雅思聽力必考詞匯100個(3)

41 cost somebody an arm and a leg

A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?

B: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a 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 the medical 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 theteacher?

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 Say, 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 fornothing.

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 turnnow.

57 get a lot out of something 從……學到很多

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 final exams.

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.