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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. $'!n4}$}
作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。 16z
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 @sd{V
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. D "fjk 1
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。 gLo&~|=L-
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（3）clown around 胡闹 %Y|AX x R
例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. 7uv"# m q
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 j[$+DCO#|m
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（4） cook up 虚构 [CV0sYEA
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. 67Tu8I /r
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 Q3t%JP>;g
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 /@&uaw
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. :G^4/A _
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 ">fRM= fl
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 1T,Bd!g
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. [P)](8nR[
我知道你丢了钱夹，不过既然这件事已经发生了，就让它去，不要做无益的后悔。 i z tF
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 lY[1P |]
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. kAx J#RG
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 F?y
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 K TE*Du
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. ( Y mIui>
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 @ <'a0)n>
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 TUp%Cx
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 6p,}?6^
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 %a-fxV[
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（10）for good 永远 +fMW B
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. O=1 #KNS
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 ;:)u
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 PCKxo;bD
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. ; O z
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我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 L{ c\7
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 SQw"mO
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. ]b^bc2:
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 D6FG$SV
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 *b1NVN$
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. & #]||T-
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。 DsiyN:o'+
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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 %U97{ y
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. 3\P/4GK)
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？ gLg\W3TOi
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 C2J@] &
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. }GG H:v
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 xkz`is77Y@
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 dC">AW
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。 VDv>I 2%
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 gf|&u4D
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