Above all:最重要的是，most important of all
Above all, they’ll have to discover how much nitrogen it possesses since nitrogen is4/5 of the air breathe.(2002-1)
Account for:解釋。說明
How do you account for the truth?
After all：終究，畢竟
We won’t be laid off after all.(1998-1)
Air /car crash:空難，車禍
Allergic to:過敏
I’m allergic to beef and mutton.
Appeal to:吸引，呼吁。
Could you tell me which position you think most appeals to you?(2002-6)
Apply for/to, application letter 申請，求職信
At ease:安逸，自由自在
I don’t know why he is ill at ease?心神不寧
Back up:支持，援助。
Beat the crowd :避開人群，避開高峰
The only to beat the crowds when you do the grocery shopping on Sunday is to be here when they open at 9 sharp.(1990-6)
Be aware of:意識到
I like people who are going about their daily business without being aware of the camera(1997-1)
Behind the schedule/late
Be in charge of:負責(zé)，照顧，經(jīng)管 be responsible for
Be in the charge of:下級+be in the charge of+上級
Be in season:應(yīng)季的，當(dāng)令的
These apples and pears seem to be in season.(1995-6)
Be supposed to do:應(yīng)該，被期望
What am I supposed to do with his help?
Book up
Break down/doesn’t work
Bring up:教育，培養(yǎng)，提出
She brought up her children to be truthful.
Build up積累，增強，樹立
By chance/run into:偶然
By no means :絕不 /anything but
Check in/out
Come up:發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)，提出
Come up with:針對問題，挑戰(zhàn)等提出，想出，趕上
I spent a whole week searching on the net, but came up with nothing valuable.
Concentrate on/focus on 集中
Deal with /cope with 處理
Drop in :順便拜訪
Drop out of:不參與，退出
They’re likely to drop out of school and less likely to succeed in life.
Eat one’s words 食言
Fall short of:達不到，不符合
Its results fell short of her expectation.（2002-1）
Figure out :搞清楚，弄明白
What I can’t figure out is how to make it work in my program.(2002-1)
Find out
Fit one’s need;滿足某人需要
For ages/a long time
Get along with:進展
Get around;避開
Get used to習(xí)慣于。使適應(yīng)
Use to do:過去常常
Go Dutch/split the bill/fifty-fifty/separate the bill
Go sightseeing
Go/keep on a diet
I’m on a diet recently, so I’d better skip the dessert.
Have a hard/difficult time with sth.
Have a temperature/fever
Have the final say:有決定權(quán)
Hod up:堵塞i，持槍攔截，舉起，攔截
Did you hear that the convenience store next to the gas station was held up last night?(2005-6)
In a good/terribly /mood
In the long run:長期來看
It seems very experience. But in the long run it will save the money on the maintenance.(1995-6)
Join in:參與
Keep between the two of us:/keep a secret
Keep fit
Keep in touch with
Knock it off/stop
Lay off/fire
Let out:放走，泄露
Look for a needle in a haystack:大海撈針
Make a hit:獲得成功
Make ends meet:使收支相抵
Make sense:有意義
Make up;補償，化妝，補考
Meet each other half way: make an agreement
Move on:/go on/continue/keep on
Nothing but:只有
Anything but:絕不
Now that:既然
On earth:究竟
On purposes :有意，故意
Out of the world:/wonderful/amazing
Pull in;進站，靠岸
Pull through:痊愈，恢復(fù)健康
Put off/delay/
Put through:接通電話
Reach the bottom of the barrel: use up/run out of
Resign one’s post:/quit;辭職
Ring a bell:聽起來很熟
Run off/copy
Sign up for/join in/register
Sneak up on sb.頭頭接近，靠近
Take …for granted:相當(dāng)然地認為
Take one’s time;從容不迫
Take one’s word:./believe in sb./trust sb.
The reverse is also true:反之亦然
Tie up with/busy with
Tired of/get bored of
Under the weather:身體不舒服
Well-off/rich people
White elephant:無價值的東西，廢物
White lie:善意的謊言
You bet :當(dāng)然、