1. in brief简言之

2. in blossom开花(指树木) be in blossom开花(强调状态) come into blossom开花

3. in case万一;

any case无论如何

5. out of breath 喘不过气来

6. blame sb. for sth. 因…责备某人 . blame sth. on sb. 把…推在某人身上

7. in bulk 成批地,不散装的

8. take the floor 起立发言

9. on business 出差办事.

10. be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事

11. last but one 倒数第二.

12. but for要不是. 表示假设

13. buy sth. for…money 用多少钱买

14. be capable of 能够, 有能力be capable of being +过去分词是能够被…的

15. boast of吹嘘

board 到船上, 在船上, 上火车或飞机

17. in case of如果发生…万一in the case of 至于…, 就…而言

18. in no case在任何情况下都不

19. be cautious of 谨防

20. center one’s attention on把某人的注意力集中在…上

21. be certain of有把握, 一定.

22. for certain of肯定地,有把握地

23. by chance偶然

24. for a change换换环境(花样等)

25. charge sb. with …控告某人犯有…

26. in charge of负责(某事)in the charge of …由…管

27. take charge of负责管理(照顾)

28. charge…for 因…索取(费用) , charge sb. with sth. 控告某人犯有…

29. round the clock昼夜不停地

30. comment on 评论

31. commit oneself to 使自己承担… commit sb. to prison把某人送进监狱; commit one’s idea to writing 把某人的想法写下来; commit a matter to a committee把某事交给委员会讨论

32. in common (和…)有共同之处,共用.be common to sb. 与某人所共有的

33. keep company with和…要好.

34. compare…with … 把…与…比较

35. compare…to… 把…比作…

36. by comparison 比较起来

37. in comparison with (=in contrast to) 和…比起来

38. compensate for补偿, 赔偿,弥补 compensate sb. for sth. 赔偿,弥补