东莞2021年4月自考英语(一)复习（29）

短语表达

1. difference between…and

Will you please tell me the difference between a horse and a seahorse?

2.neither …nor

I have neither seen him nor heard from him since we last met.

3. look up

The little boy didn't dare to look up at his teacher.

4. a matter of

Don't panic. This is a matter of record and there is nothing to worry about.

5. throughout

He said that a person should be honest and upright throughout his life.

6. be satisfied with

The teacher was satisfied with the students' performance.

7. take place

The accident took place when people were all fast asleep.

8. lie in

The importance of this book lies in its later influence.

9. be classed as

He was classed as a genius.

10. hold good

This rule may hold good for you but not for me.

11. live on

Cows live on grass.

The old man lives on the government pension.

12. work wonders

I don't think this medicine will work wonders.

13. take in

Their club took in some new members last week.

14. suck up

The plants suck up a lot of water.

15. take up

He took up the newspaper and began to read.

She took up English when she was only five.

All the window seats had been taken up when I got on the bus.