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a bit of, again and again,

act big

After all 毕竟

all along, all in all, all out, all thumbs

Anything else

as always, as far as(as far as I know), as if + subsentence, as was common, as usual, as yet, as well as...(以及...)

at all 根本, at heart, at first/last, at ease, at present, at one time(=once), at once, attend to, at random, at stake(在危机关头)

attach importance to (重视) 

be efficient(能干的)

beat a retreat 打退堂鼓

before long不久以后，long before很久以前 not long before = before long

bother with sth/sb

borrow trouble(自找麻烦)

bring ... forward, bring ... in, bring up

broad-minded

brush teeth 刷牙

buy off sb(收买),

by oneself, by day白天，by the day按天计算 The workers are paid by the day

calm down  

catch breath(喘口气)

catch cold, catch fire, catch up with somebody, change one's mind, check in, cheer somebody up, close call, come across, count sth/sb in sth(把...算入... count me in 算我一个), count on sth/sb(指望)

crazy about sth/sb 着迷,热衷于sth/sb

day after day日复一日（无变化）；day by day一天天地（有变化）Trees grow taller day by day.

draw up sth(起草sth)

deal with

entrance free 免费入场

fall behind 落后, fed up with 受够了, fill up, for a while, for sure 确定, for the present/moment

from scratch 从头做起

get along well with, get back, get on/off, get/come to the point(说重点，正题), get off work 下班

give in 屈服让步, go ahead

good for nothing(一无是处)

hand in sth to sb 递交交付, hang up 挂电话, hard on sb 对某人苛刻刻薄

in all, in any case, in a hurry, in the first place, in spirit, in real time, In my opinion, in order to 为了

in secret秘密地，暗自地，偷偷地, in a word总之，一句话， in words口头上 in turn(反之,反过来)

inside out 里外反了

in view of 鉴于，由于，考虑到

jump the queue 插队

keep one's head 保持镇静 keep composure

knock it off 停止做

let sb down(使sb失望)

look forward to sth/doing sth, look pale, look out for 小心,提防

lose one's temper(生气)

no matter, not really

on edge(烦躁)

Once in a while 偶尔

overreach oneself, over there,

out of question毫无疑问的，out of the question不可能的  

pass out 昏倒,

pay attention to(关注,重视)

pull together 团结, pull yourself together 打起精神

sense of responsibility 责任心,责任感

short temper 急性子

shut sth out 把...关在外面

slack off vi 懒散, 偷懒,

So far 目前为止

sore throat, sore loser 

take a bath, take over sth(接管接收sth), take a nap 小睡午睡

taste like(吃起来像)

thick skin

think about, think of 

time interval

time up 时间已到

upside down 上下颠倒

until now

way out 出路

well off 富有的

at work在工作，在上班，in work 有职业，有工作