1,a while back        不久以前,刚才

-Sam want to be able to play in the basketball game this week ,yeah he hurt his knee pretty badly a while back ,i don't why he didn't quit right away

2,about to     正要,正准备  

-i am about to go swimming

3,according to        按照,根据

-there are a big sales going on at the department store downtown this week according to Chali

4,account for          说明,解释

-how do you account for it

5,and how          对,当然,那是自然

-the concert pianoist is fantastic

 and how

6,as a rule         通常

-I am not suprised you didn't like that movie,I found it really frightening myself

 I did too, I don't care much for horror movie as a rule

7,at one's service        随时效劳

-Phil ,could you give me a hand with this file cabinet that belongs against the wall next to the bulletin board

 at your service

8,at the most    至多,最多

-has Sandy ever missed coming to one of our parties

 only once or twice at the most

9,back and forth        来回,往返

-most fishes can do this by waving back and forth in snacklike motion

-i don't want a raser racer(赛车) or touring bike(山地车) or anything,mostly I will just be using it ,a bike to get me back and forth from work

10.backup   挡住,堵住

-while I was going to come down n Elm street ,but the traffic was really backed up

-the subway is running behind schedule and traffic is backed up for blocks,I don't know if we will make the seven fifteen show

 it's a beautiful night ,let's try to get there on foot ,and if we don't make it,let's just

 have dinner near the theater

11,be anything but       决不

-Susan is anything but poor

12,be beyond     太难以致不能做到或理解

- I think Tom left his own umbrella on the bus

why he's so irresponsible is beyond me

13,be broke        破产的,身无分文

-Caro was broke after his vacation

14,be hard on       对某人要求严厉

-Larry certainly made a mass mess of that plain job,don't be too hard on him,he was only trying to help

15,be in another world       精神恍惚,魂不守舍

-Peter's really out at these days,yeah, i know, ever since he met ann,he's been in another world

16,be onto something       发现,理解,懂得

-how's your work going ,I think this time i am really onto something

17,be tied          平局

-the game was tied until John score the winning point

18,be under the impression      有什么的印象,以为

-I heard there are a few seats left for tonight show ,

really i was under the impression that they were sold out a long time ago

19,be up        熬夜

-I am going to be up all night studying for my exam

 Do you think really that's wise?

20,before long        不久以后,很快

-before long we all got to know one another

21,beyond the reach of     超出某人的能力之外

-they just builds senior apartments near campus ,but one bedroom rents for five hundred dollars a month, that’s a bit beyond the reach of most students

22,boil down      变成,基本上是或简要的是

-they said the train won't arrive until nine, well, what that boils down to is yet an another delay in our schedule        基本上说,我们的行程又要延误了

23,break down      出故障,出毛病

-registration ought not to be easier than ever this year, unless the computer breaks down

 今年的注册要比以往简单,除非电脑出了故障

-if the computer doesn't break down again, the dad data will be available to us soon

-it's only a matter of time before my car breaks down again

24,break in         通过使用使变柔软或合用些

-the walk phone sounds like a perfect opportunity for me to break in my new pair of sports shoes

25,brighten one's spirits       提神,使某人高兴起来

-the flowers in the window really brighten my spirits

26,bring up something    开始讨论,谈及,提到

-I am glad you’ve brought up the question about our investigation sent to the makeup of the earth centeria interior

27,brush up on     温习,复习,改进

-I really need to brush up on my math

28,build up           积累,增长

-you also learned how to use the computer data base because the records are kept on it and building up the computer skills is a good preparation for lots of jobs

29,bump into          偶然碰上

-how long has you been since you saw Baky,I bumped into her at the market just last week

-you know my car hasn't been the same since I had bumped into the telephone tall toll(电话厅)

 You’d better have that looked into before you drive to Florida

30,burn in a hole in one's pockets  指人想买东西,可能很快的被花光

-have you saved enough to buy that new printer of your computer yet

 You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately, maybe next month

31,by all means        一定,无论如何

-shall I call you to let you know about the next meeting

 By all means

32,by and by           不久以后,将来

-you will be able to meet these people by and by

33,call off         中止,停止,取消

-has tomorrow's meeting been confirmed

 I was told that it has been called off

34,can't risk not doing      不敢冒险不做某事

-I can't risk not telling him

35,carry on with        继续做,继续

-I don't know whether I should time my speech now or keep on revising my notes, what you think

 I’d carry on with what you are doing

36,carry out       实施,按照执行

-over the course(过程,进程) of the year, the company carried out the plan     一年以来

37,cash a check   兑换现金  

- Robber stopped in at a bank to cash a check

-did you say you were driving to town this morning

 Yes, I have to get a check cashed to pay my bookstore bill

38,catch one's breath   喘过气来,使呼吸平稳下来

-if you are interested in genetics, the university has an outstanding team

-I can't even climb the stairs without having to stop and catch my breath

39,catch on          受欢迎

-it's only open to phycology psychology(心理学) majors ,but I bet it will catch on elsewhere

40,catch up on       补足,赶上

-hi, Annie, you are looking better, it’s nice to have you back,

 Thanks, I just hope I can catch up on all the work I’ve missed

41,check out     发给或借出并登记

-it seems to me I've seen that dark-haired man before

 Sure you have, he checked out our books at the circulation desk yesterday

-the exit gate in front of the door wouldn't open and the guard immediately warned me that I

 Haven’t checked out my books

               检查

-I think I’ll add that information to my paper

 You really should check it out in your reference book

42,clean out    扫荡一空,把东西全倒出来,倒空

-well, you cleaned out the refrigirator refrigerator this time, you must have been really hungry

 All I do was fix a snack, it would may left over there were not many leftovers from yesterday

- Hey what happened to all that food we bought, the refrigerator was empty

 My little brother with a big apetide appetite was here, he really clean these out

43,clean up         把什么清理干净,把收拾整齐

-before we get started, I’d like to thank everyone for coming down to the lake today to help with the cleaning up project    

-should I help clean up by throwing away these newspapers

 I want to clip a couple of articles first

-what a mass mess for the custodian to clean up

 You can say that again

44,clear out         把东西全倒出来,倒空

-you must also make sure that all of your personal property has been cleared out of your room

45,clear up     使清楚,明白,解释,解决

-we can pass it out in our classes tomorrow to clear up the problem

46,come about by accident        偶然发生,出现

-cola's transformation from medicinal syrup(糖浆,果汁) to a carbonated soft drink came about quite by accident

47,come across        无意中发现,偶然遇见

-I happen to be looking through some of my roommate's science magazines and I came across an article on phynology phrenology

(颅相学对颅骨形状和隆起的研究，基于他们揭示性格和脑容量但现在还未被证实的信条)

48,come alone     进展,改进,成功

-how is Ann’s lab experiment coming alone

 I am not sure, why don't we go have a look

-Jenys, you are redecorating your apartment, aren’t you, how’s it coming alone

 I am just taking at one step at a time       我只是一步一步在做

-how is your paper coming alone

 My type writer is broken

-how is your oral presentation coming alone

49,come around         改变意见或目的,以迎合他人

-Gary is beginning to come around to my point of view

50,come down with           因患什么而病倒,染上

-anyway, every year around the holidays like clockwork, I come down with something

                           我准要得上什么病

51,come over 从远处而来

-he came over to our house just the other day

52,come right out     直截了当,毫无隐瞒,坦率得

-I would really like to know why Dona is always so hostile toward me

 Did you ever think of just coming right out and asking her

53,come up        接近,靠近

-Mark is watching a movie on TV

 Should he be doing that now with the exams coming up next week?

-I know you have a lot in your mind with finals (决赛) coming up

-I am way behind my letter writing, I’ve got to get started

 Who’s got time to write letters, exams are coming up, remember

54,come up with     提供,供应,供给

-what have they decided to call a stadium, no one has come up with a good name

-that means I better come up with the speech pretty quickly

-I've finally found a research topic for a sociaology sociology class

 Really, I am going to be up all night trying to come up with something by tomorrow

-that's why they came up with the program

55,come what may        无论如何

-we'll pick you up tomorrow at eight, come what may

56,cool off       使安静,使冷淡,使失去兴趣

-I was expecting another hot lucky muggy(闷热的) day

 But the wind's cooled things off, hasn’t it

57,cope with      应付,对付

-at one time, children didn't have to learn any more than how to cope with their physical   

 Environment

 曾经有一段时间,儿童出了学习适应外界环境以外,什么都不学

58,count on sb or sth          指望,依靠,相信

-I should take them forecast seriously about the cold ,but not count too much on a lot of extra snow

59,count the days     迫切的盼望某时刻的到来

-did your roommate looking forward to going home for the summer

 She is counting the days

60,cram for       死记硬背,临时抱佛脚

-you seem well prepared for the Spanish mid-term test ,I am impressed

 I'd better be prepared ,I spend the last eighteen hours cramming for it

61,cut back             削减,减少,少用

-I will be working three days a week next semester and it was either cut back on my classes or try this ,the distance learning course(函授课程) out

62,cut down        减少,削减,限制

-It must really help with their schedules ,not to mention(更不用说) how it will cut down on traffic

63,cut off      打断,停止

-did you get cut off

 No they asked me to hang up and try again later

 你的电话被挂断了吗,不他们让我挂断以后再打

64,cut out          停止

-I told you to cut it out  

65,day and night   夜以继日的,