新托福听力：实战常用短语（2）

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　1　benefit concert 慈善音乐会  
" ?/ o+ {) I' N5 F/ E% m5 X1 v　　We need to let everyone know about the benefit concert， but we don’t have much money for advertising.
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; j" A8 ?/ B9 y0 l　　2　busy signal 占线
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　　I’ve been calling David for the past half hour， but I keep getting a busy signal.

　　3　between you and me 你我之间，保密

: P- f1 j! l. o' k- x% _　　4　call for
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　　A，打电话找
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　　Tom just called for you.
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　　B，预报
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　　The forecast calls for heavy rain again tonight. Aren’t you glad we’ll be getting away from this for a week?

　　C，问
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% d" S% B0 l6 }" j　　It’s probably in the new part of town. We’ll have to call for directions.

7 _1 D7 L* t$ M+ O　　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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4 w$ q% B) w' X% L. g$ |/ p　　6　cash the check 兑现支票
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　　Have your sister cashed her paycheck?

. C5 [4 y. H* g  O9 q　　7　clear off 收拾，整理

; y& X* [2 l9 D' T9 ]　　It’s about time we clear off the desk.
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; i5 X" Y  }  i+ B　　8　come down (雨，雪)下起来

　　The heavy rain is coming down， now.

　　9　come in first in the race 比赛第一名

* o& V; H( _/ z& K1 x　　Not only did Jill come in first in the race but she also had her best running time of the season.

$ y, Z% Z1 l$ q& I+ }　　10　come what may 不管怎样

3 }1 A: F9 B" m* j: y+ O　　We’ll pick you up tomorrow at eight，come what may.
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8 k+ b, _$ o3 b- `　　11　cost somebody an arm and a leg
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- V% T; ]4 R, x6 Q　　A： Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?
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　　B： I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.
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　　12　cut it out 闭嘴

　　I told you to cut it out.

: _/ \4 r0 y2 O  L  u　　13　be cut out for 生来时做……的
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& i3 v# U  F, K2 x0 [　　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.
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( w% C" h  `2 X7 u. s) N: X　　15　dirt cheap 非常便宜

2 q, U. Z1 u' `  e8 Z　　A： You’ve already furnished your apartment?
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　　B： I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

. N2 p3 e- k) l& _( a　　16　do with 用………凑合; do without 没有……也行
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　　You can do with your girlfriend.
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$ h* a* o% P, ~# B- x; S+ \　　You can do without your girlfriend

1 ?+ G1 c. O# D2 O' j) s　　17　fall back on 依赖
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　　A： Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?
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- l0 s4 I$ p; l% Z' R　　B： I did pretty well， but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.
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: U) X/ ?/ y5 X/ ~8 Q! ~1 c$ W　　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.

　　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.
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　　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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( G# }7 W# G4 n1 P3 ^5 Y& [　　22　from top to bottom 从上到下
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　　A： Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.
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( [: H& S! ]5 X; |8 w1 t2 V5 q　　B： I’ve searched it from top to bottom……

　　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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" O- _  J9 R  n; u　　24　get a lot out of something 从……学到很多
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　　The training program was difficult， but she got a lot out of it.

　　25　get at 想说

　　Do you understand what I’m getting at?

" w2 A$ n& C, O  p% V　　26　get away with 对………摆脱惩罚
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* o/ f# s) y; }2 S( N8 \　　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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　　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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