考研英語在這場考研中的地位，大家都是知道的。下面整理了考研英語常考的短語，供大家積累背誦。
1. find fault
挑剔；挑錯；挑毛病；找茬兒；
[例句]He loved best to find fault with me.
他最喜歡找我的岔了。
2. catch fire
失火；著火著火；發火；走水；
[例句]Loose tobacco shreds catch fire: a flame and acrid smoke light our corner.
卷得鬆鬆的菸絲點燃了：火焰和嗆人的煙把我們這個角落照亮了。
3. be friends with
交朋友；與…交友，與…友好，跟…做朋友；
[例句]I still wanted to be friends with Alison.
我還是想和艾莉森做朋友。
4. make fun of
開玩笑；調笑；嘲弄，取笑；排調；
[例句]I'd make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.
我會拿她的衣著開玩笑，並模仿她說話。
5. lose heart
喪失勇氣；心灰意冷；垂頭喪氣；
[例句]He appealed to his countrymen not to lose heart.
他呼籲自己的同胞不要喪失信心。
6. learn by heart
記住；牢記；記誦；讀熟；
[例句]Try to learn by heart these English words and phase.
努力把這些英語單詞和短語記住。
7. get hold of
找到某物以供使用；找到某人；
[例句]Tell Richard I'm going to kill him when I get hold of him.
告訴理查德，一旦抓住他，我要殺了他。
8. keep house
持家；自立門戶；管理家務；
[例句]We employ a housemaid to keep house for both of us are very busy.
我們僱傭了一個僕人為我們管理家務，因為我們倆都很忙。
9. throw light on
提供線索；
[例句]Your statement does not throw light on the subject.
你的'發言並沒有說明問題。
10. bear in mind
牢記；記住；不恝於懷；銘記不忘；
[例句]We must bear in mind these lessons paid for with blood.
我們要記住這些血的教訓。
11. have in mind
思念，存心；
[例句]I have in mind some doubts which really puzzle me.
我心中有一個疑團，百思不得其解。
12. go into operation
投產；開工；生效，開始工作；
[例句]The new airport will soon go into operation.
新機場即將啟用。
13. put in order
整理，檢修；
[例句]Things have to be put in order here before they come.
在他們來之前，這一切都得要整理好。
14. keep pace with
跟上；並駕齊驅；趕上；
[例句]Farmers are angry because the rise fails to keep pace with inflation.
農民們很氣憤，因為提價趕不上通貨膨脹。
15. play a part
扮演一個角色，參與，裝腔騙人；
[例句]Fruit maturity may play a part in phenotypic characterization.
果實成熟期使這種表現型特徵可能明顯地起一些作用。
16. take place
發生，舉行；來；
[例句]A total solar eclipse is due to take place some time tomorrow.
明天某個時刻會發生日全食。
17. take the place of
代替；抵換；
[例句]Nothing can ever take the place of real love and family togetherness.
什麼都不能取代真愛與家庭和睦。
18. come to the point
開門見山，直接說要點；到緊要關頭；一語破的；
[例句]In spite of all your talk you never seem to come to the point.
你雖然說了那麼多話，但好像一直沒貼題。
19. carry into practice
實施，實行；
[例句]So, the teachers' innovating quality become the most important factor when we carry it into practice.
因此，實施創新教育，教師創新素質的高低就成為關鍵。
20. make progress
前進，進步；向上；
[例句]The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.
醫學界在抗癌的鬥爭中不斷取得進步。
