1) take a rain check 改天吧
Model: [1998.8.北美(29)]
-- Can you come over for dinner tonight? (今天晚上來吃飯好嗎？)
-- I'm up to my ears in work, so I'll have to take a rain check.(我工作很忙，改日吧，四六級聽力常用短語。
2) lost count 弄不清楚
Model: [2000.1.(21)]
-- Ever since your girlfriend moved to Bridgeport, you are always driving there. How many trips a week do you make anyway?(自從你的女友搬到Bridgeport，你老是開車去看她。一週去幾次啊？)
--I have lost count, but I can do it with my eyes closed.(搞不清楚了，但我閉著眼也能摸過去。)
3) be in another world 精神恍惚；魂不守舍
Model: [1996.5.(25)]
-- Pete's really out of it these days.(Pete 這幾天有點心不在焉。)
-- Yeah, I know. Ever since he met Ann, he's been in another world.(我同意。自從他遇見Ann, 他就魂不守舍了。)
4) make yourself at home 隨意，隨便
Model: [1999.8.(7)]
-- Do you mind if I take off my jacket?(你介意我脫下夾克嗎？)
-- Of course not, make yourself at home.(當然不介意，隨意一點！)
5) save your breath 省口氣吧；別白費口舌了
Model: [1995.10.(14)]
-- Hey? John! John!(嘿，John! John!)
-- Save your breath. He"s out of earshot.(省口氣吧，大學英語《四六級聽力常用短語》。他已經聽不到了。)
6) make sense 有意義，理解
Model: [1999.1.(29)]
-- The plot of that movie is hard to follow.(那部電影的`情節很難跟得上。)
-- It makes more sense the second time.(再看一遍就理解了。)
7) cost sb. an arm and a leg 非常昂貴
Model: [1999。1。(4)]
--Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda?(你看到Bill送給Linda的鑽戒了嗎？)
--I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg.(當然了。那一定很昂貴。)
8) burn a hole in one's pocket 很快地被花光
Model: [1997.10 ]
--Have you saved enough to buy that new printer for your computer yet? (你攢足錢給你的電腦買一臺新印表機了嗎？)
--You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately . Maybe next month. (這幾個月我花錢如流水。也許下個月吧。)
9)fill one's shoes 很好地頂替；令人滿意地替代
Model: [1997.8.]
--Have you heard that Professor Jones is retiring? (你聽說Jones教授要退休了嗎？)
--Yes. The faculty won't fi
