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.

32, 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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  y; @1 Y) B. [A,打电话找Tom just called for you.
B,预报
' I* X: M2 u2 D5 Q/ v: m) ?The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
C,问
# F) _7 E$ T3 g5 D# ?2 S/ r1 |1 `# TIt’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

35, call it a day 就此结束
# S/ i3 M  s9 Z- P  w. Y2 NA: 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.
$ U5 X  M- ]% a' AB: 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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Have your sister cashed her paycheck?
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37,clear off 收拾，整理
. L: x* w% y/ \! |8 `* e1 JIt’s about time we clear off the desk.
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38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
The heavy rain is coming down, now.

9 J7 ?1 Y4 @: ^' W39, 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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, m( a- W4 E, B2 W/ m40,come what may 不管怎样
+ ^$ O: ]2 Z2 b* ?We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.
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; s( Q2 ]6 c2 {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.

8 V$ a5 y0 z7 l$ S) R( x42, cut it out 闭嘴I told you to cut it out.
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7 ?" |- n0 p8 ^$ i% E* k43,be cut out for 生来时做……的
- \9 m7 l. r( H* q& f+ jDr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

44,department chair 系主任
# ^$ S3 B  d+ q; ^I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
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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
' K% X1 m/ O# q, O5 U; ?& oYou can do with your girlfriend.
, P0 s4 R& _' d6 p! tYou can do without your girlfriend

47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down; worn out; out of steam
: r6 O- K0 k2 O  T+ e# x' \I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

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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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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.

51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
5 R, f2 \4 L- l2 F+ e0 ~Would you please fill this prescription for me?

9 [0 K% B) k4 U& x52, fill in for 代替； 同义：fill one’s place(position, shoes); take the
( O$ O3 C0 j$ d! W( d2 Splace 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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1 N+ s. ?; |& [2 a) N7 _, \3 `# y9 AThere is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.
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54,for nothing 免费
, t9 S6 d0 J% a/ B( e9 j/ pTo pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.
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A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
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/ Z' |: I7 h3 _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
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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

60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
) P0 A4 o3 k! o' V0 R+ oA: 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.

61, get on one’s nerve 招惹某人神经了
2 m" {* E( X: ^1 wA: 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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" s' t' ~2 v6 g+ v; O% I+ z% eWe 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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A: did you hear about Jim?
3 ~* ^! Q: c' a. F3 ]! ]2 ]B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.

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  \2 N3 P1 |- q: z* C; ZWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you