口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
$ K1 a5 p7 c9 s- T( _We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.
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32, busy signal 占线
I’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.
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33,between you and me 你我之间，保密

1 b. G" C4 V( `( ]* _34，call for
: J% y; x8 l8 L6 N$ |0 j. s8 C$ tA,打电话找Tom just called for you.
B,预报
  j6 w) ~! g8 e0 D' O6 M" ~2 ]( Z& pThe forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
C,问
7 h" c8 G3 M9 bIt’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.
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35, call it a day 就此结束
8 p9 ?# T- r" U3 H  ZA: 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.
9 j8 B& u' }  B+ T( p: V% xB: Yeah, I agree. Now we’ve gone through all the numbers on our list now, so I guess we can call it a day.
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3 g8 R0 \  N$ S/ ?36,cash the check 兑现支票
# \3 [. i9 L4 j3 V1 ^: pHave your sister cashed her paycheck?
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37,clear off 收拾，整理
  l1 }7 d% N% i/ g" f0 l* xIt’s about time we clear off the desk.
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; w% n9 j+ F+ d38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
$ ^2 J% a' Z4 \) ]- tThe heavy rain is coming down, now.

39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
- w2 A. b" b( {& yNot only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.
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40,come what may 不管怎样
We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.

41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
B: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
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42, cut it out 闭嘴I told you to cut it out.
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( v2 `& L2 x: d% E43,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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% O5 p# }5 _9 P/ P1 @44,department chair 系主任
9 V/ v( [, g# l6 M" YI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
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45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
7 o" o) M7 s# D& w* \1 iA: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
; N# o) k  F7 ~+ a* x8 KB: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.
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# X7 [- j6 M4 Y* Y' @7 o$ I46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
You can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend
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47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down; worn out; out of steam
I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

48, down jacket 羽绒服
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49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind
* @9 P; L" I: N) I+ g7 \1 TThe sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.
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4 b& `2 ~! Q1 Z: I/ B; a- ]9 Y50, fall back on 依赖
4 x) k; n9 A5 fA: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
9 c& g7 K& G  N3 c4 sB: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.

( I8 T! B- R6 z* k+ ?6 A' m51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
Would you please fill this prescription for me?
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3 E9 n+ n, g! y# l& R) x+ {52, fill in for 代替； 同义：fill one’s place(position, shoes); take the
; R8 i+ v! `( H  Fplace of; take over Say, Dave, can you fill in for me tonight at the restaurant? I’d like to go out of town.

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.

) t( x+ Z% T5 m0 J( h54,for nothing 免费
) L) s2 F* X+ A$ [: r$ P' WTo pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.
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5 ]& d9 K$ \9 K55,from top to bottom 从上到下
" i  `- C  a' ^2 M" f4 ?A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
; f1 O, z0 Q. H56, 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.

2 B1 E2 i3 U& d! s  ?57,get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
3 C& r% q' t# R" ^0 @The training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.

58, get at 想说
% K+ g4 p. O0 g) \1 `8 n! t$ TDo you understand what I’m getting at?
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59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
A: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.
# b2 ^+ Z+ Z) c# p  f; f6 JB: He can’t get away with that

* o" N* N/ n. [; U# @4 z) k60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
B: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.

61, get on one’s nerve 招惹某人神经了
& ]( s& S. ]; ~0 q9 c& z5 WA: 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.

8 V) g  I4 a: n6 x6 G3 p62, get started on 开始做
& _( }: ]/ k5 O$ A) VWe should get started on the project.
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0 G+ |3 z6 ?# x. `6 g) G; y63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
9 T8 R7 J# B+ e. H* T; X' vOh, 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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65,go easy on 温和对待
3 v: C+ s! _$ d. NWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you