R-5：ride the tiger 玩火自焚 A:Dont do that again. You are riding the tiger. A:别再做那事了，你在玩火自焚。 B:No problem. I can deal with it well. B：没事，我能处理得很好。 A:Youll ask for it. A:你会自讨苦吃...

R-4：respond to 有反应 A:You seem to be unhappy. What happened? A:你看上去并不开心，怎么了？ B:My mother is ill in the hospital. B:我妈妈生病住院了。 A:What does the doctor say? A:医生怎么说？ B:The disease f...

R-3：relate to 感情良好 A:I hear that Helen doesnt relate very well to her husband. A:我听说海伦和她的丈夫感情不太好。 B:Unbelievable! I remember her husband is her former classmate. They fell in love with each other in...

R-2：rate with someone 信赖 A:Jenny is going to marry another man next month. A:珍妮下个月就要结婚了。 B:Yes, I know. B:我知道。 A:But, how can you be so calm. You loved her so much. A:你怎么还能跟没事儿似的？你...

R-1：raise Cain 大吵大闹 A:Mary, I heard you moved again? A:玛丽，我听说你们又搬家了？ B:Yeah. I couldnt stand living there. There is always much noise in the neighborhood. B：是呀，我再也受不了住在那里了，那...

P-1：pale as death 面无血色 A:Betty was in hospital. A:贝蒂住院了。 B:I know that. I met her last week, and she looked as pale as death. B：我知道了，上周我遇到过她，她脸色白得吓人。 A:She suffers from cance...

Q-1：queer in the head 疯疯癫癫的 A:Have you met John recently? A:最近你见到约翰了吗？ B:I saw him last wee. It seems he was a bit queer in the head. B：上周我见到了他，他好像有点疯疯癫癫的。 A:Yes, he ha...

P-18：put/get ones back up 惹生气/发怒 A:What a mess, Jack! A:杰克，你怎么把这儿弄得这么乱。 B:Im playing with my toys, Dad. B：我在玩玩具，爸爸。 A:Youd better tidy up the room now, or youll get your mums bac...

P-17：put words into someones mouth 发表见解 A:Mary is such a cautious girl! A:玛丽是个非常谨慎的女孩！ B:What do you mean by cautious? B：你说她谨慎是什么意思？ A:She never puts words into her mouth;she only re...

P-16：put ones foot in to it 说/做错事 A:Do you know that Mary and Ben have already separated? A:你知道玛丽和本已经分手了吗？ B:Yeah, I know. B:是的，知道。 A:I didnt know it until yesterday. I put my foot in to it,...