口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
8 p2 ]+ t5 i% x+ R4 TWe need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.
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  O2 ~! o" `: G* h6 a5 S/ y32, 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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34，call for
A,打电话找Tom just called for you.
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5 }" z5 G) G# O! ]& |* w. QThe forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
6 k& Y6 n% K8 i4 ?$ VC,问
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
2 ^0 c% O  L& S* F" G8 @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.
6 r( W- |, n4 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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36,cash the check 兑现支票
Have your sister cashed her paycheck?
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37,clear off 收拾，整理
It’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.

8 c: A1 n/ I$ m4 o) O" J39, 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.

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# |# [$ |8 O, J1 O! \9 P& HA: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
; A5 A$ g' ^& ^5 V( m9 C8 yB: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
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6 r" ~5 a7 x( f: ~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
6 {9 V: t" D: ^* g1 }$ DDr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.
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44,department chair 系主任
7 y( \) z& F) g5 @' GI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
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45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
3 \* p- D/ E6 r; b4 F5 OA: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

" _3 |0 u) B0 f! Q46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
5 e0 Y& G8 l+ \. W* }* rYou can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without 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.

48, down jacket 羽绒服

49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind
2 |, L8 f. u& D! i3 ^9 ^( t8 }The sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.
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3 j' X% A7 _! @0 _6 o- I" E: I4 o50, fall back on 依赖
" B9 r3 R) y: h' bA: 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.
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51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
Would you please fill this prescription for me?

- Q2 R9 m# U& S- M0 t4 ^52, fill in for 代替； 同义：fill one’s place(position, shoes); take the
% L: u+ l7 _: J) t3 Z- Cplace of; take over Say, Dave, can you fill in for me tonight at the restaurant? I’d like to go out of town.

53,food for thought 令人思考的东西；同义：thought-provoking
- N8 I4 a8 q; P5 I6 G, T5 J" a( _$ |% tThere is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.

) l5 h* D, e6 U1 |3 }9 M9 u- a5 O54,for nothing 免费
; I$ A3 n' D$ T9 G4 ~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
A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
' k; H. U4 u" g/ O8 S56, get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了
, i- ?/ @( E, _8 |: r9 g1 V9 _I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.
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, ~: T0 T% c8 P) ^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?

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2 Y4 O5 F& s; u: p6 j- J/ S6 wA: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.
  j/ y  ]/ ~# Y% Z7 P. v# ~7 T( }B: He can’t get away with that

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( r5 i/ i3 V( F/ }A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
& D1 B' E- J3 R1 g' XB: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.

- ~7 ]5 q* z( z# M. O61, get on one’s nerve 招惹某人神经了
4 L; U0 g) Y0 m* C# U$ I$ CA: Why did you come to the meeting late? I left a message with your roommate about the time change.
+ e& v6 d6 x3 f4 cB: She has a very short memory and it really gets on my nerve sometimes.
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1 Q9 @6 N7 ~* o4 h62, get started on 开始做
We should get started on the project.

63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
Oh, so she was able to get time off from the work.

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A: did you hear about Jim?
B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.

65,go easy on 温和对待
Well, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you