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.

" B7 I; B: B5 q, s32, busy signal 占线
) o) @5 `3 w# u3 x, i, F8 wI’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.

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34，call for
6 q1 I8 C: E; N  Q( Q/ PA,打电话找Tom just called for you.
B,预报
% t) k9 _! F# a3 K) V$ jThe forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
C,问
It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

3 k  t, V% U* @; a0 r$ S3 @35, call it a day 就此结束
" M, v  N$ e: j: N" G: ^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.
B: 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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Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

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- r! f; Y! i. o- J# U& n* H: z; lIt’s about time we clear off the desk.

38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
The heavy rain is coming down, now.

) ~3 z1 b: K" X+ L# U" T; E& l39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
9 ~  k8 S3 x, U3 ?! o, NNot 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
& \8 f  m) G- ~' b% g( K8 I- K) FWe’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.
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* u' y) s8 J% L: z9 q  N41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
7 V) g3 d# e4 a7 W3 ^0 t, MA: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
0 E5 u. Z5 d2 U6 I  L7 YB: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
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! C3 w& A6 R5 i( u' }# E42, cut it out 闭嘴I told you to cut it out.

$ L1 E7 Q; S& W7 Z. ]4 z9 ]- l/ u. }' ^6 ?43,be cut out for 生来时做……的
( G  K  A# W% j0 e, [% g" z" q" bDr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

44,department chair 系主任
I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
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45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.
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46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
0 F' X- b9 R. GYou can do with your girlfriend.
: X( j) V' L1 p; D: _You can do without your girlfriend
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I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

2 P1 j6 \  z" v! G48, down jacket 羽绒服

49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind
7 \( r) f" x( K* X7 rThe sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.
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50, fall back on 依赖
A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
B: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.
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51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
* ^, ?3 v, h" b3 B6 C6 jWould 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.

53,food for thought 令人思考的东西；同义：thought-provoking
3 `2 G. w4 S& H' qThere is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.
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/ H! }  N& o4 Q( R, O2 @; D0 k* Q54,for nothing 免费
' f9 k5 `4 d- D0 o- f6 jTo pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.
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55,from top to bottom 从上到下
. n! u$ u; d: M4 ~4 H9 Y( AA: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
5 [3 ?$ w* F7 F7 B' j/ ]: i6 `B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
0 D  ]( N+ @$ Z+ r* F56, get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了
4 i" M* @/ Q5 m* r! `. |I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.
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8 G+ ~  Y+ G2 e% }2 D4 K' b" N: y57,get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
- O2 v7 J9 P% d. m/ nThe training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.

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1 U: z! p1 y9 UDo you understand what I’m getting at?

5 O3 b! q5 P, X/ E9 ^7 [59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
' h; P5 X; w. w+ g2 OA: 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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60,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.
7 f9 k+ _* ]  S( \, ZB: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.
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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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6 b+ t2 `( l* l. d+ h3 B62, get started on 开始做
* U  ~4 P% e- ~We should get started on the project.

& h5 `& R  Z, v8 g63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
6 [- ^' _/ ?8 u  l. M" m0 O1 hOh, so she was able to get time off from the work.

& X  }6 e. O+ R) m) z/ ?64,give credibility to 相信
/ s' v4 H) O' w9 S8 j  T8 X: g/ j: PA: 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
Well, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you