口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
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1 D. t' h0 {  }- r32, busy signal 占线
  P3 ?( p# Q0 u5 M; oI’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
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: U6 f0 E  K! Q34，call for
A,打电话找Tom just called for you.
B,预报
The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
C,问
, i/ t0 i, l/ b& e! a  rIt’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.
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1 P4 S5 h+ L) v* S35, 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.
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.

36,cash the check 兑现支票
Have your sister cashed her paycheck?
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. u$ U) y1 D. O: i# d7 p37,clear off 收拾，整理
1 Q. F( r! y0 h" c. I* P  _+ uIt’s about time we clear off the desk.

7 S2 a4 f( W% I5 J- x' E& D38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
7 D0 M: I8 V* lThe heavy rain is coming down, now.
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39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
) ~/ A6 A1 Z3 F) c2 J/ vNot 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
/ C9 E# A! d# h% y% ^We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.

. i1 q$ o# E3 s$ d6 A41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
. ?1 Y6 ?' a& p! }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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% _, ~: e9 D0 W) I3 r/ r42, cut it out 闭嘴I told you to cut it out.
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; f1 h  G4 k( Y( f43,be cut out for 生来时做……的
! T9 S1 i* B1 I1 K1 y1 \" c) V; NDr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

+ F; y+ ^7 f+ k/ j44,department chair 系主任
I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

% U+ C" H, W6 V& k! q45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
$ n: T* ^0 f+ L6 BA: 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
You can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend

47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down; worn out; out of steam
/ Q1 _$ m6 G" t1 O  {I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

48, down jacket 羽绒服
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The sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

8 O' t- u/ i; ?4 ^+ r50, fall back on 依赖
6 _- S- J9 M  i1 e0 _A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
* \: y* n7 i1 K& N+ M. iB: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.
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Would 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
& K& \* Q  U8 @: I* kplace 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
6 N; ^; z; T: X- ZThere is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.

7 Y5 Z9 g" E. O( t% B54,for nothing 免费
) e+ \! E+ Y: o  h( G& CTo pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.

- J: m' D; [& h5 x: j55,from top to bottom 从上到下
A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
/ T5 Q+ E) d0 G7 b2 ZB: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
3 a( X/ ?! }9 Q* Q: K" t' _56, get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了
4 W& _: f$ t, A0 \5 a+ n9 TI got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.
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6 B  }3 \4 R8 O$ }. ?57,get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
! N' u6 U8 ^0 G# i+ nThe training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.
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58, get at 想说
Do you understand what I’m getting at?
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' A; a! O2 R& V, u59, 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.
) u+ a) k$ N) E. P6 T7 jB: He can’t get away with that

60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
. w4 J1 i7 \3 zA: 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.
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# c1 B& q* F; P9 O) q* n61, 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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+ @" Q$ o( P% Q! q62, get started on 开始做
/ C" f! {; n$ b) D1 F6 yWe should get started on the project.

# I0 F" N/ V. b5 W1 f# \63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
Oh, so she was able to get time off from the work.
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( o) M) J: @7 j64,give credibility to 相信
A: did you hear about Jim?
B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.

0 e7 K! a  [; c- f65,go easy on 温和对待
8 o  {4 {$ F& I% j9 k; f& UWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you