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　　Cheer/lift…up让我高兴起来

　　Beyoncé’s voice would greatly cheer/lift me up when I feel low.

　　Sort out 整理

　　In order to solve the problem, we need to sort things out first.

　　Bum/hang around 闲逛

　　As long as I am available from my studies, I would like to hang around Sanlitun shopping village.

　　Hang out 出去玩

　　I often hang out with my besties(闺蜜) on weekends.

　　Strike a chord 引起共鸣

　　The story may strike a chord for those who have the similar situation.

　　Be shut out 被排斥

　　Tom used to be quite shy when he was little, so he often was shut out socially by his peers.

　　Stay up 熬夜

　　I need to have a regular life schedule, since I have always been stayed up till late night, which would be greatly disadvantageous to my fitness.

　　Screw up 搞砸了

　　I screwed up my class presentation, due to the fact that I didn't prepare it adequately.

　　Straighten things out 改正

　　In order to have a healthy lifestyle, I need to straighten out my life habit.

　　Push around /Boss around 摆布

　　I hate the feel of being pushed around/bossed around.

　　Spare no effort 不遗余力做某事

　　Jet lee and his One foundation has spared no effort in helping the needy all the time .

　　Lay off 被失业

　　Many financial participants were laid off during the financial downturn at 2008.

　　Count on 指望

　　Counting on Jerry is the only thing they could do right now.

　　Buck up振作起来

　　Hey buddy, buck up, you can win this.

　　Fall out/make it up 争吵/和好如初

　　Occasionally, they would fall out, yet eventfully they often make it up.

　　Carry on 继续做某事

　　I hope that I could carry on my research when I study at overseas.

　　Hold up 耽搁

　　Many were held up for working and meeting due to the flight delay.

　　Catch up on 叙旧，聊天

　　I often call my old friends to catch up on them for recent news.

　　Lay/kick back/Wind down/loosen up 放松，喘口气

　　I am able to wind down by watching a movie.

　　Ease my mind/tension 减压

　　Going traveling is a perfect way to ease my mind and tension.

　　Be alienated from each other 变得生疏

　　Currently, people are getting alienated from each other since we tend to live a fast tempo of life.

　　Get over 克服、熬过

　　I am thinking of transferring my major from IT to business, since programming is the one that I really couldn't get over.

　　Off the mood 紧张

　　I was really off my mood the minute I picked the phone up.

　　Long for 渴望

　　This is the book I have been longing for all the time.

　　Speed up 加速

　　During the sailing competition, you need to speed up when the storm is pending(即将发生).

　　Keep up with it 和…保持一致

　　The best way to keep up with professor’s schedule is the record what they say in classes.

　　Fit in/blend in 融入，适合

　　Wearing casual clothes could make me easily fit in/blend in my age group.

　　Turn out to be 结果是、原来是

　　The whole thing turned out to be a misunderstanding in the end.

　　End up with 以…结束

　　Their 20-year marriage ended up with a divorce agreement.

　　Be put aside 被晾在一边

　　All passengers were put aside in the airport without any attention and caring, which made us extremely angry.

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