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.

: [# c0 m3 H9 T" l2 W; w/ l& l32, busy signal 占线
9 d2 N- w$ O  G+ u8 S* JI’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

34，call for
+ A7 G- l4 n/ @& z5 d  \2 WA,打电话找Tom just called for you.
' P6 A- g6 Q/ K5 xB,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
! W3 t3 s3 k1 u# e8 Z0 _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
6 E: Z/ X  D: K0 Y* x) I7 U/ hA: 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
' b7 I5 D) V5 YHave your sister cashed her paycheck?
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, g# f9 S: `' \9 o- G2 O37,clear off 收拾，整理
It’s about time we clear off the desk.

1 G6 W, r$ y+ f/ D" y38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
The heavy rain is coming down, now.
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39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
' f# J( c  n+ u. |; xNot 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
+ `9 S* p! l8 ?0 [- XWe’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.
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41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
4 s: _) O; C+ \5 MA: 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.

% N% g$ N: B4 ~. D43,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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% a$ O* V$ I! d+ q- ^+ }8 x44,department chair 系主任
I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
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2 K  |) f/ K& T4 f45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
3 H* w; V! \' b# l1 G" b* MA: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
# [' |, ~$ x8 d' b1 oB: 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.
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47, 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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1 s- E5 J' I- N+ m# ~4 h% w8 s49，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.

50, fall back on 依赖
A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
2 j- T9 [% @2 W1 w6 ~) \! eB: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.

51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
1 l& Y, T9 q, v7 N4 wWould you please fill this prescription for me?
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9 C5 ]/ k" T7 s& n7 s% ]6 \5 U* n52, fill in for 代替； 同义：fill one’s place(position, shoes); take the
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- O! d7 Q. ^0 U. n53,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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54,for nothing 免费
To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.
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55,from top to bottom 从上到下
, C; U6 {# y6 O7 FA: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
6 S% t- g7 e# w3 p  }: j- nB: 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.

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.

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

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.
+ F7 H" o- v, f4 d3 z$ v: \B: He can’t get away with that
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* S& `, @; w; G  U60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
. b3 M/ I) V& ^6 n( f+ g* }0 gA: 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.

9 s; ]0 \3 U- \+ D& ?61, get on one’s nerve 招惹某人神经了
5 T) P6 J; N0 B, G% KA: 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.

62, get started on 开始做
9 G+ _# s5 P3 }; X( LWe should get started on the project.

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$ z1 N9 j5 j. N4 d; U0 T9 sOh, so she was able to get time off from the work.
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; Z  w3 V( d2 Z/ d64,give credibility to 相信
A: did you hear about Jim?
' _2 s- s7 U2 P* t; rB: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.

7 c/ f2 U+ ?; P4 {: h3 ^- x5 p9 F65,go easy on 温和对待
5 o2 j9 _$ N% \2 o$ a' EWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you