口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
5 [  {8 k5 q7 ?We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.

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I’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
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A,打电话找Tom just called for you.
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7 ^) s6 N% s7 i; D8 g) C- t+ ]* rThe 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.

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.
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.

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0 c/ f9 R3 X1 S; f$ {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.

& c, U8 T8 R2 T( j' L+ h( p38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
4 X+ N4 U" a! V4 ]: U' q* pThe heavy rain is coming down, now.

39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
4 a1 n; F1 d% r7 RNot only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.
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( ]) b% J2 t5 i! }40,come what may 不管怎样
We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.

41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
+ o+ j9 u0 K/ r6 E% ZB: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
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7 b: C, A7 b) M5 Z42, cut it out 闭嘴I told you to cut it out.

4 H8 h3 D- m$ ~! w$ B" j2 Q43,be cut out for 生来时做……的
6 o/ r6 B4 ^' i) XDr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.
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% j( ^  z8 H3 o44,department chair 系主任
) _) e1 @  y  `% E1 cI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

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A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

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8 u: r% A; J2 B2 y7 l9 UYou can do with your girlfriend.
- G! ?- r/ C# ~7 \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
4 N( M6 ^! ~4 yI’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.
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48, down jacket 羽绒服

7 B) @# p, j$ P1 B5 Z1 v+ X49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind
0 b5 @& e0 V! F, T1 \3 TThe sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

50, fall back on 依赖
# Z; d; \8 |4 f' a6 ZA: 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?

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.

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.

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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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9 O0 l4 A( \/ _A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
- P# L- Z( _$ u* W: U6 tB: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
/ l* U, u, ^0 f) M) [7 o2 B4 ]# E56, 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
% M. v/ |- @5 `* I0 k  u% _9 G* f, YThe training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.

1 n) U/ W# |8 e! b: F' r! E58, get at 想说
/ _0 P0 ~  j0 R- D8 @. KDo you understand what I’m getting at?

/ @  B2 U& X9 O7 e$ ]59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
% o1 ]1 l! }+ H2 ?" r# TA: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.
( G5 j/ Y* n# \: N! ?; I1 TB: He can’t get away with that
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60,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.
B: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.
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61, get on one’s nerve 招惹某人神经了
' m; h' P3 X6 c4 u) Y3 u. m4 h2 QA: 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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62, get started on 开始做
0 K8 Y% F* K0 T, p9 @" \We should get started on the project.
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- |  Z- x4 r' l5 b" t5 d7 cOh, so she was able to get time off from the work.
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5 w7 X3 B( g" ~" k64,give credibility to 相信
5 t; x) y5 C. x# i7 d6 KA: did you hear about Jim?
: q- h5 S; M9 w' @, b5 l- K0 AB: 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