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1. get rid of：擺脫
e.g. You seem in rather a hurry to get rid of me.
看起來你急于想擺脫我。
e.g. It fell to me to get rid of them.
由我來負責擺脫他們。
2. give sb. a cooked-up story：給某人編造了個故事
e.g. Mary gave her teacher a cooked-up excuse that she had to take care of her mother in hospital so that she was late for school.
瑪麗編造了個理由，跟老師說她必須照顧她生病住院的媽媽，所以上課遲到了。
3. pair off：使成對（常指成為戀人），使成雙
e.g. I knew she wouldn't be able to resist pairing me off with someone.
我知道她忍不住要將我和某人撮合到一塊兒。
e.g. The squad members paired off to find places to eat and sleep.
小組成員結對兒找地方吃飯睡覺。
4. fall for：親信，信以為真
e.g. You're too intelligent to fall for his flattery.
你很聰明，不會受他的阿諛奉承所惑。
e.g. I told him I would think about it and asked for his telephone number. He didn't fall for that one.
我告訴他我會考慮，然后跟他要電話號碼。他并沒有上當。
5. give up：放棄
e.g. When life gets hard and you want to give up. At the time, do remember that life is full of ups and downs and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
當生活很艱難，你想要放棄的時候。此時請記住生活充滿了起起落落。如果沒有低谷，那站在高處也失去了意義。
e.g. They'll have to give up completely on certain of their studies.
他們將不得不徹底放棄某些研究。
6. wear out：使（感覺等）逐漸消失
e.g. His stubborn resistance to anything new eventually wore out the patience of his superiors.
他始終不愿接受任何新事物，最終讓上司失去了耐心。
e.g. No matter how often they turn up, their welcome never wears out.
不管他們多久露面一次，都永遠那么受歡迎。
e.g. ——“Could you not stay with us while you are solving your mystery?" — "Oh, we don't want to wear out our welcome."
“如果你們有事要忙就不用陪我們了，好么？”——“哦，我們可不想不受歡迎。”
7. regret about：因……而遺憾
e.g. He regret about losing this opportunity to get promoted.
他后悔失去這次晉升的機會了。
e.g. He never regrets about what he has done something wrong.
他從來就不會對他所做的錯事而后悔。
8. make a quarrel：吵架
e.g. They could never see eye to eye, and made quarrels constantly.
可他們倆的意見從來不一致，常常要吵架。
e.g. The two friends have only just made it up after making a quarrel.
這兩朋友吵架后剛剛和好。
