新托福听力：实战常用短语（2）

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　1　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.

　　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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; b) J. X' n; P! D8 g1 Q* l　　3　between you and me 你我之间，保密
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3 C3 f7 E* m% O; z; R　　4　call for
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　　A，打电话找
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: R- J. H- n% p; R% M　　Tom just called for you.
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　　B，预报

5 l2 k, w0 z3 V1 }; T/ q　　The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?

2 H( f6 R" t5 U/ j/ j$ j$ ~* m　　C，问
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2 f7 X& v' {: Y. t) P/ C　　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
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% V( K2 F; V! c. X1 M　　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.
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　　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

- E1 ?8 L4 S& g8 Y　　Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

, L# p% u( l4 L, a" u) m2 \　　7　clear off 收拾，整理
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　　It’s about time we clear off the desk.

+ Q2 r4 w. A% B. y: {　　8　come down (雨，雪)下起来

& ]4 d; A' x) ~  H　　The heavy rain is coming down， now.

　　9　come in first in the race 比赛第一名
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　　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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& g4 X/ w" H  h: p$ t　　10　come what may 不管怎样
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　　We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight，come what may.
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　　11　cost somebody an arm and a leg

8 {! P! F, \1 d- F; ^　　A： Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?

+ R  G- }9 A* Y! m* w, a+ x　　B： I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
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　　12　cut it out 闭嘴

. L; x/ e* {# ^　　I told you to cut it out.

+ q5 S9 F' t, U  n　　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.

! ]" o7 ]6 I* H. `0 e& |; q$ i　　14　department chair 系主任
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5 B% Y" B- O9 f1 W8 H　　I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.
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7 J7 A# E: c! n% k4 j3 p　　15　dirt cheap 非常便宜
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/ j  L6 j" I# Z　　A： You’ve already furnished your apartment?

4 B& h- v/ _" s* w. o) o& [　　B： I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

5 [- ]* o' A2 o( X* [% h' J　　16　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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! z5 x: i; S; e6 v% n+ b' c　　17　fall back on 依赖
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$ A  q7 b# |( J' I# Z　　A： Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
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' H( R5 N! w$ {, ]　　B： I did pretty well， but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.

　　18　fill a prescription 按处方抓药

　　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.
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　　20　food for thought 令人思考的东西;同义：thought-provoking
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/ ?$ A) ~9 \5 T　　There is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.
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( Y1 E5 p% `6 E- W7 ~7 O　　21　for nothing 免费
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; L$ j9 i! [, a! B  j2 }  d　　To pay to see that movie would be foolish， when you can see it on TV for nothing.
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+ c2 v/ \, r; R0 g4 B% }/ p1 y　　22　from top to bottom 从上到下

5 c" ~0 V* N( V　　A： Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.

( q) V5 v/ m8 u　　B： I’ve searched it from top to bottom……
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9 ?  i( ~# N9 n. B$ I" b　　23　get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了
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; I; a4 G" C$ L  ?　　I got off on the wrong foot， and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.

　　24　get a lot out of something 从……学到很多

　　The training program was difficult， but she got a lot out of it.

　　25　get at 想说
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　　Do you understand what I’m getting at?

　　26　get away with 对………摆脱惩罚
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　　A： Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams.

. h2 a2 {7 B% a) R0 R& M5 h4 s　　B： He can’t get away with that
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  n3 I+ n; m" S7 O! X+ Q　　27　get going 赶紧行动; 同义：get moving
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　　A： It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.

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