1. ask someone out 约会
英文含义：invite on a date
适合话题：leisure time and relaxing
例句：I will ask my best friend out to go shopping on weekends.
2. ask around 到处打听
英文含义：ask many people the same question
适合话题：travel
例句：People used to ask around when they go to a new place.
3. back someone up 支持
英文含义：support
适合话题：friends and family
例句：My wife backed me up over my decision to quit my job.
4. blow up 夸大
英文含义：exaggerate
适合话题：newspaper
例句：Newspapers sometimes will blow up the story.
5. blow something up 往…里面充气
英文含义：add air
适合话题：leisure time and relaxing
例句：We have to blow 50 balloons up for the party.
6. break down 出故障
英文含义：stop functioning (vehicle, macine)
适合话题：travel
例句：Our car broke down at the side of the highway in the snowstorm.
7. break down 情绪失落
英文含义：get upset
适合话题：gifts
例句：Some people may break down if they have not received birthday gifts.
8. break something down 分解
英文含义：divide into smaller parts
适合话题：games
例句：We break the procedures down to make them understandable.
9. break-in 闯入
英文含义：force entry to a building
适合话题：illegal
例句：Any break-ins without owners' permission would be illegal.
10. break into something 破门而入
英文含义：enter
适合话题：wedding ceremony
例句：The bridegroom and his best men will break into the room at the wedding day.
11. break something in 逐渐习惯
英文含义：wear something a few times so that it doesn't look/feel new
适合话题：sports
例句：It is necessary that we break the sports shoes in before we work out.
12. break in (on sth.) 打断
英文含义：interrupt
适合话题：TV and Radio
例句：The TV station broke in to report the news of the president's death.
13. break up 分手
英文含义：end a relationship
适合话题：friends and family
例句：Two people are easily to break up if they do not have the same world outlook.
14. break up 大笑
英文含义：start laughing (informal)
适合话题：friends and family
例句：Best friends usually will break up when they get together.
15. break out 越狱
英文含义：escape
适合话题：TV and Radio
例句：Some people like watching the kind of TV series of breaking out.
16. break out in something 突然…
英文含义：develop a skin condition
适合话题：travel
例句：I broke out in a rash after our camping trip.
17. bring someone down 使情绪沮丧
英文含义：make unhappy
适合话题：music
例句：Blues usually bring me down.
18. bring someone up 养大
英文含义：raise a child
适合话题：family members
例句：My grandparents brought me up when I was a child.
19. bring something up 提出
英文含义：start talking about a subject
适合话题：communication
例句：My mother has no patience to listen when my father brings up sports.
20. bring something up 呕吐
英文含义：vomit
适合话题：travel
例句：I can not take long travel because I will bring up if staying too much time on the vehicle.
21. call around 询问
英文含义：phone many different places/people
适合话题：travel
例句：We should call around the policeman when we get lost in somewhere.
22. call someone back 回电话
英文含义：return a phone call
适合话题：interviewing
例句：I called the company back but the offices were closed for the weekend.
23. call something off 取消
英文含义：cancel
适合话题：interviewing
例句：It is rude to call off the appointment with the manager before the interview.
24. call on someone 询问
英文含义：ask for an answer or opinion
适合话题：study
例句：I always call on my professor when I have problems in my study.
25. call on someone 拜访
英文含义：visit someone
适合话题：Festival
例句：I will call on my teacher on Teachers' Day.
26. call someone up 打电话给…
英文含义：phone
适合话题：family
例句：I often call up my mother twice a week and talk about my study and life in school.
27. calm down 冷静
英文含义：relax after being angry
适合话题：film
例句：It is hard to calm down when I watch the horror movie.
28. cut in 打断
英文含义：interrupt
适合话题：child
例句：Children like to cut in their parents when they want to talk about something interesting.
29. cut in 超车
英文含义：pull in too closely in front of another vehicle
适合话题：transport
例句：It is dangerous to cut in others in the street.
30. not care for someone/something 关心
英文含义：not like (formal)
适合话题：reading
例句：We should not care too much for the grammar of the passage when we read. |
