1. boil down to 很明显是,很明显会……
2. make up 补考,补做
3. put up with 忍受
4. by and by 很快
5. give sb. a hand 帮某人一把
6. ring a bell 听起来熟悉
7. snap out of it 重新振作起来
8. raise the roof 吵翻天
9. get away with 逃避惩罚
10. on business 因公,出公差
11. look up 查找(单词)
12. let up 减少,减小
13. in any case (或 event )无论如何
14. come out 出版
15. look into 调查,考查
16. spell out 清楚地说出,解释清楚
17. fall back on 求助于,依赖
18. wrap up 圆满完成
19. save one’s breath 免开尊口,不要浪费口舌
20. hold up 阻碍;经久,持久
21. have one’s hands full 忙得不可开交
22. How come? 怎么会这样为什么
23. stick around 在附近逗留
24. make out 了解,明白
25. turn up 出现 出席 列场
26. hold off 推迟,拖延
27. over one’s head 超过某人的理解力
28. stock up 买进储存起来
29. stay put 待在原地
30. keep up 继续
31. tie up 占用
32. in and out 进进出出,来来去去
33. make ends meet 量入为出,收支相抵
34. on and on 继续不断,不直不停
35. out of this world 非常好,不同凡响
36. in a row 连续不断
37. wait around 空等
38. cool off 息怒,平静下来
39. hold the grudge 怀恨在心
40. come a long way 有长足的进步
41. straighten out 纠正错误
42. once and for all 坚决地
43. put … away 把…收起来把…放好
44. out of it 闷闷不乐
45. bump into 偶然遇见
46. out of stock 没有库存
47. per se 本身
48. keep to oneself 不与他人交往
49. go out of one’s way 特意地,不怕麻烦地
50. put up 提供食宿
51. under the weather 身体不舒服(因天气不佳)
52. come in handy 迟早有用,派得上用场
53. talk one out of it 劝说某人不要做某事
54. wait on 伺候
55. go all out 全力以赴,尽全力
56. on sale 廉价出售,大减价
57. try out 参加竞争,选拔
58. pass up 放弃
59. on behalf of 代表
60. stay up 熬夜
61. Their odds are very poor 他们成功的可能性很小
62. hold over 推迟,拖延
63. out of order 损坏
64. be booked up 预定满了
65. fit in 找时间做
66. in one ear and out the other 不听,当耳旁风,左耳进,右耳出
67. measure up 符合标准
68. change of pace 变换活动,换口味
69. run out of go by 用完
70. go by 遵守,遵循
71. take it out on sb. 拿某人出气
72. get around to 找时间做
73. put out 使不安,使不高兴
74. on top of 对…一清二楚
75. in the long run 终究
76. can’t for the life of me 无论如何也不能
77. your guess is as good as mine 我也不知道
78. out of date 过时
79. plough through 费力的阅读
80. be through 完成
81. search me! 我不知道 (编辑:雨巷)