1. cool off (down) → make or become calm
2. hold the grudge → having hard feelings
3. come a long way → show much improvement; make great progress
4. straighten out → correct a mistake; make you realize you are wrong
5. once and for all → finally or decisively
6. put … away → put in the right place or out of sight
7. out of it → not concerned with, not involved in
8. bump into → meet by chance; run into
9. out of stock → lacking a supply of, especially temporarily
10. per se → in itself
11. keep to oneself → avoid the society of others
12. go out of one’s way → make special effort to help somebody or do sth.
13. put up → accommodate; lodge
14. under the weather → some what ill; in low spirit
15. come in handy → prove useful
16. talk one out of → make one leave off or forego sth. by talking
17. wait on → serve; attend as a servant
18. go all out → make one’s utmost effort
19. on sale → at a reduced price
20. try out → enter as a competitor
21. pass up → give up; renounce; reject
22. on behalf of → as a representative of
23. stay up → not to go to bed
24. the odds are → the changes are; the probability is
25. hold over → postpone
26. out of order → in the wrong arrangement or condition; not working right
27. booked up → have no seats or rooms left; have no free time left
28. fit in → fine tine to see someone
29. go in one ear and out the other → make no impression
30. measure up → have the necessary qualifications
31. change of pace → a temporary shift or variation in the normal routine or regular pattern of activity
32. run out of → exhaust the quantity or supply of
33. go by → follow; obey
34. take it out on → cause someone else to suffer for one’s own misfortune or dissatisfaction
35. get around to → find the necessary time for
36. put out → disturb; annoy
37. (with) flying colors 成功，以优异的成绩
38. little by little 逐渐
39. call off 取消
40. come into 获得，继承
41. put off 推迟
42. stop by 顺便看望
43. tie up &nb