口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.

32, busy signal 占线
- O5 c  }+ x- s. L3 RI’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.

33,between you and me 你我之间，保密

  R% S5 F, I! e! f9 f6 x34，call for
/ N) p1 z, _; }/ U- fA,打电话找Tom just called for you.
" _: ]+ s- Y  ?* D" J/ f6 zB,预报
( z# l+ u) E2 x1 m% w6 D! fThe forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
  H% n! R7 f8 @, ]8 H! ?9 W" SC,问
3 b8 d- [1 }$ S! EIt’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.
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$ ?2 {/ F7 p5 L, Q" ^7 A/ I, \: w35, call it a day 就此结束
A: I’m really glad our club decides to raise money for the children’s hospital, and most of the people we’ve phoned seemed happy to contribute.
- G5 Y3 [* [. b6 H! j- s* S* jB: Yeah, I agree. Now we’ve gone through all the numbers on our list now, so I guess we can call it a day.

* L& I3 v9 A; M5 v0 T36,cash the check 兑现支票
* z: s6 j! q0 dHave your sister cashed her paycheck?

: F/ a5 m! r% s8 h- k) f37,clear off 收拾，整理
; S4 A; ~) [4 A8 V7 l/ ~; b% |% SIt’s about time we clear off the desk.

8 M  `- _( @4 H7 w38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
) E. o. r' M; p  t; zThe heavy rain is coming down, now.
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39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
Not only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.

. T9 L! N& B7 a* f; N, _) T, |40,come what may 不管怎样
; r- I; k/ j: h* AWe’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.

41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
" D" a" p( O8 J+ `" QA: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
: L1 `* l6 @/ F( rB: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.

42, cut it out 闭嘴I told you to cut it out.
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3 L0 U) t! I! u& Y43,be cut out for 生来时做……的
Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.
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3 ?; s- B: q8 x44,department chair 系主任
I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

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A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

1 e; {' Y( B0 L5 |  k46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
You can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend

3 a' [# }! p- [+ F: x* ^47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down; worn out; out of steam
8 q! H! N# ~, }4 B2 }3 k& VI’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.
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48, down jacket 羽绒服

' D5 f( C3 ^& E, e) |49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind
The sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

% ]  q, N. o3 L4 [. t, g50, fall back on 依赖
. H; g: ~$ S/ g* w+ VA: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
' B8 R, K' L5 O# fB: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.

* H( Z. V) x, N7 O6 R/ a51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
" K, U7 ~3 }, C: K6 c1 d  r$ S7 BWould you please fill this prescription for me?
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52, fill in for 代替； 同义：fill one’s place(position, shoes); take the
place of; take over Say, Dave, can you fill in for me tonight at the restaurant? I’d like to go out of town.
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53,food for thought 令人思考的东西；同义：thought-provoking
There is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.

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To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.

8 L& d- |  P8 X2 i55,from top to bottom 从上到下
A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
6 n  M% ?* Z& m3 u0 ?$ ?2 S# KB: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
/ I2 h5 t6 X% q1 D& \56, get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了
I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.
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57,get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
, y2 L) |5 _7 T# Q# ZThe training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.

58, get at 想说
( Y9 A4 t0 l0 Y" ADo you understand what I’m getting at?
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59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
* s, D9 J2 L2 B' o# w; BA: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.
B: He can’t get away with that
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" B7 Y2 J& [/ |# N' r# \4 G60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
" z8 U8 n! ?3 C1 c; o* h* kA: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
8 @+ ^+ N$ q# Y/ @B: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.

+ d' Z' f" l8 l$ z  t61, get on one’s nerve 招惹某人神经了
A: Why did you come to the meeting late? I left a message with your roommate about the time change.
B: She has a very short memory and it really gets on my nerve sometimes.
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$ P1 {& S7 K9 J1 m: C% p62, get started on 开始做
# M; B, Z4 e$ G2 a: ~9 PWe should get started on the project.
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3 {* l. X& _- q' y+ M63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
. x' G! f% U) ]7 E( S( Y3 y+ ?  @Oh, so she was able to get time off from the work.

64,give credibility to 相信
A: did you hear about Jim?
B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.

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- G2 D& b# f, ~- pWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you