Noun + Compound Noun
- science quizzes
- tattletale (= someone who tattles)
- hot topic
- washer (垫圈）
- spat (= a short unimportant quarrel)
- theme party
- outfit (= a set of clothes worn together, especially for a special occasion)
- doozy (= something that is extremely good, bad, strange, big etc)
- crowbar (撬棍）
- dandy ( = a man who spends a lot of time and money on his clothes and appearance)
- psycho control freak
- parenting (= the skill or activity of looking after your own children)
- hat rack
- water damage
- perspective
- caddy (= someone who carries the golf clubs for someone who is playing golf)
- conscience (= a guilty feeling that you have about something bad you have done)
- girl’s health class
- menstruation
- ripple effect
- memorial (= something, especially a stone with writing on it, that reminds people of someone who has died)
- yearning (= a strong desire for something) [SYN] longing
I’ve heard lies before, but that one was a real doozy!
They have no conscience at all about cheating.
He had a deep yearning to return to his home town.
a yearning for travel
Verb + Phrasal Verb
- video-chatting
- tattle (on)
- assume (= to pretend to have a different name or be someone you’re not, or express a feeling falsely 假装) assume a character
- dog (= to follow close behind someone)
- anchor (= to fasten something firmly so that it cannot move)
- dawn on sb
- coin (= to invent a new word or expression, especially one that many people start to use)
- cover for sb (= prevent someone from getting into trouble by lying for them, especially about where they are or what they are doing)
- scheme [SYN] plot
- sweep up (= to clean the dust, dirt etc from the floor or ground using a brush with a long handle)
- caddy (for) (= to carry golf clubs for someone who is playing golf)
- wall in (= to surround something with walls or tall structures) they’re walled in
- break out
- look down on/at sth/sb
- check on sb/sth (= to make sure that someone or something is safe, is in a satisfactory state, or is doing what they should be doing)
- puzzle sth out (= to solve a confusing or difficult problem by thinking about it carefully)
- tell on sb (= to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone you know has done – used especially by children)
- come between sb (= to make people argue and feel angry with each other, when they had been friends before) I didn’t want to come between a husband and wife.
- sit out sth (1.= to not take part in something, especially a game or dance, when you usually take) Johnson sat out the game with a shoulder injury (2.= to wait for an unpleasant situation or event to finish, without leaving or taking some other actions) sit out the strike
- double-check
if a child tattles, they tell a parent or teacher that another child has done something bad
if a fact dawns on you, you realize it for the first time
the valley is walled in by high mountains
adjective + Adverb
- pregnant (with)
- tacky
- carefree
- magnetic (= qualities that make other people feel strongly attracted to you)
- mystical
if something is tacky, it looks cheap or badly made, and shows poor taste
Collocation (verb+noun)
- settle a spat (between)
- assume a character
- feel an obligation/ obligated to do sth
- attend someone’s memorial
- turn off the gas line
Collocation (adj+noun)
- cracked washer/valve
- stripped pipe
- the door is jammed
- a bent club
- tiniest fraction
- first-class lounge
- (at) personal expense
Collocation (verb+adverb)
Phrase + Idiom
- at the time
- pay for itself
- at sea (= confused or not sure what to do)
- if your mind, memory, sight etc plays tricks on you, you feel confused and not sure about what is happening
- talk back
- all the more reason (why / to do sth)
- catch sb doing sth (= to see someone doing something that they did not want you to know they were doing)
- get in trouble with sb
- have/get a lot/ enough on your plate (= to have a lot of problems to deal with or problems to worry about)
- tell me about it (= used to say that you already know how bad something is, especially because you have experienced it yourself)
- play fast and loose with sth (= to not be careful about what you do, especially by not obeying the law or a rule) They played fast and loose with investors’ money.
- put in a (good) word for you (= to try to help someone get or achieve something by saying good things about them to someone else) I got the job because Paul put in a good word for me.
- with a vengeance (= with great force or more effort than before)
- let somebody in on a secret
at the time: at a particular moment or period in the past when something happened, especially when the situation is very different now I was about ten or eleven at the time.
If something pay for itself, it works so well that it saves the amount of money that it cost do you know how many times this has paid for itself ?
all the more reason … : used to say that what has just been mentioned is an additional reason for doing what you have suggested that’s all the more reason she should listen to me
I can tell you from experience.
Pepper has done the impossible.
‘She’s only 15.’ ‘That settles it (=that is enough information for a definite decision to be made)! We’re not taking her with us!’
We’ll see.
看情况
It’s not the end of the world. Let’s not make a big deal.
I’m on the other line with them.
It finally reached the point where I had no choice but to …
On three, 1,2,3
His days are numbered.
See what I care!
spend most of your time
I’m terrified of them.
He’s got bigger things on his plate.
End of story.
If you’re trying to make me feel bad about not being as a good liar as you…
Don’t go to any trouble.
You seemed pretty sure of yourself this morning.
