BEC初級聽力常考短語(4)

58. I have seen worse 我見過更糟的

59. in advance 提前;同義：before hand. ahead of time

　　It’s a really nice apartment. But the owners want two-month rent in advance and I just don ’t have it.

60. in case 萬一

　　Let’s take our suits along in case the sun comes out.

61. in next to no time 馬上

　　A: Are you going to be using the copying machine long?

　　B: I’ll be through in next to no time.

62. in the red 赤字 反義：in the black

63.in the works 正在準(zhǔn)備階段

　　An advanced course in theoretical chemistry is the works.

64. keep to oneself

　　I’m amazed that you still haven’t gotten to know your neighbors.

65. kill time 浪費(fèi)時間

　　Gosh. what can we do to kill the next 10 hours?

66. leave…up to somebody

　　We’ll have to leave the decision up to him.

67. letter of recommendation 推薦信;letter of reference 推薦信