新托福听力：实战常用短语（2）

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　1　benefit concert 慈善音乐会  
4 k6 F8 X  U; f; ~　　We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert， but we don’t have much money for advertising.

　　2　busy signal 占线

　　I’ve been calling David for the past half hour， but I keep getting a busy signal.
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　　3　between you and me 你我之间，保密

  b% n8 g  j) Y1 `+ x5 r3 ~　　4　call for

4 b# B9 W+ p5 d# {　　A，打电话找

　　Tom just called for you.

　　B，预报
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1 D( h' ]& Y9 d: m9 A. Y6 t' Y　　The 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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　　C，问

　　It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

　　5　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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　　6　cash the check 兑现支票

　　Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

　　7　clear off 收拾，整理

　　It’s about time we clear off the desk.

; ?6 ~6 n: j" H  L　　8　come down (雨，雪)下起来

　　The heavy rain is coming down， now.
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- n" w# i# c8 H/ ^: f+ i  L　　9　come in first in the race 比赛第一名

+ i' p. n2 p! T, Q1 L　　Not only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.
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) J- t( U4 J8 t8 M　　10　come what may 不管怎样

) w6 X& d, W, c, k% x4 y　　We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight，come what may.
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　　11　cost somebody an arm and a leg

+ M) o! o- w4 y5 I　　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.
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　　12　cut it out 闭嘴
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% K; B- P$ i5 `1 {! [0 I8 i　　I told you to cut it out.

　　13　be cut out for 生来时做……的
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　　Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.

　　14　department chair 系主任
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　　I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

9 x4 F2 o) Y6 C( l　　15　dirt cheap 非常便宜

) F' f5 _; Y8 T　　A： You’ve already furnished your apartment?

　　B： I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.
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; C' L! M/ h% I: m# V/ }5 s) m　　16　do with 用………凑合; do without 没有……也行

' Z/ `8 `$ {4 V1 Q; j3 x* m2 _　　You can do with your girlfriend.
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# Z5 u+ X# r8 r　　You can do without your girlfriend

7 }  q' h5 p% @3 b  l( C) i　　17　fall back on 依赖
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& M, Z! C& C7 e$ ]- J　　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.
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　　18　fill a prescription 按处方抓药
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( H; L- @2 v  f* l, r6 t　　Would you please fill this prescription for me?

　　19    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.

4 i% d5 Y2 p4 w- k6 ^- [　　20　food for thought 令人思考的东西;同义：thought-provoking
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　　There is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.

; ?- ?9 M. y! f; }( e1 N　　21　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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! X; |* G4 a6 J( }& T　　22　from top to bottom 从上到下
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0 K4 c8 |, W/ B/ W　　A： Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.

0 a& w6 B' Z: R+ h. g　　B： I’ve searched it from top to bottom……
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& G5 F& ]4 B* _; m& a% V5 A　　23　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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　　24　get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
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3 y$ E. N5 u) E4 X/ T+ W: M% U3 c* T　　The training program was difficult， but she got a lot out of it.

6 ^5 p$ G$ h+ |1 \　　25　get at 想说
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　　Do you understand what I’m getting at?
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　　26　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
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$ c# j/ Y! }& d2 M. k1 T: f' {　　27　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.

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