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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. c3t8yifQ
作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。 _q4m7C<
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 Cw5K*
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. O3:
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比尔总有锦囊妙计，所以任何时候遇到难题，他总能找到方法解决。 Dd O '
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（3）clown around 胡闹 ,?/<fxIY
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. %/on\*Vh3
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 e_ -/p`9
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（4） cook up 虚构 ~`H<sJ?9
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. & 2igX?60
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 ;)a9Y?
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 uJ\ Nga<?
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. `%p6i|
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不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 Zx 1z
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 .& xNJdsY
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. aB'@8[]z
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 (=/;rJ`q
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 sdD[`#
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. = h( n+y<
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 Ti'kn{
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 ?!oa 15
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. V/e_:xECC
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 ]L^M7SKE6
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 D0i30p`
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department.
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毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 N@)~j+Pz
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（10）for good 永远 `1]9(xwhQ0
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. fk1f'M)/8
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 k;7.qhe:
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 I9>*Yy5RNS
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. q04Dj-2<
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 ,eCXT=6
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. @D=`iG%
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 K6 7 ?
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 |lV9?#!
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. Bx4GFCdifC
不得不等上两个小时才拿到飞机票实在是让布朗先生生气。 ]E^f8s0#V
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（14） get out of the bed on the wrong side 指平时脾气好的人突然变得很暴躁，难以相处 I1 O?)x~
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. /vu!5?S
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 &
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例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. Sw'?$j^3
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 v19`7qgR(
例句： The criminal tried to grasp at a straw by feigning mental disorder. 罪犯装疯，企图抓住一根救命稻草。 d?Cl04
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 e~? ]F 0/
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