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例句: To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. JX2mTQ
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(2)card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 $?[1#%
例句:Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. p.@0=)
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(3)clown around 胡闹 30A`\+^f
例句: That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. #S@UTJa
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真,他总是胡闹。 )`B
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(4) cook up 虚构 Tg3:VD
例句:I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. B*-ToXQQr
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(5)crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪,假慈悲 -@YVe:$%b
例句: Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him.
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不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了, 我知道你恨他。 tn"Y9
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(6)cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 Bv2z4D4f+
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. zWF
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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。 B@ZqJw9J[
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(7)down and out 穷困潦倒,孤苦无助 2q`)GCES~
例句: People should lend him a helpful hand;he‘s really down and out. +CsI,Uf4*
人们应该助他一臂之力,他已经穷困潦倒了。 Ul'~opf
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(8) eat like a bird 胃口小,吃的少 KU1+<OCh
例句: Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird.
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百合十分苗条,因为她吃的少。 K)yCrEZ
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(9) far and away 毋庸置疑 ]NaMZ
例句: Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. y3&Tv
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(10)for good 永远 Vpug"aR&_
例句: smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. kV*y_5g
每天少吸烟一点, 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 s,eld@
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(11) get fired 炒鱿鱼 XX]5T`D
例句: The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. DePV,.
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 GOv92$e
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(12) get it (all) together 不慌不忙;沉着冷静 c*y$bf<
例句:I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. v+xgxQGYH
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 K!IF?iell
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(13) get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 * 23m-
例句: It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. L
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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 uB5h9&57
例句:What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. a<OCO0irJ
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(15)give an ear to 听一听 K$MJ#Zx^
例句: The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. Bxn8><
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(16)grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 ATYQ6E[{MV
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。 O ,Pl7x%tK
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(17)guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语,英国人则多用courage。 7,V!Iv^X
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