口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
5 m8 R5 M. ?( c3 F$ v: zWe need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.

32, busy signal 占线
' ]; m. _7 H: B+ F5 e* n$ `. lI’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.
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  T5 }- l, ~1 d' D) M33,between you and me 你我之间，保密

34，call for
- Z* N& b" ?5 x1 d$ d: fA,打电话找Tom just called for you.
B,预报
9 d/ j& ~$ W; _, m* F, n4 xThe forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
C,问
% V( x0 E# [+ UIt’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

35, call it a day 就此结束
' M1 d1 w: Y# t- X- UA: 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.

2 Z6 O- p0 Z! u3 F36,cash the check 兑现支票
! `# B, r8 n( X1 @Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

' S' o  J1 l4 O- O) f2 J37,clear off 收拾，整理
! K- U. d2 V! E& BIt’s about time we clear off the desk.
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' S! s* }! ?, L4 K* F: O38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
) f/ `; l/ t, o+ _  |1 NThe heavy rain is coming down, now.
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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.

+ e! f% O. F2 n0 p40,come what may 不管怎样
" @8 q" Z9 _# KWe’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.
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41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
3 o' z7 V+ y0 g) i1 lA: 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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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
* F0 H, y) N. t/ f+ L5 nI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

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A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
+ S$ L- _' q% B6 K/ N# \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
6 l5 @/ C$ a% m1 i2 W" G3 YYou can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend

, d& m6 n$ ]$ G47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down; worn out; out of steam
; a+ k4 ~" X. HI’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.
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48, down jacket 羽绒服

7 Z( I& N+ l) u2 g49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind
* R5 I( A& D) ~6 |- R! d  lThe sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.
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50, fall back on 依赖
6 K4 l; P0 B7 {0 ]/ \A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
- |1 P) \1 ]8 c- N+ O' mB: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.
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: t6 L0 i4 |% g2 U51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
Would you please fill this prescription for me?

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.

) J/ s  I+ c% X7 \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.

. b" v- \& e4 N+ l54,for nothing 免费
To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.

55,from top to bottom 从上到下
3 }& k0 l# m# O2 \* K2 wA: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
0 P9 |  }( J6 V+ u. ^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.

7 a/ G5 B4 J& Y" k) b57,get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
The training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.
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8 n7 l8 s+ B9 O3 c; G* b5 O$ k58, get at 想说
  _* \0 o5 X; P( oDo you understand what I’m getting at?

9 z. E. U6 x2 p) \& I59, 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.
B: He can’t get away with that
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60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
0 x# h( G9 l% }A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
# Y* a9 N7 }. D5 ^B: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.

3 c- k9 Y: a! @1 ^% C$ ?61, 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.

  w; `8 B! f. v& R, V* r& \# ~( z62, get started on 开始做
We should get started on the project.
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; k8 {4 U) D9 T( N63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
Oh, so she was able to get time off from the work.

# _2 Z: ~. {! V( X  r64,give credibility to 相信
A: did you hear about Jim?
! t) h0 S/ T* S" l: V* tB: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.

6 Y$ R" C% S% v( }7 A- z6 m; V- V65,go easy on 温和对待
! T; o# a6 f' B( g4 T& YWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you