托福听力考试例句汇总

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1.Those second-hand pianos are selling like hot cakes,if you want one,you'd better buy one now before they're all gone.
sell like hot cakes =sell very well or very quickly
2.Whenever I have to make a speech I get butterflies in my stomach.
get butterflies in one's stomach =get nervous
# a( j! w2 t( C& [5 a, }3.He would do anything for his daughter.She was the apple of his eye.
be the apple of one's eye =be very precious to sb.
4.Lend me ,please,Tom,I'm broke at the moment.
be broke =doesn't have any money
5.The accident was caused by a taxi driver jumping the green light.
5 f0 r4 m4 d6 W; ujump the green light =doesn't wait for the traffic lights to change to green
6.You didn't think I was serious,did you,Joe!It was a joke!I was pulling your leg,that's all.
pull one's leg =tease someone,逗某人玩
7.Because the owner wanted a quick sale,the painting went for a song-only .
If something "goes for a song",it is sold very cheaply
9 D6 w; D4 C7 M+ S8.There was a shortage of food;so you had to pay through the nose for what you could find.
To "pay through the nose"for something is to pay far more for something than it is really worth
& F) y* N9 A+ _* d4 h; X9.If he finds out what you did with the company's money,he'll hit the roof.
; {% @6 }& v9 z2 R4 k9 Q# L) chit the roof=get very angry
10.The sky got very dark and soon the rain began to bucket down.
bucket down =rain very heavily
% k* s' K7 I2 f% q# \+ R0 S11.They all chip in for the benefit of Simpson's widow and little child.
chip in=contribute money捐献
" x( A. P1 V2 c# d# v12.He usually buys his clothes off the peg.It's cheaper than going to a dressmaker.
Off the peg clothes =成衣
8 ]# f+ v# y; O7 q& a13.Now stop beating about the bush and tell me what happened!
$ V$ F5 M; t5 e/ D4 M. ybeat about the bush=avoid saying directly what you mean
14.I really must go and lie down for a while ;I've got a splitting headache.
Splitting headache=painful headache