B：是的。我相信他会小心回答律师提出的问题。

A：关于这一点我们已经谈过了，他知道律师做事从不体面。 87、 Keep one’s shirt on 保持镇静

A：Lily, keep your shirt on and don’t get agitated. B：I just can’t. She peeped my diary. A：莉莉，保持镇静，别发火。 B：我控制不住，她偷看我日记了。

88、 Be above oneself 趾高气扬，89、 得意忘形

A：Maggie seems to be quite above herself these days. What happened?

B：Well, she got promoted. A：麦琪这几天得意忘形，怎么啦？ B：噢，她升职了。

90、 Of one’s own accord 自愿地，91、 主动地

A：Why did you help him? Is there anyone who asked you to do so?

B：Not really, I did it solely of my own accord. A：你为什么帮他？是有人要你这么做吗？ B：不是，是我自愿做的。

92、 Give a bad / poor account of oneself 表现不93、 佳 A：Allen did not want to give a bad account of herself by talking about things she is not familiar with. B：That’s natural.

A：艾伦不希望因为谈论不熟悉的事情而给人留下不好的印象。 B：那很自然

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94、 Scrape (up) an acquaintance with sb. 设法接近（结识）某人 A：Look, that guy over there is trying to scrape up an acquaintance with Joanna.

B：I know that man. He is always after pretty girls. A：看，那边那个人正在和乔安娜套近乎呢。 B：我认识他。他就爱追着漂亮姑娘。 95、 Put on an act 装腔作势

A：I really don’t like professor Wang’s lectures.

B：I don’t like either. He is always putting on an act, either speaking like a book or being playful with words. A：我真不喜欢王教授的讲座。

B：我也不喜欢。他总是装腔作势，不是咬文嚼字，就是舞文弄墨。 96、 Make much ado about nothing无中生有，97、 无事生非 A：The speaker boasted that he would talk about the secret of becoming a successful man, but he actually made much ado about nothing.

B：If I were you, I would ask him if he himself was a successful man.

A：演讲者吹嘘说他会谈论如何成为一位成功人士，但事实上他却是在无中生有。 B：要是我，我会问他，他自己是否是一位成功人士。 98、 Be after doing something 刚刚作完某事 A：Could we go and have a talk with John? B：I’m after talking with him. A：我们去和约翰聊一聊怎么样？ B：我刚和他聊完。

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99、 Come / go to someone’s aid 赶来/去援助某人 A：She called police.

B：Yes, they sure will come to her aid. A：她报警了。

B：是的，警察一定会来帮忙的。

100、 Roll in the aisles 使某人捧腹大笑 A：How was the lecture last night?

B：It was funny. The speaker rolled everyone of us in the aisles. A：昨晚的报告如何？

B：很好笑，演讲者把我们每个人都逗得捧腹大笑。 101、 In answer to? 应?.之请求

A：In answer to Mike’s request, the company gave him a paid holiday abroad. B：How nice!

A：应迈克的请求，公司允许他带薪到国外休假。 B：太好了！

102、 For anything someone cares 与某人不103、 相干 A：What’s the matter? You got conned for anything I care. B：How dare you say this!

A：怎么啦？你让人骗了跟我有什么相干？ B：你怎么敢这么说！

104、 Go ape 神魂颠倒的，105、 发疯 A：Jack went ape. What happened? B：He made a bomb in his sales business.

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A：捷克简直疯掉了，怎么回事？ B：他赚了大钱。

106、 Look on the bright side 要看光明面 A：Why so sad!

B：Helen stood me up last night.

A：It’s one of those things. Look on the bright side. A：为什么不高兴？ B：海伦昨晚失约了。

A：这是常有的事。要看光明面。 107、 That was close！好险！ A：Did you see that? B：What?

A：That car almost ran over a jaywalker. Boy, that was close! A：你看见了吗？ B：什么？

A：那辆车差点撞到一个乱闯马路的人。哎！好险！ 108、 I mean? 我是说? A：When did you go there?

B：Last Thursday, I mean last Tuesday. A：你是什么时候去那儿的？ B：上周四，不是，是上周二

109、 Sorry, it slipped my mind. 对不110、 起，111、 我忘了。 A：What are you doing? Don’t you remember we have a date tonight?

B：I’m sorry, Mary. It slipped my mind. I’ll be right over.

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