1.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)

　　2.Account for:解释。说明

　　How do you account for the truth?

　　3.After all：终究，毕竟

　　We won’t be laid off after all.(1998-1)

　　4.Air /car crash:空难，车祸

　　5.Allergic to:过敏

　　I’m allergic to beef and mutton.

　　6.Appeal to:吸引，呼吁。

　　Could you tell me which position you think most appeals to you?(2002-6)

　　7.Apply for/to, application letter 申请，求职信

　　8.At ease:安逸，自由自在

　　I don’t know why he is ill at ease?心神不宁

　　9.Back up:支持，援助。

　　10.Beat the crowd :避开人群，避开高峰

　　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)

　　11.Be aware of:意识到

　　I like people who are going about their daily business without being aware of the camera(1997-1)

　　12.Behind the schedule/late

　　13.Be in charge of:负责，照顾，经管 be responsible for

　　14.Be in the charge of:下级+be in the charge of+上级

　　15.Be in season:应季的，当令的

　　These apples and pears seem to be in season.(1995-6)

　　16.Be supposed to do:应该，被期望

　　What am I supposed to do with his help?

　　17.Book up

　　Break down/doesn’t work

　　18.Bring up:教育，培养，提出

　　She brought up her children to be truthful.

　　19.Build up积累，增强，树立

　　20.By chance/run into:偶然

　　21.By no means :绝不 /anything but

　　22.Check in/out

　　23.Come up:发生，出现，提出

　　24.Come up with:针对问题，挑战等提出，想出，赶上

　　I spent a whole week searching on the net, but came up with nothing valuable.

　　25.Concentrate on/focus on 集中

　　26.Deal with /cope with 处理

　　27.Drop in :顺便拜访

　　28.Drop out of:不参与，退出

　　They’re likely to drop out of school and less likely to succeed in life.

　　29.Eat one’s words 食言

　　30.Fall short of:达不到，不符合

　　Its results fell short of her expectation.(2002-1)

　　31.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)

　　32.Find out

　　33.Fit one’s need;满足某人需要

　　34.For ages/a long time

　　35.Get along with:进展

　　36.Get around;避开

　　37.Get used to习惯于。使适应、

　　38.Use to do:过去常常

　　39.Go Dutch/split the bill/fifty-fifty/separate the bill

　　40.Go sightseeing

　　41.Go/keep on a diet

　　I’m on a diet recently, so I’d better skip the dessert.

　　42.Have a hard/difficult time with sth.

　　43.Have a temperature/fever

　　44.Have the final say:有决定权

　　45.Hold up:堵塞i，持枪拦截，举起，拦截

　　Did you hear that the convenience store next to the gas station was held up last night?(2005-6)

　　46.In a good/terribly /mood

　　47.In the long run:长期来看

　　It seems very experience. But in the long run it will save the money on the maintenance.(1995-6)

　　48.Join in:参与

　　49.Keep between the two of us:/keep a secret

　　50.Keep fit

　　51.Keep in touch with

　　52.Knock it off/stop

　　53.Lay off/fire

　　54.Let out:放走，泄露

　　55.Look for a needle in a haystack:大海捞针

　　56.Make a hit:获得成功

　　57.Make ends meet:使收支相抵

　　58.Make sense:有意义

　　59.Make up;补偿，化妆，补考

　　60.Meet each other half way: make an agreement

　　61.Move on:/go on/continue/keep on

　　62.Nothing but:只有

　　63Anything but:绝不

　　64.Now that:既然

　　65.On earth:究竟

　　66.On purposes :有意，故意

　　67.Out of the world:/wonderful/amazing

　　68.Pull in;进站，靠岸

　　69.Pull through:痊愈，恢复健康

　　70.Put off/delay/

　　71.Put through:接通电话

　　72.Reach the bottom of the barrel: use up/run out of

　　73.Resign one’s post:/quit;辞职

　　74.Ring a bell:听起来很熟

　　75.Run off/copy

　　76.Sign up for/join in/register

　　77.Sneak up on sb.头头接近，靠近

　　78.Take …for granted:相当然地认为

　　79.Take one’s time;从容不迫

　　80.Take one’s word:./believe in sb./trust sb.

　　81.The reverse is also true:反之亦然

　　82.Tie up with/busy with

　　83.Tired of/get bored of

　　84.Under the weather:身体不舒服

　　85.Well-off/rich people

　　86.White elephant:无价值的东西，废物

　　87.White lie:善意的谎言

　　88.You bet :当然