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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. Cr hi+D
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 ye|a#a9N
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. Y+
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例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. , /:a77
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（4） cook up 虚构 CdDd +h8
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. '^l^gW/|\
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 yOK]) &c
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. SO <m(o)G2
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 0Ad ~!Y+1
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 0Mu8Z VI{
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. o$ce1LO?|N
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 '98h<(@ ]
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. ~{vdP=/WP
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 Mg QU6O<
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 ~J-|,ZMd
例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. 5;
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 qysa!B
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. 3Y{)(%I
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（10）for good 永远 kr(<Y|
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. fHd!/%iG
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 ~y2 )&x
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 N4H+_g|
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. qX+gG",8
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 `GQiB]Z
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. F[kW:-ne@Z
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 %x6Ov\s2
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 oKYh E
例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. d{yIy'+0/
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。 D*cyFAF
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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 !ww :O| 0
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. ])V2}g H
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 E- ) VPZ1D
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. ZU|6jI}
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 Uz gA26;
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。 P +dA~2k
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 &yx NvyA[u
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