在托福聽力考試中，有一些托福聽力詞匯是經常出現的，對于這類托福閱讀詞匯必須認真記憶并了解短語的背景信息，這樣再遇到熟悉的托福聽力詞匯時就能輕松把握作者的意圖。下面介紹一些托福聽力考試中的高頻短語，希望能幫大家多儲備一些托福聽力材料。
　　A big sale
　　大減價。托福聽力圍繞學生生活的話題較多，學生總是沒錢，所以一聽到on sale 或者for sale，A big sale，等等大減價等總是非常有興趣。
　　A: Those are great sneakers, were they very expensive?
　　B: I never could have bought them if the shoe store wasn't having a big sale.
　　A far cry from 離……差的老遠，有很大的差別
　　The published book is a far cry from the early manuscript.
　　Anything but 單單除……之外;恰恰不
　　對照習語：nothing but, 意為正是，只是，不過。
　　She is nothing but poor. 她很窮。
　　Susan is anything but poor. 蘇珊一點也不窮。
　　Are you kidding? 你開什么玩笑?
　　類似說法：you must be kidding, you must be joking? Are you joking ? you kidding? You joking? 等等, 一起記。
　　A: how did the game go the other night? Did you team win ?
　　B: Are you kidding? That would be a first.
　　Around the clock 一天不間斷，一天24小時不停
　　Martha studied around the clock for her management exam.
　　Be backed up (交通)堵了;(活)拖下來了
　　The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks. I don't know if we'll make the 7:15 show.
　　A: I have two esams and three papers to get done in the next couple of days.
　　B: How did it get so backed up?
　　Be burned up 生氣
　　A: Susan still hasn't gotten her research paper work.
　　B: I know, and she is really burned up at the professor.
　　Burn a hole in one's pocket 有錢存不住
　　A: Have you saved enough to buy that new printer for your computer yet?
　　B: You know money seems to be burning a hole in my pocket lately. Maybe next month.
　　Come a long way 取得很大進展
　　A: I saw some of your paintings at the student art exhibit. They are great.
　　B: Thanks. I feel as though I've come a long way.
　　Count me in 把我算在內，我一塊去
　　A: I got an invitation to a financial planning seminar. And I don't want to go alone.
　　B: count me in. I need all the help I can get managing my money. Do some errands 作一些跑腿的事
　　A: We thought we'd all go out for lunch today. Can you be ready to leave at one o'clock?
　　B:I have to pick up my car and do a couple of errands , I'll just come straight to the resturant.
　　Drive somebody up the wall 讓某人發瘋