托福听力要熟记的常用短语

A big sale

大减价。托福听力围绕学生生活的话题较多，学生总是没钱，所以一听到on sale 或者for sale，A big sale，等等大减价等总是非常有兴趣。

A: Those are great sneakers, were they very expensive?

B: I never could have bought them if the shoe store wasn’t having a big sale.

A far cry from 离……差的老远，有很大的差别

The published book is a far cry from the early manuscript.

Anything but 单单除……之外;恰恰不

对照习语：nothing but, 意为正是，只是，*。

She is nothing but poor. 她很穷。

Susan is anything but poor. 苏珊一点也不穷。

Are you kidding? 你开什么玩笑?

类似说法：you must be kidding, you must be joking? Are you joking ? you kidding? You joking? 等等, 一起记。

A: how did the game go the other night? Did you team win ?

B: Are you kidding? That would be a first.

Around the clock 不间断，24小时不停

Martha studied around the clock for her management exam.

Be backed up (交通)堵了;(活)拖下来了

The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks. I don’t know if we’ll make the 7:15 show.

A: I have two esams and three papers to get done in the next couple of days.

B: How did it get so backed up?

Be burned up 生气

A: Susan still hasn’t gotten her research paper work.

B: I know, and she is really burned up at the professor.

Burn a hole in one’s pocket 有钱存不住

A: Have you saved enough to buy that new printer for your computer yet?

B: You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately. Maybe next month.

Come a long way 取得很大进展

A: I saw some of your paintings at the student art exhibit. They are great.

B: Thanks. I feel as though I’ve come a long way.

Count me in 把我算在内，我一块去

A: I got an invitation to a financial planning seminar. And I don’t want to go alone.

B: count me in. I need all the help I can get managing my money. Do some errands 作一些跑腿的事

A: We thought we’d all go out for lunch today. Can you be ready to leave at one o’clock?

B:I have to pick up my car and do a couple of errands , I’ll just come straight to the resturant.

Drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯

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