1、四六级听力考试必背的120个重要习语above all - most importantly首要的，最重要的 account for - explain对……做出解释说明 as a matter of fact - in fact ,to speak the truth实际上 as a rule - generally ;normally一般来说，通常 about to - be ready to;be on the point of doing something an old hand - be an experienced persom行家 any day now
2、 -soon随时 approach sb -talk to sb和……说话 be fed up with - be out of patience with对……感到厌烦 be on one’s own - live independently独自一人 be on the safe side - take no chances以防万一，万无一失 be out of something - have no longer in supply用完 be tired of - be bored with ,frustrated with对……感到厌烦 be up to one
3、s’ears - be extremely busy be up to someone -be a person’s responsibility由……负责任 be out for -trying to get力图得到 be out of the question - be unacceptable ,impossible bite off more than one can chew - take on more than one can handle break down - cease to function发生故障，打破，毁掉 break the ice - b
4、egin to be friendly wuth people one doesn’t know打破僵局 break the news - inform or give bad news把坏消息告诉某人 brush up on - imporve noe’s knowledge of something through study复习提高 bump into - meet unexpectedly偶然碰到，无意中遇到 by and large - in general总的来说，一般而言 by heart - by memory凭记忆 by all means - abs
5、olutely ,definitely尽一切办法 by no means - in no way决不 call off -cancel取消 cheer up - be happy高兴 come down with - become sick with生……病，染上……疾病 come into -receive,especially after another’s death得到（意外之财） come up with - think of想出 count on - depend upon依赖 count out - eliminate点数 die down - be
6、come quiet ,become less逐渐消失，平息，减弱 do without - manage without something没有……也行 drop by - visit informally; pay a short visit every other - alternate顺便拜访 fall behind - lag; fail to accomplish something on time落在后面 fall through - fail to happen or be completed失败，落空 far cry form - completely
7、different from;a long way相距甚远，有很大的差别 feel like - have a desire or wish for喜欢feel up to - feel well enough to or be capabele of能够胜任…… few and far between - not happening often; rate稀少，不常发生，难能可贵 figure out - determine; reason out by th
