注：很多网友在考完托福后突然发现，自己的听力真的提高了很多，在考试中学到了很多美国习语。本文特地把托福考试中常出现的重要习语总结出来，供准备参加2006下半年托福考试的朋友使用。为体现原汁原味，本文未对这些词组进行翻译，不过在每个词组后面都有相应的英文解释。

我们相信，只要大家坚持用心去练，肯定会对你们听力提高会有帮助的，而且在考试的时候你会发现这样的效果特别好，当然这种感觉是建立在你大量练习和能力提高的基础上的。

above all - most importantly

account for - explain

as a matter of fact - in fact ,to speak the truth

as a rule - generally ;normally

about to - be ready to;be on the point of doing something

an old hand - be an experienced persom

any day now -soon

approach sb -talk to sb

be fed up with - be out of patience with

be on one’s own - live independently

be on the safe side - take no chances

be out of something - have no longer in supply

be tired of - be bored with ,frustrated with

be up to ones’ears - be extremely busy

be up to someone -be a person’s responsibility

be out for -trying to get

be out of the question - be unacceptable ,impossible

bite off more than one can chew - take on more than onecanhandle

break down - cease to n

break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people onedoesn’tknow

break the news - inform or give bad news

brush up on - imporve noe’s knowledge of somethingthroughstudy

bump into - meet unexpectedly

by and large - in general

by heart - by memory

by all means - absolutely ,definitely

by no means - in no way

call off -cancel

cheer up - be happy

come down with - becom