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agree with
① 同意;贊同：I quite agree with him on the sports. 我非常同意他在運動方面的觀點。
② 與…相符;與…一致：His words do not agree with his actions. 他言行不一致。
③ [常用于否定句] (食物等) 適合：Too much meat doesn’t agree with her. 她不宜吃太多肉。
02
hold on
① 抓著…不放;堅持：She held on to me tightly. 她緊緊地抓住我。
I will hold on to my dream and never give it up.
我要堅持自己的夢想，永不放棄。
② [電話用語] 別掛斷;等一下：Can you hold on? I’ll see if the manager’s in the office. 先別掛電話行嗎?我去看看經理在不在辦公室。
03
make up
① [不用于進行時] 組成;構成：In some languages, 100 words make up half of all words used in daily conversations. 在一些語言中，100個詞就構成了一半的日常會話用語。
② 編寫;編造：At your first meeting you should make up a rule book. 在第一次會議上，你要編寫出一個規章手冊。
③ 為…化妝：They made him up as an old man for the last act of the play. 在演這出戲的最后一幕時，他們把他打扮成一個老頭。
04
pick up
① 拿起;拾起：The phone rang and I picked it up. 電話響了，我接了起來。
I picked up the rubbish and threw it into the trash can. 我把垃圾拾起來，扔進垃圾桶。
②(車輛等) 中途搭 (人);中途帶 (貨)：I’ve got to pick up my daughter from school at four o’clock. 我四點鐘得去學校接女兒。
③ 營救;救起：Twenty men fell into the water and were picked up by other boats. 二十人落水后，被其他船只救起。
④(偶然地、無意地) 得到;學會 (語言);買到：She picked up Japanese when she was in Japan. Now she can speak it freely.她在日本時學會了日語，現在她日語講得很流利。
We managed to pick up a few bargains in the market. 我們從市場上買到了幾件便宜貨。
⑤ 接收到：We were able to pick up the BBC World Service. 我們能收聽到英國廣播公司的國際廣播節目。
⑥重提 (話題);恢復 (健康等)：He picks up this theme again in later chapters of the book. 在該書的后幾章，他又重回到這個主題上。
05
take up 開始 (從事);占用
Rogers took up painting for a while, but soon lost interest. 羅杰斯學了一段時間的繪畫，但很快便失去了興趣。
Meetings and phone calls take up a large part of the day. 開會和接電話占用了一天中的大部分時間。
06
turn out
① 制造;生產;培養出：The factory turns out 900 cars a week. 這家工廠一周生產九百輛汽車。
② 原來 (是);證明 (是);結果 (是)：Unexpectedly the weather turned out pretty nice that day. 出乎意料的是，那天天氣特別好。
It turned out that his brother died of a heart attack. 原來他的兄弟死于心臟病。
07
work out
① 算出;總共達：I’m just trying to work out how much I spend each month. 我正在盡力算出我每月的開銷。
② 解決;把…弄清楚：To work out the difficult maths problem, I have consulted Professor Russell several times. 為了解出這道數學難題，我已經請教拉塞爾教授好幾次了。
③ 制定 (出)：Trained exercise teachers can help you work out a training plan and keep you active. 訓練有素的體育老師能幫你制定一套訓練計劃，使你保持活力。
④ 產生結果;被證明有效：Everything worked out OK in the end. 事情的結果還不錯。
I want to follow David’s example but it never worked out for me. 我想效仿大衛的做法，但這對我沒有效果。
⑤ 鍛煉;訓練：I go to the sports club and work out once a week. 我一周去一次體育館鍛煉。
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get through 到達; 通過;打通：
She got through the examination. 她通過了考試。
Focusing on that goal helps me get through tough times. 專注于那一目標幫我熬過了艱難時期。
I tried phoning her office, but I couldn’t get through. 我試過打她辦公室電話，但沒打通。
09
make out
① 勉強看見;聽見：I could barely make out the stage in the darkness. 黑暗中我幾乎看不見舞臺。
I could hear voices but I couldn’t make out what manage they were saying.我能聽到說話的聲音，但聽不清他們在說什么。
② 理解;弄清：His writing is so confusing that it’s difficult to make out what he is trying to express. 他的筆跡模糊不清，很難弄清他到底想表達什么。
③ 寫出;開列：She was making out a list of people to invite. 她正在寫一份邀請名單。
10
put up
① 舉起;抬起;提高：
Put up your hands if you have any questions.如果有問題請舉手。
They have put up the rent by $200 a month. 他們把每月的租金提高了200美元。
② 公布;張貼 (布告、相片等)：Posters were put up around our school, calling upon us to join in the actions for a greener earth. 校園中到處張貼著海報，號召我們加入到讓地球更環保的行動中去。
③ 建造 (房屋等);搭建：They’ve put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently. 最近他們蓋起了很多高樓大廈。
④ 留宿;住宿：I was hoping Kenny could put me up for a few days. 我希望肯尼能讓我留宿幾天。
