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托福词汇之听力高频短语

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  和谐英语网为同学们整理了托福词汇听力高频短语,供考生参考学习

  1.flying colors--success, victory

  2.little by little--gradually

  3.call off--cancel

  4.come into--receive, especially after another's death

  5.put off--postpone

  6.stop by--make a brief visit on one's way elsewhere

  7.tie up--hinder

  8.be out for--trying to get

  9.fill in for--take another's place

  10.turn down-- (1) refuse or reject (2) reduce the loudness of

  11.go off--begin to ring

  12.cut down--lessen; reduce; limit

  13.come up with--produce; supply

  14.make it-- (1) achieve a specific goal (2) succeed in general

  15.catch one's eye--attract one's attention

  16.care for-- (1) like; value (2) look after; take care of

  17.head and shoulders above--much better

  18.catch on--become popular

  19.on the whole--in general

  20.fill sb in--tell what sb should know

  21.in a nutshell--in a few words

  22.from top to bottom--completely; entirely

  23.take the plunge--enter with sudden decision upon an unfamiliar course of action

  24.on the tip of one's tongue--unable to be recalled

  25.cheer up--feel happy; stop being sad or discouraged; become hopeful

  26.hold off--postpone; delay

  27.on cloud nine--a state of perfect happiness

  28.back out--withdraw from an undertaking

  29.grin and bear it--be as cheerful as possible in pain or trouble; do something without complaining

  30.turn out to be--come to be; prove

  31.bite off more than one can chew--attempt something that exceeds one's ab

  ility

  32.in the air--uncertain

  33.get hold off--find a person so you can speak with him

  34.learn the ropes--acquire thorough or special knowledge of a job

  35.tear oneself away from--depart with great reluctance; force oneself to leave

  36.tie up--engage or occupy completely

  37.touch on--mention a subject briefly or casually

  39.see to it--take care;take the responsibility;make sure

  40.get along with--live or work in harmony with

  41.give away--give as present

  42.account for--explain