2016年6月英语四级听力常用习语盘点

　　英语四级听力除了必要的词汇短语外我们还需要准备一些习语，下面这些习语是经常在四级听力中出现的，大家跟新东方在线英语四级频道学习这些常用的四级听力常用词语吧!

　　1.above all - most importantly

　　2.account for - explain

　　3.as a matter of fact - in fact ,to speak the truth

　　4.as a rule - generally ;normally

　　5.about to - be ready to;be on the point of doing something

　　6.an old hand - be an experienced persom

　　7.any day now -soon

　　8.approach sb -talk to sb

　　9.be fed up with - be out of patience with

　　10.be on one’s own - live independently

　　11.be on the safe side - take no chances

　　12.be out of something - have no longer in supply

　　13.be tired of - be bored with ,frustrated with

　　14.be up to ones’ears - be extremely busy

　　15.be up to someone -be a person’s responsibility

　　16.be out for -trying to get

　　17.be out of the question - be unacceptable ,impossible

　　18.bite off more than one can chew - take on more than one can handle

　　19.break down - cease to function

　　20.break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people one doesn’t know

　　21.break the news - inform or give bad news

　　22.brush up on - imporve noe’s knowledge of something through study

　　23.bump into - meet unexpectedly

　　24.by and large - in general

　　25.by heart - by memory

　　26.by all means - absolutely ,definitely

　　27.by no means - in no way

　　28.call off -cancel

　　29.cheer up - be happy

　　30.come down with - become sick with

　　31.come into -receive,especially after another’s death

　　32.come up with - think of

　　33.count on - depend upon

　　34.count out - eliminate

　　35.die down - become quiet ,become less

　　36.do without - manage without something

　　37.drop by - visit informally; pay a short visit every other - alternate

　　38.fall behind - lag; fail to accomplish something on time

　　39.fall through - fail to happen or be completed

　　40.far cry form - completely different from;a long way

　　41.feel like - have a desire or wish for

　　42.feel up to - feel well enough to or be capabele of

　　43.few and far between - not happening often; rate

　　44.figure out - determine; reason out by thinking

　　45.fill in for -take another’s place

　　46.fill sb.in - tell what sb. should know

　　47.fish out of water - out of one’s element or natural environment

　　48.flying colors -success,victory

　　49.for good - permanently; forever

　　50.for the time being - for now; temporarily