a remedy. burying /hiding your in the sand is not remedy to any problem. |
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A sad end to an ambitious man.... |
When ZAB was hanged, it was a sad end to an ambitious man. |
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unholy haste to do something |
It was an unholy haste to ask for help, or forgiveness. |
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Her work drew admiration from all students/staff. |
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sorry state of affairs |
Energy crises is an other feather in the cap of the sorry state of affairs. |
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Wholesome/pragmatic/efficient approach |
It was not a wholesome approach to ask the USA for help in 1971 against India. |
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Nerve wrecking exercise, exam, test, preparation Nerve wrecking exercise, exam, test, preparation Nerve wrecking exercise, exam, test, preparation |
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unpack the discussion(start discussion) |
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voice your opinions give picture to your opinions |
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I don't know the things will work out for the best... |
These politicians just make the policies without knowing the things will work out for the best. |
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it is more prudent to scan the causes of terrorism first. |
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To all of them our heartfelt thanks |
Appreciation. |
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Several factors have been adduced to explain the growth of poverty. |
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And never let us/pakistanis/Chineses/people forget that... |
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showed courage in the face of adversity stand with me in the face of adversity ( unpleasant situation) |
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I am humbled and honored to be here with you. |
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On the brighter note, on the dark note, |
On the brighter note, Pakistan is going towards economic stability. |
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Needless to say( it is obvious) |
Needless to say, overpopulation is the biggest threat to our economy and security . |
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To put something to good use in something |
You should put your writing skills to good use in freelance writing. |
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To use something to great effect |
You can use your acquaitance to great effect to save your child. You must use your potentials to great effect to succeed. |
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for/in foreseenable future( to predict that something will happen in future) |
Gender inequality will remain alive and same in Pakistan in foreseenable future. GBV is not resolved for foreseenable future. (for the predictable time in future ) |
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To leave an indelible( unable to remove or forget) imprint on something |
Colonialism has left an indelible/deep ( influence) imprint on the mind of Pakistanis. He left a deep imprint on Sociology( he influenced sociology deeply.) |
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by/in virtue of something= because of something or by means of something |
1. She succeed by virtue of hard work. |
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so to say |
Your are handsome and clever, so to say. |
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Inflations ,economic slowdown, terrorism is 800-pound gorilla in the room. |
800 pounds gorilla in the room. |
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in a failed bid |
USA was attempting to engage Afghan Talibans through India and Kabul Govt , in a failed bid. |
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Of late, |
of late, Indian Army now is putting its feet into the foreign policy of India towards Pakistan. |
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All too often ( usually) , you help the poor. it is not often that = you meet me. every so often= somtimes Every so often we visit our village. |
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In one shoot/ in one fell swoop( Hurari)
The Ancient people knew that pandemic might kill their entire family in one fell swoop. |
in one swoop, nuclears could terminate entire humanity on the globe. |
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in all likelihood= possibiliIn all likelihood, AIDS could have more perilous if it broke out in 158. |
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China's friends are few and far betweeen. |
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even worse |
even worse, the chances of actual war, resulting from an incident involving the countries' militaries , are also greater. |