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托福iBT听力必背习语
节选自《托福iBT听力新思维》
1. flying colors → success, victory
2. little by little → gradually
3. call off → cancel
4. come into → receive, especially after another’s death
5. put off → postpone
6. stop by → make a brief visit on one’s way elsewhere
7. tie up → hinder
8. be out for → trying to get
9. fill in for → take another’s place
10. turn down →① refuse or reject ② reduce the loudness of
11. go off → begin to ring
12. cut down → lesson; reduce; limit
13. come up with → produce; supply
14. make it →① achieve a specific goal ② succeed in general
15. catch one’s eye → attract one’s attention
16. care for →① like; value ② look after; take care of
17. head and shoulders above → much better
18. catch on → become popular

19. on the whole → in general
20. fill sb. in → tell what sb. should know
21. in a nutshell → in a few words
22. from top to bottom → completely; entirely
23. take the plunge → enter with sudden decision upon an unfamiliar course of action
24. on the tip of one’s tongue → unable to be recalled
25. cheer up → feel happy; stop being sad or discouraged; become hopeful
26. hold off → postpone; delay
27. on cloud nine → a state of perfect happiness
28. back out → withdraw from an undertaking
29. grin and bear it → be as cheerful as possible in pain or trou