短语词组积累

List:

be at hand / be in place / blow up / break loose / clear away / come to life / cram sth into / die away

1. be at hand

in the appropriate or usual position or order

Examples:

●He slides the bolt in place to keep the door from swinging.

●The proposal is not quite in place.

●I think an expression of thanks to our host would be in place.

3. blow up

to explode; to lose one's temper; to seem more serious or important than sth really is

Examples:

●The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.

●Could you lend me a pump to blow up my bicycle tires?

●I'm sorry I blew up at you.

●Newspapers blew up the story.

4. break loose

be unleashed; run away from confinement

Examples:

●A mighty force was about to break loose.

●Marty wants to break loose from his parent's authority.

5. clear away

收拾；消失

to remove in order to make room; to disappear

Example:

●The waitress had cleared away the plates and brought coffee.

●Tania cooked, served, and cleared away.

●When the smoke cleared away, we saw that the house was in ruins.

6. come to life

to recover consciousness; to appear lifelike

Examples:

●But as the door banged, she seemed to come to life again.

●Meanwhile, as spring advanced, the flowers in the seed ranch began to come to life.

7. cram sth into

to force, press, or squeeze into an insufficient space;

Examples:

●He tried to cram as many things as possible into his traveling bag.

●You can't cram eight people into that car .

8. die away

become less in amount or intensity

Examples:

●The hoofbeats gradually died away.

●The hoofbeats gradually died away.

●No sooner did one crisis die away than another claimed the headlines.

9. get away

逃离；逃脱；离开

to make an escape; leave

Examples:

●The bank robbers used a stolen car to get away.

●He had no chance to get away.

●People want to get away from the drudgery of their everyday lives.

o10. in the grip of

受…的控制（或支配）

controlled by something

Examples:

●All China was in the grip of a deep cold outbreak.

●The country was in the grip of a continuing and deep depression.

●He is in the grip of influenza.

11. nothing except

Examples:

●I can do nothing except for swimming in the dog days.

●I received nothing except what was due to me.

●The women and children could do nothing except eat during the journey.

12. rush to

（使某人）急速去； 奔； 奔赴

to hurry

Examples:

●We all rushed to the office to see what had happened.

●Ambulances rushed the injured to hospital.

●He sprang up and rushed to the door .