口语习惯用语100 31--65

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31，benefit concert 慈善音乐会
  j7 ?. @- \# C3 oWe 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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- Z% F2 ~5 X+ E+ b33,between you and me 你我之间，保密

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6 H' E* e5 B: J7 U* l% O* nA,打电话找Tom just called for you.
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; B) V6 W! f2 f  ?/ q* J! DThe 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.
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35, call it a day 就此结束
. C  d6 B: ?: S) G; sA: 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.

2 h% F5 l$ y  s3 b; I4 t36,cash the check 兑现支票
Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

1 }+ L' R( w3 E7 H37,clear off 收拾，整理
) Q% m9 r9 b' g. q% VIt’s about time we clear off the desk.

  L1 v* L- x- v" }& S5 J38,come down (雨，雪)下起来
6 `- `* h7 w9 A* f1 rThe heavy rain is coming down, now.
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39, come in first in the race 比赛第一名
6 r# _& w9 w5 h: k* ?3 t. }+ j/ y+ HNot 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
: v1 J6 {/ [% B) j" uWe’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.
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41,cost somebody an arm and a leg
A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
6 c9 L! K7 l7 ~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
Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.
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+ R8 f, D# {4 q. U0 Q44,department chair 系主任
$ p6 k" l+ B' II didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
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45,dirt cheap 非常便宜
( a  e1 G! ]) S* G  n0 g% N+ BA: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.
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46, do with 用…..凑合; do without 没有……也行
8 d% m. t2 f5 A. ^You can do with your girlfriend.
/ M& X5 B- g( E! Z" r5 WYou 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.
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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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50, fall back on 依赖
' F5 ~3 @. h4 t: m2 EA: 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?
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* S: w4 U: B0 @* `! v6 f) Y0 I52, 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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There is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.
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" |0 h0 J* A3 U54,for nothing 免费
To 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.
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.
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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.

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, _! z, v* L! U8 {0 N' RDo you understand what I’m getting at?
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' k1 h9 }  g% a2 z+ S( ]59, get away with 对…..摆脱惩罚
% E2 V6 M# i( d& rA: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.
1 m9 ]. z4 ^- m1 oB: He can’t get away with that

60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving
5 b4 W7 t9 @( ~1 v4 K( s8 kA: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
3 O! W9 N5 B( j+ A, kB: 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.
  [  ?8 [5 ^2 aB: 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
3 k3 n( x& ?) B3 D8 l; p3 zWe 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.

/ W2 [$ A- X  c" E2 ~) }3 r4 M$ d64,give credibility to 相信
! ~3 v2 ~+ t( [9 A: {8 RA: did you hear about Jim?
- v4 v9 a; W1 E' B% X( EB: 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