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3. talk someone around(to doing something)说服某人 例:She finally talked her mother around to taking a vacation. 例:Don’t try to talk me around to supporting your crazy ideas. 例:At first he was against the plan, but I talked him around. 4. talk at 单方面向某人表达自己的观点和想法 例:You’re always talking at me and not with me! 例:Stop talking at me about how I should change. 5. talk back 顶嘴 例:I got slapped if I talked back to my father. 例:Talking back to a police officer is not advisable. 例:She got punished for talking back to her teacher. 6. talk down to someone 1) 用高人一等的语气说话; 2) 说服某人从高处下来; 例:He was a good teacher who never talked down to his students. 例:She talked down 例:The man was standing on the roof and threatened to jump. A police officer talked the troubled man down from the roof. 7. talk out of 说服某人不做某事 例:They talked their son out of joining the army. 例:Don’t try to talk me out of emigrating. 例:I talked my landlord out of raising the rent. 例:I talked myself out of buying a new mobile phone 例:She talked herself out of asking her ex-husband for help. 8. talk into 说服某人做某事 例:They talked me into going with them. 例:The doctor talked my grandfather into having some tests. 例:That woman can talk you into doing anything. 9. talk over 讨论 例:Let’s talk over the plans at lunch. 例:Let’s talk the plans over at lunch. 例:I talked over the menu choices with the waiter. 10. talk through 给某人讲解 例:We have a well-developed evacuation plan in case of fire. I’ll talk you through it. 例:Doctor, I am very nervous about my operation . Can you talk me through the whole procedure? 11. talk up 说好话 例:The director/guide of tourism for the city of Phoenix, Arizona, talked up the city to the group of travel agents. 例:Be careful with the health advice you hear on daytime TV. They tend to talk up the latest fad in vitamins. 1) Can we talk? 2) Don't talk about people behind their backs. It might come back to bite you. 3) Talk shit about me 4) Talk is cheap! Show me what you got. 5) you can talk the talk, but can you walk the walk? 6) to talk some sense into someone 例:I talked some sense into him and he agreed to finish college first. 7) TTYL (talk to you later) 8) I'm talking from experience. 49—up 1. act up 1)表现不好,闹; 2) 病情严重;3) 机器出问题 例:I made sure my little son had a nap before we went shopping. He acts up when he gets too tired. 例:He hates rainy weather. That’s when his arthritis acts up. 例:I spent a lot of time reloading files today. My computer is really acting up. 例:The car did not come to a smooth stop at traffic lights. The brakes act up in hot weather. 2. Back up 1)倒车;2) 电脑备份文件;3) 支持某人;4) 交通堵塞连成一排; 例:Gary drove into the narrow parking lot. There were no spaces and he could not turn around. He had to back up to the entrance. 例:You don’t want to lose hours of work, do you? Be sure to back up your files regularly. 例:Jim told our manager how the accounting department was to blame for the delay in the project. I backed up my colleague. 例:Honey, I’m afraid I’ll be home a little late. There was an accident on the highway. Traffic is backed up for at least three miles. 3. Beat up 揍某人 例:Her brothers beat Gary up badly. 例:Watch your mouth or I’m gonna beat you up. 4. blow up 1) 爆炸;2) 天气起风;3) 一个人突然生气;4) 照片放大 例:Make sure you don’t overcharge the battery. Otherwise it could blow up. 例:I think maybe you should take a sweater with you. It’s starting to blow up. 例:He didn’t expect any increase in his property tax. When he saw his tax bill he just blew up. 例:He fell in love with one of his photos from his vacation. He blew up the photo to poster size. 5. Bring up 1)抚养;2) 提起某个话题;3) be brought up on charges 被控诉 例:Some people don’t realize the effort it takes to be a good parent. It isn’t easy to bring up children. 例:I know you don’t like talking about your father’s business. I won’t bring up that subject again. 例:They found the missing wallet in his overcoat pocket . He was brought up on a charge of robbery. 1. Brush up (on) 复习,回顾,温习 例:We are planning a trip to Spain. I’d better brush up my Spanish. 2. Burn up 烧光了 例:When Sam broke up with his girlfriend, he was furious with her. He burned up all her photos 例:Life changed overnight for our community. The fire burned up half the town. 例:The forest fires in California this year are terrible. Thousands of acres have burned up. 例:My car is very uneconomical to run. It burns up too much gas. 3. Catch up with 1)追上,追赶;2) catch up on some sleep 补觉;3) catch up 叙旧 例:My friend was six blocks ahead of me and walking fast. It took me ten minutes to catch up with him. 例:She missed three weeks of school. It will be hard for her to catch up. 例:I’ve been really tired recently. I need to go home and catch up some sleep. 4. Cheer up 鼓励, 让某人心情变好(cheer someone up) 例:The children had slight colds and weren’t feeling well. I cheered them up with some jokes. 例:The weather report said that the storm would not be as bad as they had predicted. Peter cheered up when he heard that. 5. Chop up 切碎 例:Yes, you can help me make the salad. Chop up the lettuce. 6. Clean up 1) 打扫; 2) 整风;3) 挣很多钱 例:You clean up when you make a place tidy. Jake and his friends watched a football game and had some pizza and beer. Afterwards they cleaned up the living room. 例:The level of crime and corruption is making people’s lives miserable. It’s time to clean up the city. 例:He has a way of recognizing young companies with potential. Last year he cleaned up on the stock market