托福听力中，小词或习语是必考的，且又是考生最不容易掌握的。现从托福听力原文中精选100例，方便考生复习掌握习语或小词。
41,cost somebody an arm and a leg A: Did you see the diamond ring Bill gave to Linda? B: I sure did. It must have cost him an arm and a leg。 42, cut it out 闭嘴 I told you to cut it out。 43,be cut out for 生来时做……的 Dr. Hamilton doesn’t feel Larry is cut out for the medical profession。 44,department chair 系主任 I didn’t write that memo to the department chair。 45,dirt cheap 非常便宜 A: You’ve already furnished your apartment? B: I’ve found some used furniture that was dirt cheap。 46, do with 用…。。凑合； do without 没有……也行 You can do with your girlfriend。 You can do without your girlfriend 47, dog tired 特别累，同义：run down. worn out. out of steam I’m dog tired these days. I’m working on seven articles。 48, down jacket 羽绒服 49，drive somebody up the wall 让某人发疯；同义：drive somebody out of one’s mind The sound of all that raffic is driving me out of my mind。 50, fall back on 依赖 A: Were you able to understand that French novel without any help from the teacher? B: I did pretty well, but I had to fall back on my dictionary occasionally。 51, fill a prescription 按处方抓药 Would you please fill this prescription for me? 52, fill in for 代替； 同义：fill one’s place(position, shoes)； take the place of. take over Say, Dave, can you fill in for me tonight at the restaurant? I’d like to go out of town。 53,food for thought 令人思考的东西；同义：thought-provoking There is a lot food for thought in what he had to say。 54,for nothing 免费 To pay to see that movie would be foolish, when you can see it on TV for nothing。 55,from top to bottom 从上到下 A: Maybe you lost your wallet in this room。 B: I’ve searched it from top to bottom。。 56, get of on the wrong foot 开始事情就做错了 I got off on the wrong foot, and I don’t have any idea which way to turn now。 57,get a lot out of something 从……学到很多 The training program was difficult, but she got a lot out of it。 58, get at 想说 Do you understand what I’m getting at? 59, get away with 对…。。摆脱惩罚 A: Did you know that Bob is leaving for home tonight? He isn’t planning to take his final exams。 B: He can’t get away with that 60,get going 赶紧行动； 同义：get moving A: It looks like we won’t have enough time to do all we wanted to。 B: Who says we won’t? let’s get going。