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.
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. r% \" g6 f5 A( i2 G7 C32, busy signal 占线
  M/ [5 N. Y$ JI’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.
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7 j( b0 x5 J  l( v* a33,between you and me 你我之间，保密
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34，call for
A,打电话找Tom just called for you.
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
! I' A$ H/ ~% K, ]. pIt’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

35, call it a day 就此结束
5 A* o( x$ H; t; x- o( R/ MA: 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.
) ~; ]2 _( K; U" {' A! N; h. e4 ~. sB: 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
0 k, J5 [& q6 k  }; }Have your sister cashed her paycheck?
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4 w. h* T( i( v' \0 o& h37,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.
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( [+ u& p7 f; s1 W39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
9 D9 n$ W  P4 o5 M& c7 ENot only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.
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4 l( k) n8 |8 D, f7 [: H, E. ~40,come what may 不管怎样
We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.

# ]9 a* p2 C( P7 v41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
8 |5 j1 x" E9 U' JA: 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
Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

44,department chair 系主任
1 B/ y* L. C: M# L4 yI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

( e+ f4 E+ k; J: A45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.
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7 x. K" k' i& ~& t0 l46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
6 r  n$ P, k, c" N7 bYou 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

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3 Q6 t- T- _6 k0 j0 Z) M1 ZThe sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

50, fall back on 依赖
! m7 E% }; S5 {7 `A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
- H* @  e% N: L  h0 kB: 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
* B; E; c8 d& _: g) o+ p$ fWould you please fill this prescription for me?

& s# l8 ~$ m+ G! U2 l1 j52, 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
9 o$ [; V8 o8 [- dThere is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.
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8 r. o3 N  O7 O- ~# 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.
! p8 _& J3 n* R. a0 B" f1 D% K8 e- zB: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
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I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.

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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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59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
- c4 x) M) _5 v- l" w1 `* I4 GA: 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
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60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
, H! H* {- F# g  n  J1 uA: 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
A: Why did you come to the meeting late? I left a message with your roommate about the time change.
% Z7 u/ l. u% y) ]B: She has a very short memory and it really gets on my nerve sometimes.

62, get started on 开始做
We should get started on the project.
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5 b# w1 e0 h; J+ }5 m1 z+ e4 s63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
Oh, so she was able to get time off from the work.

8 Z  [9 m) |! T* O, D64,give credibility to 相信
) |1 |) f2 @& eA: did you hear about Jim?
B: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.
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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