口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
7 _2 L, X; ^: L9 \' yWe need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.
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7 s! t' \' c- f  X32, busy signal 占线
I’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.
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- H3 J5 B& Y9 ?2 w. I! c33,between you and me 你我之间，保密
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34，call for
  n/ ^# E0 a3 y5 ~  ?  Q8 Q) GA,打电话找Tom just called for you.
+ ~: f% k+ [% }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
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.
* p* }3 P2 m) K0 G! v2 lB: 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
, E( {* \+ ]4 {# _; r9 |; yHave your sister cashed her paycheck?

  \% [. I  }9 Z6 m) W37,clear off 收拾，整理
It’s about time we clear off the desk.

) k8 o9 B3 X& h9 Q7 D38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
" B+ M3 J: k  o7 j2 UThe heavy rain is coming down, now.

; p% `9 H. R' v  N- x39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
- E  Q: B5 K$ O/ b. M# TNot 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.
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) w! I3 t& ?5 ~1 J1 I! pA: 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
2 J7 \; ^1 D! n, ]  zDr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

- T' }/ X# W# U+ U4 O44,department chair 系主任
" I7 A* u- r  W3 ]4 XI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

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.

46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
You can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend
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7 k/ E) j( i. W' o0 y47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down; worn out; out of steam
I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

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, w( T; A  z) z1 o49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind
( q+ L7 G- `; }7 _* |2 bThe sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.
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50, fall back on 依赖
2 y+ k  U  J0 d5 [0 y" P% ^+ E! w. e5 LA: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
# W1 J/ H& c+ |- e  D9 z+ ]B: 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
place of; take over Say, Dave, can you fill in for me tonight at the restaurant? I’d like to go out of town.

* Y' o% i, w$ S: e53,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.
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To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.
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0 _/ `) U$ A$ `+ d55,from top to bottom 从上到下
A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
! ~% z7 `7 M- P, v& Z; [B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
& q. _4 e+ s1 l3 Y4 d56, 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.

) _. h( V/ K2 z  x$ \57,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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58, get at 想说
Do you understand what I’m getting at?
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59, 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

# x$ E4 m9 L2 P& y) U60,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.
' ]! |9 o  F) K: l, d1 n! W8 tB: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.

0 L! D9 r+ |, |3 Q61, 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.
! q$ R7 K/ }  E' ^+ xB: 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
' ?+ f0 k$ \4 l- L8 PWe should get started on the project.
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8 [' z# W' Z+ J6 i63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
Oh, so she was able to get time off from the work.

64,give credibility to 相信
A: did you hear about Jim?
B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.
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Well, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you