1. look forward to
期望，盼望；矚望；屬望；
[例句]He was looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister.
他期待著與新首相共事。
2. persist in
堅持；堅決做...；
[例句]He persisted in carrying on the experiment in spite of all kinds of setbacks.
儘管遇到很多挫折，他仍堅持做實驗。
3. prevent from
預防，防止；
[例句]Active cure of swoon patients was important to prevent from complications.
積極救治暈厥患者，對預防併發症有重要意義。
4. set about
開始做（某事）；攻擊；抨擊（某人）；<非正>散佈（謠言）；
[例句]He has set about carving up the company which Hammer created from almost nothing.
他已經開始動手拆分這家幾乎是哈默白手起家創辦的公司。
5. succeed in
在…（如某行業）中獲得成功；
[例句]There can be no doubt that you will succeed in your scientific research.
毫無疑問你在科研方面會取得成功。
6. add up to
總計達；<口>等於；意味著；總起來說；
[例句]For a hit show, profits can add up to millions of dollars.
一場熱門演出的`利潤可達數百萬美元。
7. make believe
假裝；裝假；
[例句]Many adults feel excluded from worlds of magic, play and make believe.
一些成年人覺得自己已經脫離了神奇和玩耍的世界。
8. break away
突然離開；突然掙脫；與…決裂；從…退出；
[例句]I broke away from him and rushed out into the hall.
我掙脫了他，衝進了大廳。
9. catch up with
趕上；追上；和…算舊賬；使…最終嚐到苦果；
[例句]The law caught up with him yesterday.
昨天，他被捉拿歸案。
10. come true
應驗；實現，成真；
[例句]You can make that dream come true.
你可以讓那個夢想實現。
11. come up to
達到；將近；來到近旁；比得上；
[例句]It's just coming up to ten minutes past eleven now.
現在才將近11點10分。
12. come up with
想出；提出；追趕上；設法拿出；
[例句]Several of the members have come up with suggestions of their own.
有幾位成員提出了自己的建議。
13. concern with
與…有關；關心…；
[例句]They have no concern with the dispute.
他們和那紛爭沒有關係。
14. do away with
廢除，消滅，去掉；滌除；搞掉；
[例句]The long-range goal must be to do away with nuclear weapons altogether.
遠期目標必須是將核武器盡數銷燬。
15. fall back on
求助於，依賴，轉而依靠；
[例句]Unable to defeat him by logical discussion, she fell back on her old habit of criticizing his speech.
由於在條理上說不過他，她便轉而重施故技，抓住他的演講不放。
16. fall in with
符合；同意；交友；碰到；
[例句]Carmen's reluctance to fall in with Driver's plans led to trouble.
卡門不願接受德賴弗的計劃，由此引來了麻煩。
17. be fed up with
飽受，厭煩；
[例句]Little by little, I began to be fed up with examinations.
漸漸地，我開始厭煩起考試來。
18. get along with
進展；與…和睦相處；
[例句]I like to think I'm relatively easy to get along with.
我願意認為自己相對比較容易相處。
