1 benefit concert 慈善音乐会/ p/ e) l- L7 d0 J- k' t
We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert, but we don’t have much money for advertising.
2 O% R A- |( Q( o8 `! q 2 busy signal 占线4 [% N, T) Q5 Z1 Z9 T! c" {
I’ve been calling David for the past half hour, but I keep getting a busy signal.- q: k `( b% Y. {/ Q/ ?1 I* `
3 between you and me 你我之间,保密% B1 ^1 f% L! ?( \; q2 O! s
4 call for
0 a- o2 r3 T9 O: d% ` A,打电话找* |: C- N3 s" U1 i6 M2 {& s: F# L
Tom just called for you.
# @0 l$ o4 r! j8 ?; Q2 P# G B,预报
& ]8 q/ f* D0 C The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?) l" a) o* N$ E; l
C,问
' ]7 g- Y) x, U! T It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.
* Z7 t/ P1 B- l5 K3 Z3 Z 5 call it a day 就此结束 N8 S ?& D0 \% W/ n2 i- {2 \/ ]
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.6 ]( j: W# [ o; Z
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.
7 n9 X& F( |4 X0 N 6 cash the check 兑现支票( Q) e; e1 r$ S( y" `
Have your sister cashed her paycheck?6 S, ?8 g( {; s4 ]* {
7 clear off 收拾,整理7 ]. \! _- C8 @6 D8 J1 I
It’s about time we clear off the desk., f1 E! E9 f0 b4 G
8 come down (雨,雪)下起来. l+ W- }" a/ ~' P3 c
The heavy rain is coming down, now.
4 y$ {- C1 K3 n 9 come in first in the race 比赛第一名
- F1 z/ W1 G; R6 G" X8 f$ Z: p Not only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.
" N$ z N* Y' {9 i 10 come what may 不管怎样
, X! p) K* C( _! b( m We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may.
8 n" t9 {: [! C. C 11 cost somebody an arm and a leg
- M8 a1 W! l4 G N$ Q A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
! N' O% \& o, P `' Z o0 A1 K B: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.6 @6 u3 h K* I
12 cut it out 闭嘴* J$ p% A C% M: y! @' C: D
I told you to cut it out.
* q4 H) f; l/ [0 V 13 be cut out for 生来时做……的
! g/ j% L" p" d. a# \: L6 K Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession.0 N; V* B1 P8 E0 m, J" T& ~
14 department chair 系主任# i* H+ _6 P4 b: c
I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
) s7 a: K$ ^# ~0 I# x$ P2 q: b+ [ 15 dirt cheap 非常便宜. r! X+ T+ u+ r+ x1 \: E2 j
A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?
; k! z- V5 E' i( D" }* A" {- G B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.; j+ V; J% }$ J" @1 X
16 do with 用………凑合; do without 没有……也行
$ q) T' V, J% I/ p. L4 b You can do with your girlfriend.
3 H0 P1 R2 d' I6 x/ d You can do without your girlfriend
& R& d* o) i1 H. @' v3 ~! U; t 17 fall back on 依赖# d5 w1 e2 [% _4 Q$ W
A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?/ F- m/ s* E4 E
B: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally. @4 y' W" L$ x
18 fill a prescription 按处方抓药. F7 {! t- a. p- j; [/ W
Would you please fill this prescription for me?
7 W! t1 {! \& W& [5 E7 h 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.( T9 `; }: Q! i
20 food for thought 令人思考的东西;同义:thought-provoking1 y o$ d5 t' ~9 B" d
There is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.
" [8 }! W1 q' e. P& q8 w0 u8 v9 ~ 21 for nothing 免费
: \. z8 i6 z( H3 s; S To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing.1 m7 d5 F: j$ k6 P, F, m/ p( r
22 from top to bottom 从上到下/ {8 ]0 G% z( k. A9 j5 E
A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.$ o$ m! E2 r B# [
B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom……
, L7 z* f( k% ?/ I 23 get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了6 }2 v' d" h% Z9 p! S
I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.
# ~0 @- r9 u1 T7 | 24 get a lot out of something 从……学到很多) ?! u4 {/ q; `
The training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it.; o% f8 k. B F- S, Y
25 get at 想说. Z0 o. b+ `- `% h6 v! |' }' l
Do you understand what I’m getting at?
/ R) q5 @* C1 W0 V/ g2 H/ Q' J& V3 d 26 get away with 对………摆脱惩罚2 t0 M$ F, [* `/ ^* X1 Q
A: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.
% j5 Q% f. @* y1 O+ J' v B: He can’t get away with that( @* ]* _; X0 U2 Z4 N% O- m
27 get going 赶紧行动; 同义:get moving
9 \" H# U) K+ Q" ~ A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.
+ W6 Q6 j6 Z& u. X0 J2 \ B: Who says we won’t? let’s get going. |