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.
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3 v2 ~; |4 T3 U) D/ |6 r4 H* ~32, busy signal 占线
+ W/ v- D. ~4 ^4 sI’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.

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34，call for
8 f% u) n7 Z9 f2 R! Y( _A,打电话找Tom just called for you.
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The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
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It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

35, call it a day 就此结束
; f: M3 g$ y% K1 `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
, Z1 z8 @+ M' J! c; l# gHave your sister cashed her paycheck?

+ N" `5 x/ n  P2 }9 ?4 O0 R3 z37,clear off 收拾，整理
, G% p9 G6 j# sIt’s about time we clear off the desk.

' P' o* t8 M; S8 V3 i) }38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
; H, r% N3 i8 W) G- z; y; a4 lThe heavy rain is coming down, now.
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: E/ S3 T3 D) W" C* ]- e6 b& J4 }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.
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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
; D! I6 |- q# N- X+ GA: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
" E" [% b- f" D3 h( LB: 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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- f) F$ @! h$ o7 ?9 ^43,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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9 k, H4 G9 l- H9 t: P. o44,department chair 系主任
- `. Y' I! t1 y+ @I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
% n  c! f. B& b' w1 m& ]A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
  u5 U$ d7 q! f( ^! ?. g& n9 RB: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.
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+ j: K% b& A' L5 y  [5 V46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
4 c3 a2 G0 c8 G  s. j* Y  WYou can do with your girlfriend.
- ^6 x: p' V& w$ S9 T4 ~) b' wYou can do without your girlfriend

47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down; worn out; out of steam
. q# T& r& j: I0 bI’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

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  i$ ?; N5 R# n7 s( s; ~0 P49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind
9 i5 s  K( z2 v8 M( _: a" bThe sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

50, fall back on 依赖
( \% d8 o9 v, q9 Y% j2 y# [1 nA: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
1 y0 X: g$ I' h- U! Q% ?# {. M  I  NB: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.
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2 o- h- a. P5 X( \! mWould you please fill this prescription for me?

6 F; a" s( s" A; L9 E2 |4 L52, 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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6 S4 I( C8 r1 h1 i- o53,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.

54,for nothing 免费
' V7 k; I5 y: [1 r9 DTo pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.
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$ M7 W) b6 I' [55,from top to bottom 从上到下
( s( @' W% h% ^1 {6 _  cA: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
56, get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了
) D$ u" ~+ H/ g6 M. B1 D: KI 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
# [3 U+ W3 C1 d! e) ?% EThe training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.
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4 K( T) Z* x9 r# ~8 KDo you understand what I’m getting at?

59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
1 M, X0 j9 n+ Y5 TA: 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

0 u# j7 ~* h2 V60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
8 Y: I& m( v8 [9 h. JA: 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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* @% C& [) @4 R  R1 L61, 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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62, get started on 开始做
% J: y, v, F- qWe should get started on the project.
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Oh, so she was able to get time off from the work.
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64,give credibility to 相信
) Y) o2 }% s) sA: did you hear about Jim?
B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.
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! r4 v$ L0 q% @  x6 V65,go easy on 温和对待
* ^/ o! }* o: v2 Y$ S6 @6 uWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you