很多网友在考完托福后突然发现，自己的听力真的提高了很多，在考试中学到了很多美国习语。本文特地把托福考试中常出现的重要习语总结出来，供准备参加2006下半年托福考试的朋友使用。为体现原汁原味，本文未对这些词组进行翻译，不过在每个词组后面都有相应的英文解释。 我们相信，只要大家坚持用心去练，肯定会对你们听力提高会有帮助的，而且在考试的时候你会发现这样的效果特别好，当然这种感觉是建立在你大量练习和能力提高的基础上的。 above all - most importantly account for - explain as a matter of fact - in fact ，to speak the truth as a rule - generally ；normally about to - be ready to；be on the point of doing something an old hand - be an experienced persom any day now -soon approach sb -talk to sb be fed up with - be out of patience with be on one‘s own - live independently be on the safe side - take no chances be out of something - have no longer in supply be tired of - be bored with ，frustrated with be up to ones‘ears - be extremely busy be up to someone -be a person‘s responsibility be out for -trying to get be out of the question - be unacceptable ，impossible bite off more than one can chew - take on more than one can handle break down - cease to function break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people one doesn‘t know break the news - inform or give bad news brush up on - imporve noe‘s knowledge of something through study bump into - meet unexpectedly by and large - in general by heart - by memory by all means - absolutely ，definitely by no means - in no way call off -cancel cheer up - be happy come down with - become sick with come into -receive，especially after another‘s death come up with - think of count on - depend upon count out - eliminate die down - become quiet ，become less do without - manage without something 0drop by - visit informally； pay a short visit every other - alternate fall behind - lag； fail to accomplish something on time fall through - fail to happen or be completed far cry form - completely different from；a long way feel like - have a desire or wish for feel up to - feel well enough to or be capabele of few and far between - not happening often； rate figure out - determine； reason out by thinking fill in for -take another‘s place fill sb.in - tell what sb. should know fish out of water - out of one‘s element or natural environment flying colors -success，victory for good - permanently； forever for the time being - for now； temporarily get away with - escape without punishment get rid of - give something away； sell， destroy， or throw away something get the ball rolling - start something； make a beginning get the hang of - understand； learn give a hand - help go without saying - understood； clear without needing to be stated go off -begin to ring hang on - keep hold of； persevere；keep doing something hard to come by - difficult to obtain have a heart - have kind feelings； be understanding have a hunch - have an idea based on feelings rather than reason hold off - delay；postpone hop to it - get started on something quickly hit it off - get along well with someone ill at ease - uncomfortable in hot water - in trouble in the air -uncertain in the dark - keep someone without knowdge； information from somenoe in the lone run - looking toward the future； eventually ins and outs - all the details； the various parts and difficulties to be seen iron out - remove the difficulties or find an answer for jump to conclusions - arrive too quickly at a decision or opinion keep an eye on - watch closely keep one‘sfingers crossed - wish that nothing goes wrong keep on one‘s toes - be ready for action； prepared knock oneself out - make a great effort learn the ropes - learn the rules and routines of a place or activity little by little -gradually make ends meet - to get just enough money for noe‘s needs make out - manage；get along mean to - intentional； on purpose might as well - to have no strong reson not to next to nothing - almost nothing； very inexpensive not to mention - in addition off balance - unaware； off guard on the go - working or doing something all the time on pins and needles - nervous； anxious； full of anticipation on purpose - deliberately； intentionally on the blink - not working properly；broken on the right track - thinking or doing something correctly on the tip of noe‘s tongue - to be about to remember somthing once in a blue moon - rarely； almost never out of it - not involved in pick up the tab - pay the bill or the cost of something piece of cake - easy play by ear - act spontaneously； without planning pill it off - accomplish pull one‘s leg - make fun of somenoe in a playgul way； make somenoe believe something that is not ture quite a few - many raise the roof -angry right away - immediately run for office - compete for an elected position save one‘s breath - to keep silent because talking would not achieve anyting say that again - a saying that means； I agree completely stone‘s throw - short distance search me - an answer that means； I don‘t know serves one right - is deserving of sleep on it - think about something for a while straighten up - clean up； make tidy take a break - rest for a while； stop one‘s work or activity think nothing of it - that‘s all right throw cold water on - discourage； lessen enthusiasm for to say the least - at the lowest estimate touch on - mention a subject briefly under the water - not feeling well wait around - waiting in vain wait on - attend as a servant；serve well worth the trouble - it deseres the inconvenience or trouble whole new ballgame - an entirely different situation with flying colors - succeed very well without a hitch - without difficulty or delay