1,stop by——在某处着短暂的拜访或停留
-I'll stop by your room, its probably quieter there than in my hall
-Why don't you stop by our office so I can give you some forms to fill out and explain everything in more detail?
2,strengthen straighten out——扯平,结清
-I almost forgot I still owe you ten dollars from the other night, do you have change for a twenty
Oh, not at the moment, let’s just strengthenit out some other time
3,switch off——使什么断开,切断电源
-Switch off the light, would you?
4,take care of——照顾,照应
-What would you do with your cat when you leave for vacation?
I am having Ken take care of it
5,take for——当成,误以为
-I thought Pam said the math test wasn't until Monday 我想PAM说过数学要到星期一才考
Alan ,you should know better than to take Pam's words for anything 不应该把他的话当真
6,take for granted——认为理所当然,想当然的认为
-We take for granted some of the other invitionsinventionsthat enable people to live and work in skyscrapers
-我们想当然的认为其他的一些发明可以让人们在摩天大楼上生活或工作
7,take forever to do——永远做不完
-this calculous problems are not only tough they take forever to do
8,take it easy——回避艰苦劳动或担忧 轻松愉快,生活很舒适
-Holding down a job, going to class, studying sometimes it can become too much for one person, take it easy
-Now that I finally turned in my thesis, I plan to take it easy for a while
-in the mean time(同时),you should try to take it easy
9,take one's time ——从从容容,不着急,慢慢来
-Take your time and you 'all spend less money
-Bruce said he would meet us
Well, He is really taking his time getting here
10,take over——控制和 接管 ,接替或负责
-We got someone to take over herry's job
-Can you take over for me here; I have a client coming to see me
Well I can't have my hands for
well I kind of(相当于sort of 表示 a little ,somewhat 有点儿有些
have my hands full(=tied up ,occupied 忙)
11,take up——1、开始做或学；以什么为职业或爱好
-Robber wants to take up drawing
——2、开始从事
-I think we should we should move on to the next item
Ok, but I’d like to take this matter up again at the end of the meeting
12,take up with——与人交往
-You know the noise in my dorm has really gotten out of control; my roommate and I can rarely get to sleep before midnight
Why don't you take the problem up with the dorm supervisor?
13,talk into——说服
-I am getting worried about Jennifer, all she talks about these days are her volleyball team and all she does is practice
her grades will fall for sure, try to find her after dinner and talk some sense into her(跟她讲讲道理)
14,talk out of ——劝阻,强迫同意或决定不做
-Haven’t you ever gone into a store thinking that you buy something and then talk yourself out of it?
-I don't think our classmates should confront professor Themes with these issues
就这些问题为难教授
I know, I am going to try to talk them out of it
-I thought you were planning to take that phycology psycology(心理学)course at graduate school
I was ,but I spoke with Dean(主任)Johnson and she talked my out of it
15,tear down——拆除,摧毁
-In 1960, Knaggy hall was scheduled to be torn down
-The city is going to tear down those old houses and put up a new shopping center
16,the other day——不久以前的某
-He came over to our house just the other day
17,the other night——不久以前的某个晚上
-How did the game go the other night, did your team win
are you kidding ,that would be a first 你在开玩笑吧,赢了的话就是名了
18,the sooner the better——越快越好
-We should get started on that project
The sooner the better as far as I am concerned
19,throw away——扔掉,抛弃
-Should I help clean up by throwing away these newspapers?
I want to clip a couple of articles first
20,tie up——占去所有时间或其他东西
-Dick, please don't tie up the phone, I need to make a call
I 'all be off in a minute
21,too good to be true ——太好,以至于不现实
-How wonderful, you won the scholarship, can you believe it
No it's almost too good to be true
22,torse and turntoss and turn
-Last night I touse and turnedtossed and turned 翻来覆去(睡不着)in bed ,too exhausted to sleep
23, trade in ——将某物折价,作为部分款项买东西
-It’s going to castcost a fortuneto get my car fixed
Why don't you just trade it in for a new one?