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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4 v: s! V" ^/ h0 ?8 ]32, busy signal 占线
& {; A; E% h: x7 aI’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.
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A,打电话找Tom just called for you.
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) N0 e% X1 L4 k% Y; g, a6 ^) `( fThe 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.
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* q! e3 w0 l( ]7 b35, call it a day 就此结束
% h; i$ D3 i0 M1 G! wA: 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.

36,cash the check 兑现支票
) i1 k$ ~7 M( X6 Q2 y! KHave your sister cashed her paycheck?

37,clear off 收拾，整理
# R) [% Z/ E# H2 h& a  _1 M5 QIt’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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# h1 ]/ p2 L1 e' {8 `2 iNot 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
1 X+ {7 E7 A- }7 r  z5 dWe’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.

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
4 Z; E5 G' G7 m6 ^* `2 Z: c. J4 SDr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

44,department chair 系主任
1 e! @7 _  C! S; OI didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

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A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
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: t$ M1 C- I6 n. c: v46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
You can do with your girlfriend.
You can do without your girlfriend
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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
! w) B8 X- j+ V$ q. BThe sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

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% y" b3 W' A7 ]6 g$ m/ ~A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
$ U2 x1 y! t2 JB: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.
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6 s4 g5 h5 l2 C1 s51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药
6 x/ z9 y* v0 o6 k) V/ ^Would you please fill this prescription for me?
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( D" k! @8 i$ G! p' o; ^: f, K52, 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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54,for nothing 免费
! F6 p& N5 t, Q% H$ @, XTo pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.
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; S9 r  k: U5 N, l. ^55,from top to bottom 从上到下
# L/ A5 D, }" `9 d5 BA: 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
I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.

4 _. h8 k8 U: d. J1 ^57,get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
/ x$ O, A  r& U5 T, \. EThe training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.

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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
A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
; Z/ y4 z! `( `. NB: 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
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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We should get started on the project.
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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.

64,give credibility to 相信
A: 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