在完成托福听力时偶尔大家会遇到一些感觉既熟悉又陌生的英语习语，习语不同于普通单词能轻易在字典里找到准确含义，必须要大家结合英美文化来理解才能保证准确。以下是一位托福培训名师总结整理的托福IBT听力解题应掌握的300个英语习语，希望给大家的托福听力解题带来帮助。 1. cool off (down) → make or become calm
; c3 r% f2 ]4 N 2. hold the grudge → having hard feelings: y' U) G7 B0 _' ]* w( o9 q0 \1 p
3. come a long way → show much improvement; make great progress
9 T. I M% h/ K- j8 p8 ~6 V% X 4. straighten out → correct a mistake; make you realize you are wrong. a0 \9 ~# j4 o" d
5. once and for all → finally or decisively1 H8 [! D" W6 G$ a9 P
6. put … away → put in the right place or out of sight! C/ i' C! `; a2 k* W1 s/ Y+ y
7. out of it → not concerned with, not involved in& X* o6 ?: z% Z8 p. S
8. bump into → meet by chance; run into' Q' C+ q; c4 W/ d" N, s V
9. out of stock → lacking a supply of, especially temporarily
. p3 M, g% T( c2 B5 n& |' W 10. per se → in itself
& x& q& C& C7 ~ 11. keep to oneself → avoid the society of others
4 W& G% X4 c' d6 s 12. go out of one’s way → make special effort to help somebody or do sth.
# y% ^. \7 G0 @5 o 13. put up → accommodate; lodge
' r/ K7 k) e/ h" T2 C8 D/ c 14. under the weather → some what ill; in low spirit
6 n3 H2 n* ^0 o4 I# f 15. come in handy → prove useful
: m ?8 m8 a: C6 U! O" H4 T& \: ?& k+ Q# ^ 16. talk one out of → make one leave off or forego sth. by talking) r, h% K4 j8 W9 E) l# n
17. wait on → serve; attend as a servant' Y) H: B: u8 n0 a
18. go all out → make one’s utmost effort
/ ^" [' y1 c) o' k 19. on sale → at a reduced price
, x) k- s- y" \( x 20. try out → enter as a competitor
* u* U4 U: h) ?" h- X, }& h 21. pass up → give up; renounce; reject
9 ]7 r& r7 M4 ~7 D1 `: l 22. on behalf of → as a representative of
$ o1 V& ]0 w# c5 Z% {7 D 23. stay up → not to go to bed
; P' i0 o+ z% w5 t) \! y 24. the odds are → the changes are; the probability is2 S3 o0 k# S: [3 \' I
25. hold over → postpone
. G- c ?) Q; V9 @- w) `4 j! H 26. out of order → in the wrong arrangement or condition; not working right/ u7 Y8 K: D) U' t. Q( J
27. booked up → have no seats or rooms left; have no free time left
/ H' I* A2 O4 |' G$ Q 28. fit in → fine tine to see someone
4 d0 ?! X# v9 B$ a+ u 29. go in one ear and out the other → make no impression) a: A+ c7 _% o4 z0 Y- i8 G
30. measure up → have the necessary qualifications) S0 g% b2 D0 @- {' c
31. change of pace → a temporary shift or variation in the normal routine or regular pattern of activity9 |5 a, C" n. y% [4 K8 z4 |$ y6 z
32. run out of → exhaust the quantity or supply of) \8 T( l. ]" A& f! L8 [) _
33. go by → follow; obey' w1 H2 c$ }( W8 |2 W* X: w
34. take it out on → cause someone else to suffer for one’s own misfortune or dissatisfaction/ I$ X2 |" Y+ B
35. get around to → find the necessary time for1 F* B z) y. r( K, |8 r& S9 r5 e
36. put out → disturb; annoy$ I- H# ?3 ]# O2 v5 ^1 u; `
37. (with) flying colors 成功，以优异的成绩9 r9 D6 B6 M* _7 C: }' G2 g( H
38. little by little 逐渐! p+ |, H3 b8 v S; J
39. call off 取消. n/ c9 C( s, t1 | V
40. come into 获得，继承
+ p3 C8 Z6 ` P; g, r 41. put off 推迟1 b8 @2 S3 _5 s3 W/ `+ p
42. stop by 顺便看望
; J6 W. b" y4 h5 d6 L1 e4 c 43. tie up 阻碍
4 r! r7 U! {/ |1 [5 m U6 j 44. be out for 一心谋求，力图获得
1 z# ^" L/ K! v2 o 45. fill in for 代替+ l6 x b# I0 V8 o1 U8 q; H5 w' T! G
46. turn down 拒绝;把音量关小
3 o. W0 J6 \% e 47. go off 响起来
5 W! B- P' c T, R/ l; | 48. cut down 减少; U ]! o+ K& d% O) l* P5 a9 x
49. come up with 想出，写出，提供出，找出: G% y/ C' m6 x! V% e
50. make it 成功，达到目标 |
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