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例句： To be a leader, you should know how to call the shots. (8h4 \utA
作为领导，你应该知道怎么做决断。 '^_u5Y]
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（2）card up one‘s sleeve 锦囊妙计 1]2]l*&3
例句：Bill always has a card up one‘s sleeve, so whenever faced up with a puzzle, he could find a way. /VT/KT{
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。 ~\CS%thX
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例句： That boy is seldom serious about anything. He‘s always clowning around. !B%em%Tv
这个男孩对任何事情都不认真，他总是胡闹。 2r!ltG3}
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（4） cook up 虚构 E@ U]k$M
例句：I have to cook up an excuse for being late for class. bJ!\eI%ld
我必须为上课迟到编个借口。 X"r)zCP+t
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（5）crocodile tears 鳄鱼的眼泪，假慈悲 6^] |
例句： Don‘t shed crocodile tears over his misfortune, I know you hate him. <@-O 06
不要假惺惺的为他的厄运假慈悲了， 我知道你恨他。 8O,\8:I#
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（6）cry over spilled milk 为打翻的牛奶流泪, 做无益的后悔 ):! =XhQ
例句： I know that you have lost your purse, but since it had happened, let it go, please don‘t cry over spilled milk. R}Lk$#S#
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。 >J:=)1`
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（7）down and out 穷困潦倒，孤苦无助 /=/Ki%hh
例句： People should lend him a helpful hand；he‘s really down and out. nL:&G'd
人们应该助他一臂之力，他已经穷困潦倒了。 `]eJF|"
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（8） eat like a bird 胃口小，吃的少 QE(.w
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例句： Lily is very slim bacause she eats like a bird. ?8V.iHJk
百合十分苗条，因为她吃的少。 eTx9fx w
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（9） far and away 毋庸置疑 [v"Z2F<.=
例句： Tom is far and away the best lecturer in our department. `3rwqcxA
毋庸置疑，这是你们系最好的演讲者。 ~U]g;u
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（10）for good 永远 }UW7py!TN
例句： smoke less everyday, then you might be able to quit smoking for good. luf5-XT
每天少吸烟一点， 你就可能会永远戒掉烟。 g^]Iw ~T6$
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（11） get fired 炒鱿鱼 )Fv.eIBY
例句： The anchorman of the BBC network‘s evening news got fired. C:J;'[,S
我听说CBC电视网的晚间新闻主播被炒鱿鱼。 fkzSX8a9}
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（12） get it (all) together 不慌不忙；沉着冷静 ?J\&yJ_B
例句：I hope he gets it all together soon. His life is a mess. '9V/w[mI
我希望他尽快地安定下来。他的生活一团糟。 Q4"\k.
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（13） get one‘s goat 使人发怒或厌恶 |
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例句： It really got Mr. Brown‘s goat when he had to wait two hours to get his plane tickets. /sKL|]i=
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。 l/X_CM8y~
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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 S:_Ms{S
例句：What‘s the matter with you today? Have you got out of the bed on the wrong side. YO7U}6wBt
你今天怎么啦？为什么乱发脾气？ E Jk HPn
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（15）give an ear to 听一听 hC:' L9Y
例句： The owner of the factory gave an ear to the complaints of the workers. p`Pa;=L
工厂老板倾听了工人们的抱怨。 ~$ HB}/
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（16）grasp at a straw 抓救命稻草 x4'@U<
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。 7s |'NTp
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（17）guts 勇气美国人习惯用的口语，英国人则多用courage。 g<:Lcg"u
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