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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. Y}#J4i0b*
作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。 3v5%y '
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 >JC
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. {ZI)nQ{
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。 ^]W<X"H+Z
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（3）clown around 胡闹 --|Wh^i>?
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. WYEKf9}
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 k6sI
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（4） cook up 虚构 'i4_`^:+
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. ,Qe?8En[
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 tm#nU w
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 Q= /</|
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. :$m}UA-9
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 (}EB2V9Hh
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 |ayVjqJ*
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. }l],.J\BGX
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 &iA?+kV
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 RH O( ?8"_
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. 2E)wpgUc?e
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 (tZrw5 @
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. /.o^R6
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 5
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 ^w c"&;=c|
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. EuyXgK>g
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 OG~6L4"
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（10）for good 永远 G}:lzOlMH
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. m6[0Kws&
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 s1 h/}
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 :]^P1sH[
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. i5K[>5
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 }A7j/uy}s
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 O2f-5Y$@
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. ),ma_{$N
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 ,kF}lo)
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 O^^C;U@U<1
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. qp E&go=k'
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 5Drq9B9;
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（14） get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁，难以相处 - Ty*aov
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. D~$r\ ]av
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？ #R.- KUW:
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 _q{c##K f
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. Ko&>C_N
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 =yyp?WmC8
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 A3iFI9I v
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。 D(H>R&b!
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 TG+VEL |T
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