BEC商務(wù)英語聽力高頻短語（三）

　　41.cost somebody an arm and a leg

　　A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave toLinda?

　　B: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm anda leg.

　　42. cut it out 閉嘴

　　I told you to cut it out.

　　43.be cut out for 生來時做……的

　　Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for themedical profession.

　　44.department chair 系主任

　　I didn’t write that memo to the department chair.

　　45.dirt cheap 非常便宜

　　A: You’ve already furnished your apartment?

　　B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap.

　　46. do with 用…..湊合; do without 沒有……也行

　　You can do with your girlfriend.

　　You can do without your girlfriend

　　47. dog tired 特別累，同義：run down; worn out; out of steam

　　I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles.

　　48. down jacket 羽絨服

　　49. drive somebody up the wall 讓某人發(fā)瘋;同義：drive somebody out of one’s mind

　　The sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind.

　　50. fall back on 依賴

　　A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher?

　　B: I did pretty well. but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally.

　　51. fill a prescription 按處方抓藥

　　Would you please fill this prescription for me?

　　52. fill in for 代替; 同義：fill one’s place(position. shoes); take the place of; take over

　　Dave. can you fill in for me tonight at the restaurant? I’d like to go out of town.

　　53.food for thought 令人思考的東西;同義：thought-provoking

　　There is a lot food for thought in what he had to say.

　　54.for nothing 免費

　　To pay to see that movie would be foolish. when you can see it on TV for nothing.

　　55.from top to bottom 從上到下

　　A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room.

　　B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom.

　　56. get of on the wrong foot 開始事情就做錯了

　　I got off on the wrong foot. and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now.

　　57.get a lot out of something 從……學(xué)到很多

　　The training program was difficult,but she got a lot out of it.

　　58. get at 想說

　　Do you understand what I’m getting at?

　　59. get away with 對…..擺脫懲罰

　　A: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his finalexams.

　　B: He can’t get away with that

　　60.get going 趕緊行動; 同義：get moving

　　A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to.

　　B: Who says we won’t? let’s get going.