口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
1 N& V# o5 W5 U; M9 RWe need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.

32, busy signal 占线
) h& o5 r; I' X, p( U" H2 |+ ^  uI’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

34，call for
$ ?" a9 T0 d$ ^# v8 i! PA,打电话找Tom just called for you.
B,预报
# V. t3 o. Q" v2 OThe 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.
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35, 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.
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36,cash the check 兑现支票
4 _. ~1 a3 K4 Z3 OHave your sister cashed her paycheck?
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* A3 [. T6 D& Z0 J# b37,clear off 收拾，整理
1 g5 |( O8 z$ p. y1 |; I+ MIt’s about time we clear off the desk.

8 l! V/ `& |$ {0 E7 r) _' s38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
/ W( \; B/ M& m2 l3 v% K$ UThe heavy rain is coming down, now.

( J' @9 S0 `. M# B39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
5 o" K9 L& O3 D7 Y: @% uNot 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.

42, cut it out 闭嘴I told you to cut it out.

43,be cut out for 生来时做……的
Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

44,department chair 系主任
) K2 d9 f  }4 ~, s2 M2 aI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
: y6 \: K8 t7 y4 r# Z& FA: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
: F& V1 }  _) B# _- FB: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
7 a7 H  {* K2 X4 Q8 A& K8 ^$ fYou can do with your girlfriend.
: I# I4 \& E. K8 I2 a" QYou can do without your girlfriend
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47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down; worn out; out of steam
( d0 h. K7 C0 GI’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

9 c4 j1 C8 |4 f" B3 [$ R8 v48, 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
The 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.

, `8 D/ U7 V( a3 x: }51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
2 ?8 n! e. k) g; o- EWould you please fill this prescription for me?
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$ T2 q# v' E  u! `. \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
1 Y9 U' ], e0 |: p# lThere is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.
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54,for nothing 免费
To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.

, M& f5 e# Z  T9 H55,from top to bottom 从上到下
0 n% c$ c- A5 ]$ C9 E$ }A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
$ |3 }3 _+ J: D( [B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
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
8 n, ?3 e1 H, [$ t( I- X# _The training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.

58, get at 想说
Do you understand what I’m getting at?

6 c) T9 U' U" s59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
7 f0 k9 _: G9 H1 hA: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.
8 |+ d) a3 e1 V0 j( s7 @0 N5 ?B: He can’t get away with that

; m$ \) L) [9 \60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
5 z1 E4 B  M# w2 z( ^A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
* n- A8 ^5 X2 S2 C1 w2 PB: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.
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61, get on one’s nerve 招惹某人神经了
2 V/ M9 m! C( XA: Why did you come to the meeting late? I left a message with your roommate about the time change.
" D/ m/ f* o  ~- d7 @! KB: She has a very short memory and it really gets on my nerve sometimes.

62, get started on 开始做
We should get started on the project.
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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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64,give credibility to 相信
% e6 L6 v* R# SA: did you hear about Jim?
B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.
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2 E6 F+ Q6 C) X& ~. B65,go easy on 温和对待
2 V  A0 Q* Y- X9 gWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you