letalone

aboveall-mostimportantly

accountfor-explain

asamatteroffact-infact,tospeakthetruth

asarule-generally;normally

aboutto-bereadyto;beonthepointofdoingsomething

anoldhand-beanexperiencedpersom

anydaynow-soon

approachsb-talktosb

befedupwith-beoutofpatiencewith

beonone’sown-liveindependently

beonthesafeside-takenochances

beoutofsomething-havenolongerinsupply

betiredof-beboredwith,frustratedwith

beuptoones’ears-beextremelybusy

beuptosomeone-beaperson’sresponsibility

beoutfor-tryingtoget

beoutofthequestion-beunacceptable,impossible

biteoffmorethanonecanchew-takeonmorethanonecanhandle

breakdown-ceatofunction

breaktheice-begintobefriendlywuthpeopleonedoesn’tknow

breakthenews-informorgivebadnews

brushupon-imporvenoe’sknowledgeofsomethingthroughstudy

bumpinto-meetunexpectedly

byandlarge-ingeneral

byheart-bymemory

byallmeans-absolutely,definitely

bynomeans-innoway

calloff-cancel

cheerup-behappy

comedownwith-becomesickwith

comeinto-receive,especiallyafteranother’sdeath

comeupwith-thinkof

counton-dependupon

countout-eliminate

diedown-becomequiet,becomeless

dowithout-managewithoutsomething

dropby-visitinformally;payashortvisiteveryother-alternate

fallbehind-lag;failtoaccomplishsomethingontime

fallthrough-failtohappenorbecompleted

farcryform-completelydifferentfrom;alongway

feellike-haveadesireorwishfor

feelupto-feelwellenoughtoorbecapabeleof

fewandfarbetween-nothappeningoften;rate

figureout-determine;reasonoutbythinking

fillinfor-takeanother’splace

know

fishoutofwater-outofone’lementornaturalenvironment

flyingcolors-success,victory

forgood-permanently;forever

forthetimebeing-fornow;temporarily

getawaywith-escapewithoutpunishment

getridof-givesomethingaway;ll,destroy,orthrowawaysomething

gettheballrolling-startsomething;makeabeginning

getthehangof-understand;learn

giveahand-help

gowithoutsaying-understood;clearwithoutneedingtobestated

gooff-begintoring

hangon-keepholdof;pervere;keepdoingsomething

hardtocomeby-difficulttoobtain

haveaheart-havekindfeelings;beunderstanding

haveahunch-haveanideabadonfeelingsratherthanreason

holdoff-delay;postpone

hoptoit-getstartedonsomethingquickly

hititoff-getalongwellwithsomeone

illatea-uncomfortable

inhotwater-introuble

intheair-uncertain

inthedark-keepsomeonewithoutknowdge;informationfromsomenoe

inthelonerun-lookingtowardthefuture;eventually

insandouts-allthedetails;thevariouspartsanddifficultiestobeen

ironout-removethedifficultiesorfindananswerfor

jumptoconclusions-arrivetooquicklyatadecisionoropinion

keepaneyeon-watchcloly

keepone’sfingerscrosd-wishthatnothinggoeswrong

keeponone’stoes-bereadyforaction;prepared

knockonelfout-makeagreateffort

learntheropes-learntherulesandroutinesofaplaceoractivity

littlebylittle-gradually

makeendsmeet-togetjustenoughmoneyfornoe’sneeds

makeout-manage;getalong

meanto-intentional;onpurpo

mightaswell-tohavenostrongresonnotto

hangon-keepholdof;pervere;keepdoingsomething

hardtocomeby-difficulttoobtain

haveaheart-havekindfeelings;beunderstanding

haveahunch-haveanideabadonfeelingsratherthanreason

holdoff-delay;postpone

hoptoit-getstartedonsomethingquickly

hititoff-getalongwellwithsomeone

illatea-uncomfortable

inhotwater-introuble

intheair-uncertain

inthedark-keepsomeonewithoutknowdge;informationfromsomenoe

inthelonerun-lookingtowardthefuture;eventually

insandouts-allthedetails;thevariouspartsanddifficultiestobeen

ironout-removethedifficultiesorfindananswerfor

jumptoconclusions-arrivetooquicklyatadecisionoropinion

keepaneyeon-watchcloly

keepone’sfingerscrosd-wishthatnothinggoeswrong

keeponone’stoes-bereadyforaction;prepared

knockonelfout-makeagreateffort

learntheropes-learntherulesandroutinesofaplaceoractivity

littlebylittle-gradually

makeendsmeet-togetjustenoughmoneyfornoe’sneeds

makeout-manage;getalong

meanto-intentional;onpurpo

mightaswell-tohavenostrongresonnotto

adhereto忠于

afterall毕竟，归根结底

atrandom随机地，任意地

breakout突然发生，爆发

breakup打碎

butfor要不是

byfar最，……得多

bynomeans决不，一点也不

catchon理解，明白

catchupwith赶上

collidewith碰撞，冲突

comeupwith想出，提出

comeupwith追及，赶上

commenton评论

contraryto与……相反

contributeto有助于，促成

copewith应付，妥善处理

cutshort打断，制止

doawaywith消灭，废除，去掉

docreditto为……带来光荣

dueto因为

goinfor从事，致力于

gooff爆炸

hangbyathread千钧一发，岌岌可危

heappraiupon对……大加称赞

inaccordancewith与……一致，按照，根据

inbetween在两者之间

incaof防备，以防

inhonourof为纪念

inresponto响应，反应

intermsof根据，从……方面来说

inthat因为

inthevicinityof在附近keepoff远离，抑制

layoff(暂时)解雇

letalone更不必说

lookinto调查

lookon看待

lonotime立即

makenofsth.讲得通，言之有理

ofnoavail无用，无效

onfile存档

onnoaccount决不，绝对不

onthedecline衰落中，衰退中

outofstock无现货的，脱销的

providedthat假如，若是

pullup使停下

putaway放好，放起来

regardlessof不管，不顾

resultin导致，结果是

resultin发生，导致

eto照料，注意

showto引导，引领

standfor容忍，接受

takeon承担，接受

takeover接管，接收

taketo对……产生好感，开始喜欢

talkinto说服

thatis即，也就是

turnin上交

turnout生产出

turnto求助于

wardoff防止，避开

withreferenceto关于，有关

workout想出，制订出

worthone’swhile值得