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托福生活笔记3
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last straw：最後極限
EX:I tried to be nice and patient, but when John started to laugh at my girefriend’s height and weight, that was the last straw.
kink：抽筋
EX:When she turned arou...
last straw：最後極限
EX:I tried to be nice and patient, but when John started to laugh at my girefriend’s height and weight, that was the last straw.
kink：抽筋
EX:When she turned around to talk to Jenny, she suddenly had a kink in her neck.
cream puff：性能良好的二手車
EX:Sammy likes to take out his cream puff for a drive on weekends.
culture vulture：對文化藝術成痴的人
EX:There were a lot of culture vulture gathering in New York last Christmas for the grand opening of the New York Art Festival.
cup of tea：喜歡的東西（或活動）
EX:Basketball is my cup of tea, and I usually play it in the back yard after school with some of my best pals.
crocodile tears：假惺惺，假悲傷
EX:The little girl cried crocodile tears as she told her teacher how she forgot to bring her textbooks to school.
in a pickle：困境
EX:Oh, darn! We’re in a pickle because our car broke down a couple of minutes ago. How are we able to get to the game on time？
pep-talk：口頭鼓勵
EX:Johnny got a pep-talk from his coach after he finished the first game.
short fuse：急性子，脾氣壞
EX:That basketball coach had such a short fuse that the umpire had to give him an oral warning.
wake up and smell the coffee (或smell the coffee)：覺悟 ，了解實情
EX:Finally she decided to smell the coffee, leaving the sad memory behind.
going-on 事件，行為
EX:There are a lot of fishy goings-on at the meeting.
hangout 常去的地方
EX:The gym is a hangout for our classmates.
hash out費力地去做
EX:The professor and his assistants are hashing out a new solution to this project.
the butt of jokes 嘲笑的對象
EX:He is the butt of the jokes because of the way he talks.
cover all the bases面面俱到
EX:When you are a career woman and a single mother, it is hard to cover all the bases.
live out one’s fantasy 夢想實現
EX:I hope in the nearest future I will have sufficient money and time to live out my fantasy.
long and hard 謹慎，仔細地
EX:The attorney suggested that we should look long and hard at the lease before we sign it.
pander to 和…掛鉤
EX:A politician of integrity ought to avoid pandering to big business.
pick up the tab 付帳
EX:Most people think that it should be the man that picks up the tab on a date.
snub 冷落，不理睬
EX:Sandra treated me very well and made me feel like home until her pals arrived, and then she snubbed me.
sneaky 鬼鬼祟祟
EX:Larry is always sneaky in the office and he tends to be fond of snooping around.
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