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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots.
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 .:}\Z27-c
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. !=pemLvH
比尔总有锦囊妙计，所以任何时候遇到难题，他总能找到方法解决。 Zh$Z$85p
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（3）clown around 胡闹 whshjl?a
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. 2Xosj(H
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 Rk<:m+V =
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（4） cook up 虚构 u CXd%
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例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. O?_'6T
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 [}D) 73h`
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 &oBJY'1
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. r\zK>GVm_
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 P+xZaf
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 5"+* c@L
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. X'Oo ogu
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 !jm
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 8}&cE#@
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. h!.(7qdd
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 lU? " \m
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 v|e>zm <
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. I`|>'$E[ r
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 Ua4} dW[w
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑
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例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. ()iJv f>@
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 I('l )^m%
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（10）for good 永远 LxbVRw
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. F]&9Lp}
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每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 G} p~VLf
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 Pdv&X*KA
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. &8N\
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 ],LOkAX
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. >v(Xc/oI
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 ^0 t`EZ$
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 x?k6ek
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. C]k\GlhB
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 XH/|jE.9^|
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（14） get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁，难以相处 +1rJ ;G
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. 8w\ &QX
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 .p&M@h
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例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. /w| YNDA]j
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 =<<\ Uo
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 (wTg aV1
例句： The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder. 罪犯装疯，企图抓住一根救命稻草。 W uQdz&s>
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 \(u P{,ML
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