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1. cool off (down) → make or become calm

2. hold the grudge → having hard feelings

3. come a long way → show much improvement. make great progress

4. straighten out → correct a mistake. make you realize you are wrong

5. once and for all → finally or decisively

6. put … away → put in the right place or out of sight

7. out of it → not concerned with, not involved in

8. bump into → meet by chance. run into

9. out of stock → lacking a supply of, especially temporarily

10. per se → in itself

11. keep to oneself → avoid the society of others

12. go out of one’s way → make special effort to help somebody or do sth.

13. put up → accommodate. lodge

14. under the weather → some what ill. in low spirit

15. come in handy → prove useful

16. talk one out of → make one leave off or forego sth. by talking

17. wait on → serve. attend as a servant

18. go all out → make one’s utmost effort

19. on sale → at a reduced price

20. try out → enter as a competitor

21. pass up → give up. renounce. reject

22. on behalf of → as a representative of

23. stay up → not to go to bed

24. the odds are → the changes are. the probability is

25. hold over → postpone

26. out of order → in the wrong arrangement or condition. not working right

27. booked up → have no seats or rooms left. have no free time left

28. fit in → fine tine to see someone

29. go in one ear and out the other → make no impression

30. measure up → have the necessary qualifications

31. change of pace → a temporary shift or variation in the normal routine or regular pattern of activity

32. run out of → exhaust the quantity or supply of

33. go by → follow. obey

34. take it out on → cause someone else to suffer for one’s own misfortune or dissatisfaction

35. get around to → find the necessary time for

36. put out → disturb. annoy

37. (with) flying colors 成功，以优异的成绩

38. little by little 逐渐

39. call off 取消

40. come into 获得，继承

41. put off 推迟

42. stop by 顺便看望

43. tie up 阻碍

44. be out for 一心谋求，力图获得

45. fill in for 代替

46. turn down 拒绝；把音量关小

47. go off 响起来

48. cut down 减少

49. come up with 想出，写出，提供出，找出

50. make it 成功，达到目标