1. be fond of “喜爱，爱好” 接名词、代词或动词的-ing形式。
Are you fond of fresh vegetables.
He is fond of his research work.
2. hunt for = look for 寻找
I have found the book I was hunting for.
3. in order to/so as to：这两个词组都可引导不定式作目的状语, in order to可放于句首, so as to则不能, 其否定形式为in order not to / so as not to.
He went to Beijing in order / so as to attend an important meeting.
In order to be noticed, he shouted and waved to us.
She doesn’t care about money.
She thinks only of herself. She doesn’t care about other people.
These young people care nothing about what old people might say.
5. such as 意为“诸如……”，“像……”，是用来列举人或事物的。
She teaches three subjects, such as physics and chemistry.
6. drop a line 留下便条, 写封短信
7. make yourself at home 别客气；随便；无拘束
If you get to my house before I do, help yourself to a drink and make yourself at home.
（1） I'll be late home, don't stay up for me.
（2） He stayed up reading until 2:00 in the morning.
（1）How did the accident come about?
（2） They didn't know how the change had come about.
（1） except 与 except for 的用法常有区别。except 多用于引起同类事物中被排除的一项。如：
①He answered all the questions except the last one.
②We go there every day except Sunday.
（2）except for 用于引述细节以修正句子的主要意思。如：
①Except for one old lady, the bus was empty.
②Your picture is good except for the colours.
（3）但在现代英语中，except for也用于表示except的意思。如上述第一个例子可以是：
He answered all the questions except for the last one.
（4） 另外，在介词短语之前只能用except，不能用except for。
We go to bed before ten, except in the summer.
11. end up with 以……告终；以……结束
The party ended up with an English song.聚会以一首英文歌结束。
12. more or less 几乎；差不多；大约；大概；大体上
（1） I've more or less succeeded, but they haven't.
（2） Our living condition has more or less improved.
（1） We should bring in new technology.
（2） He brings in 800 dollars a month.
（1）The thieves got away from the shop with all our money.
（2）I caught a really big fish but it got away.
（1）Watch out! There is a car coming.
（2）Watch out for the hole in the road.
Tomorrow I will see my friend off at the railway station.
17. on the other hand 另一方面（用以引出相互矛盾的观点、意见等，常说on the one hand …… on the other hand一方面……另一方面）
I know this job of mine isn't well paid, but on the other hand I don't have to work long hours.
我知道这份工作报酬不高，但从另一方面来说，我也不必工作太长时间。
He is a talented musician as well as being a photographer.
take one’s place 入座、站好位置、取得地位
take sb’s place 或take the place of 代替、取代
20. on fire 相当于burning, 意为“燃烧；着火；起火”，有静态的含意。catch fire有动态的含意。
set…on fire/set fire to…用来表示“使……着火”、“放火烧……”。
Look, the theatre is on fire! Let’s go and help.
When I was on holiday, I visited my uncle.
He took off his wet shoes.
The plane took off on time. It was a smooth take-off.
The six men got into the car and took off for the park.
24. go wrong v. 走错路, 误入岐途, (机器等)发生故障
27. look up 查询（如宾语为代词，则代词放中间）
Look up the word in the dictionary.
相关词组：look for 寻找；look after照顾，照料； look forward to期待；look into调查； look on旁观；look out注意；look out for注意，留心，提防；look over翻阅，查看，检查；look around环视；look through翻阅，查看。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
We will be on the air in five minutes.
This programme comes on the air at the same time every day.
30. think highly/well/much of对……评价很高, 赞赏, 对……印象好
He was highly thought of by the manager.
I think well of your suggestion.
think badly/nothing/little/lowly of……认为不好, 好……不在意, 不赞成, 觉得……不怎么样
I don’t think much of him as a teacher.
