Above all:最重要的是，most important of all
　　Above all, they’ll have to discover how much nitrogen it possesses since nitrogen is4/5 of the air breathe.(2002-1)
　　Account for:解釋。說明
　　How do you account for the truth?
　　After all：終究，畢竟
　　We won’t be laid off after all.(1998-1)
　　Air /car crash:空難，車禍
　　Allergic to:過敏
　　I’m allergic to beef and mutton.
　　Appeal to:吸引，呼吁。
　　Could you tell me which position you think most appeals to you?(2002-6)
　　Apply for/to, application letter 申請，求職信
　　At ease:安逸，自由自在
　　I don’t know why he is ill at ease?心神不寧
　　Back up:支持，援助。
　　Beat the crowd :避開人群，避開高峰
　　The only to beat the crowds when you do the grocery shopping on Sunday is to be here when they open at 9 sharp.(1990-6)
　　Be aware of:意識到
　　I like people who are going about their daily business without being aware of the camera(1997-1)
　　Behind the schedule/late
　　Be in charge of:負責，照顧，經管 be responsible for
　　Be in the charge of:下級+be in the charge of+上級
　　Be in season:應季的，當令的
　　These apples and pears seem to be in season.(1995-6)
　　Be supposed to do:應該，被期望
　　What am I supposed to do with his help?
　　Book up
　　Break down/doesn’t work
　　Bring up:教育，培養，提出
　　She brought up her children to be truthful.
　　Build up積累，增強，樹立
　　By chance/run into:偶然
　　By no means :絕不 /anything but
　　Check in/out
　　Come up:發生，出現，提出
　　Come up with:針對問題，挑戰等提出，想出，趕上
　　I spent a whole week searching on the net, but came up with nothing valuable.
　　Concentrate on/focus on 集中
　　Deal with /cope with 處理
　　Drop in :順便拜訪
　　Drop out of:不參與，退出
　　They’re likely to drop out of school and less likely to succeed in life.
　　Eat one’s words 食言
　　Fall short of:達不到，不符合
　　Its results fell short of her expectation.（2002-1）
　　Figure out :搞清楚，弄明白
　　What I can’t figure out is how to make it work in my program.(2002-1)
　　Find out
　　Fit one’s need;滿足某人需要
　　For ages/a long time
　　Get along with:進展
　　Get around;避開
　　Get used to習慣于。使適應
　　Use to do:過去常常
　　Go Dutch/split the bill/fifty-fifty/separate the bill
　　Go sightseeing
　　Go/keep on a diet
　　I’m on a diet recently, so I’d better skip the dessert.
　　Have a hard/difficult time with sth.
　　Have a temperature/fever
　　Have the final say:有決定權
　　Hold up:堵塞i，持槍攔截，舉起，攔截
　　Did you hear that the convenience store next to the gas station was held up last night?(2005-6)
　　In a good/terribly /mood
　　In the long run:長期來看
　　It seems very experience. But in the long run it will save the money on the maintenance.(1995-6)
　　Join in:參與
　　Keep between the two of us:/keep a secret
　　Keep fit
　　Keep in touch with
　　Knock it off/stop
　　Lay off/fire
　　Let out:放走，泄露
　　Look for a needle in a haystack:大海撈針
　　Make a hit:獲得成功
　　Make ends meet:使收支相抵
　　Make sense:有意義
　　Make up;補償，化妝，補考
　　Meet each other half way: make an agreement
　　Move on:/go on/continue/keep on
　　 Nothing but:只有
　　Anything but:絕不
　　Now that:既然
　　On earth:究竟
　　On purposes :有意，故意
　　Out of the world:/wonderful/amazing
　　Pull in;進站，靠岸
　　Pull through:痊愈，恢復健康
　　Put off/delay/
　　Put through:接通電話
　　Reach the bottom of the barrel: use up/run out of
　　Resign one’s post:/quit;辭職
　　Ring a bell:聽起來很熟
　　Run off/copy
　　Sign up for/join in/register
　　Sneak up on sb.頭頭接近，靠近
　　Take …for granted:相當然地認為
　　Take one’s time;從容不迫
　　Take one’s word:./believe in sb./trust sb.
　　The reverse is also true:反之亦然
　　Tie up with/busy with
　　Tired of/get bored of
　　Under the weather:身體不舒服
　　Well-off/rich people
　　White elephant:無價值的東西，廢物
　　White lie:善意的謊言
　　You bet :當然