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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  g: ^& O) J8 P2 w32, busy signal 占线
9 R5 I6 C/ Q8 p4 m* i$ CI’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

4 Z0 }, X* B$ R+ y34，call for
A,打电话找Tom just called for you.
2 J6 T7 E+ J9 DB,预报
5 A; l, g/ }  n2 H. \+ g! DThe forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?
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It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

0 ~8 M2 o, t' C35, 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.
1 z  T1 b+ Z  U2 T: C6 v/ n* bB: 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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2 k' P( e4 {# A+ G! I8 ?36,cash the check 兑现支票
' D( b# n: E! }& G9 {Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

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
8 K0 l6 R( ^9 P8 X5 X3 `/ iThe heavy rain is coming down, now.

39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
; }  t- F5 z$ R" ^# Z  ^, JNot only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.

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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?
B: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.

, {* `9 v% y) k, N42, 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
) H% }3 S* K6 U* hI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
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A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
$ P6 D! Z) t0 ^( x  P, iB: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.
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" {: X2 ?: f0 S. I9 p46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
You can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend

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.

  z" f0 m. B, l+ X48, down jacket 羽绒服
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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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. G0 n% m' k: G  |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
  x5 O2 n6 [+ T7 _6 U& g( W) kWould you please fill this prescription for me?

6 i4 V5 d- {' v, [0 ]6 X( X52, 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.
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$ O( u9 i( `7 F, U53,food for thought 令人思考的东西；同义：thought-provoking
) O) e/ Q& |0 |: p& ], t" ~) w: A$ aThere is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.
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54,for nothing 免费
1 u6 A* r+ M9 u% |4 F! ]9 XTo 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
A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom..
56, get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了
9 u& ~) i9 U( [I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.

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' W9 W9 Z$ \! l( h- N4 oThe training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.

( g) ~" C6 ?% }/ O4 I: k+ I* \1 w2 U1 F58, get at 想说
Do you understand what I’m getting at?

, {2 x! D, k' A5 q2 S9 J59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
; X+ r  H: j5 j. d" i1 Y, kA: 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
3 y. i- ?! y- pA: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
; [$ m" F! R+ T  f; X$ R) A, FB: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.
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  P: v9 V" W) W; n, W, b61, 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.
B: She has a very short memory and it really gets on my nerve sometimes.
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  W# g, ]" }7 N/ z9 }62, get started on 开始做
/ `" a' w, q" s! R+ s$ hWe should get started on the project.
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% |4 L5 V5 b$ u. I9 d4 Z63, get time off from work 从工作中抽时间
9 k- v# P& d$ B! y' iOh, so she was able to get time off from the work.
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4 w8 ?. q! d$ E64,give credibility to 相信
) |8 G$ a, A; eA: did you hear about Jim?
5 O2 P9 i- r5 N* F) @' m; HB: I wouldn’t give that rumor any credibility.
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65,go easy on 温和对待
: ?; y4 x/ B, T7 N9 z+ F4 qWell, since it’s your first and only ticket, the judge will probably go easy on you