“习语”长期以来在英语中扮演了很重要的解色。事家上，习语的使用如此广泛，正确理解这些习语已经成为听、说、读、写成功交流的重要基础。学生们会先学习语法，然后花一段时间来掌握足够的词汇，但是如果不能很好地理解诸如above all,ot get along,on the whoe,to iook up等习惯用语，既便说得再好，刀难免显得笨拙面平淡。 我们希望经验丰富的ESL或EFL教师们能大体上赞同本书所选词条。本版已经更新，加入了一些当前习语，也删除了一些陈旧表达。但即便筛选过程很仔细，仍然不能避免选词上具有一定的任意性，因为我们要在很大的范围内进行选择。我们编辑此书旨在为学生提供一种有用的学习参考工具，以便能够说出得体、现代的英语。 这本新版的经典习语词典保留了原有的三部分的结构：初级阶段（靠前到第十三课），中级价段（第十四到第二十七课）和不错阶段（第二十八到第三十九课）。本版收纳了一些新的习语，也删除了一些过时的表达。三个部分中，每课都对前面所学的内容进行强化。有些词条的定义后面做了标注，来解释其特殊用法或含义，同时也列出了该词条相关的惯用形式。而各个部分中也有不同形式的大量练习。
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PREFACE前言 SECTION1：BEGINNING初级价段 Lesson1 get in/get on get out of/get off put on take off turn on turn off right away pick up sooner or later get up comeup with atfirst Leson2 dress up at last as usual find out look at look for all right all along little by ittle tire out spend time never mind Lesson3 pick out take ones time talk over lie down stand up sit down all(day,week,month,year)long by oneself nopurpose get along(with) make a difference(to) take out Lesson4 take part in atall look up wait on at least so far take a walk,hike,etc take atnip tryon think over take place put away Lesson5 look out shake hands get back catch a cold get over make up ones mind change ones mind for the time being for good call off in a hurry Lesson6 hang out hang up count on make friends out of order get to look over have(time)off go on put out all of a sudden ahead of time Lesson7 point out be up be over on time in time to get better,worse,etc get sick,well,tired busy,wet,etc had better would rather call it a day/night figure out think of SECTION2:INTERMEDIATE中级阶段 SECTION3:ADVANCED高级阶段
