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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. 4j<[3~:0
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作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。 CM)V^k*
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 @%r "7%tq>
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. AL|3_+G
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。 \9]- (j6[H
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（3）clown around 胡闹 ow#8oUf=
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. % {0F.
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 i\=I` Yn+
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（4） cook up 虚构 P|TM4i ]
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. $}=r 45e0K
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 vILgM\or
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 3! i{4/
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. M*aYcIU((
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 #It!D5A
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 cvYKZ B
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. OXbC\^qo@
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 R#s_pW{op
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 HstL'{&,-m
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. V OT9cP^6
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 ypx`!2Q$
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 Z
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例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. Q+Eqaz`
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 YB(8 T "
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。 P1<McQ
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（10）for good 永远 z2q!_ ~
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. kH=qJ3Z
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 /9| 2uw`
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 #;UoZJ B
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. WN o+ %
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 &iT^IkA{
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 4v2JrC;
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. 5Hs !s+
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 1;v wreJ
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 rw75(Lp{
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. |C>\k u*
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。 -o57 "r^x
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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 ~e Uv.I/
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. ^c| 0?EH
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？ m~F ~9&
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 ac8su0
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. lE3&8~2
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 4}] In/yA
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 |@hy Gu-H+
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。 Me^L%%: @
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 1"T&B0G3l
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