Shrug：to rai your shoulders and then drop them to show that you don’t know or care about sth
Shrug aside/ off: to treat as if it is not important
Speculate on / about sth
We all speculate about the reason for his resignation.
Fumble: to u your hands in an awkward way when you are doing sth or looking for sth
She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief.
认了吧Conform to sth/ with sth
多动症的表现Conform to local customs
The building doesn’t conform with safety regulations.
A pack of animals/ people
A flock of birds/ sheep
A swarm of bees/ incts
A multitude of
Slump: fall in price, value , number suddenly and by a large amount
Be picky about/ be particular about
Conceive : form an idea or plan in one’s mind
Dissolve:
1. Salt dissolves in water. = mix with a liquid
2. when the ambulance had gone, the crowd dissolved.= make sth disappear
3. = to officially end a marriage, business , agreement
Reconcile A with B
Continual
Fulfill a task/ plan
Compri = consist of
The collection compris 327 paintings.= be comprid of
Compo
1. ten men compo the committee.= make up
2. compo a letter/ speech/ poem= write
3. compo his last opera
The swimmer emerged from the lake
Flash
1. Lighting flashed in the distance. = shine brightly 闪耀，闪光
2. A terrible thought flashed through my mind.= come to your mind suddenly
年收益率3. Why is the driver flashing his lights at us? = u a light to give sb a signal
Roughly speaking/ exactly speaking
She demanded roughly.
a t of six chairs/ fal teeth
Make it up
1. make up with sb/ make it up= to end a disagreement with sb and become friends. 言归于好
2. Women make up 56 percent of the student numbers
3. make up a story
4. Can I leave early this afternoon and make up the time tomorrow?
青岛导游词5. make up a bed
6. Nothing can make up for the loss of a child.= compensate
No more than one = only one
He is no richer than me.= He is as poor as me.
Shrink shrank shrunk
Against
1. with sth in the background, as a contrast
His red clothes stood out clearly against the snow
2. Put the piano there, against the wall./ lean against the wall
The rain beat against the window.
3. 中国贪污You must weigh the benefits against the cost.
(ud when you are comparing two things)
What is the rate of exchange against the dollar?
4. This is against the law.
5. The evidence is against him. (= not to the advantage of sb)
1. a valid passport (= that is legally or officially acceptable)
2. a valid password( = that is accepted by the system)
3. She had valid reasons for not supporting the proposals.
(= bad on what is logical or true) 符合逻辑的，合理的，确凿的
Be aware of / rai the awareness of
Cast a lasting shadow over sth
In the past decade/ recently/ so far
have done sth/ have been doing sth
drop in (on sb)(at sp)= call on sb/ at sp
Ud to do sth
would
wish to do sth+there be= wish there to be
find my son locked/ find my pur stolen
being done
The documents are available for inspection.
Priceless= valuable
Worthless= be of no worth
Route
routine
green with envy= jealous
make up after quarrel/ make up a bed
Count
卤汤>盗墓笔记多少字1. Every minute/ cond counts. = be important.
2. It counts for nothing.
The fact (that she had apologized to him) counted for nothing.
3. it is ……that counts
It makes no difference to sb that….
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You can say that again.
Find his wife looking worried
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get over the pain= recover
get over her shyness/ the problem (=overcome; deal with)
get (sth) across （to sb.）=to be communicated or understood 被传达，被理解，把。。。解释清楚
You meaning didn’t really get across ( to us).
You are not good at getting your ideas across.
in turn …/…
by turns
had sb done sth, sb would/ could/ should/ might have done sth
should/ were
(The) chances are that
Not a chance= no chance= there is no possibility
“Do you think he will do it?” “No chance.”
Take your chances
Yum yummy
Attend church/ school
Be reluctant to do sth
make for :
a.=head for
b. Constant arguing doesn’t make for a happy marriage.
1. make into= turn into
2. apply to sb. for sth
3. the song is well worth listening to.
4. elderly=old an elderly couple; the elderly
5. a. common/ current/ standard practice 惯例，常规
b. It is his practice to read veral books a week.
c. practice makes perfect.
d. in practice= in reality
e. practice what you preach.
7. There is no knowing what the weather will be like tomorrow.
