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美联英语提供：容易让人迷惑的习语表达（三） 两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/xiaobai.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 25. CRACK A BOOK 25. 打开课本学习 To open a book to study (usually used in a negative sense). 打开课本学习（通常是不情愿的）。 I kept telling my mum I didn’t need to study too hard for this exam because it’s easy, she wouldn’t listen to me though. She insisted I crack a book every evening! 虽然我反复地跟母亲讲这次考试十分简单，无须准备，但她根本不听。坚持要求我彻夜温习课本。 26. CRANK OUT A PAPER 26.机械地写论文 To write a paper or essay in a mechanical way. 机械地创作论文或文章。 I had to crank out a new paper every week to pass this course. It was really hard work! 为了通过这门考试，我不得不每周想办法写出一篇论文。真是太累了！ 27. FILL IN THE BLANKS 27.填空 To supply missing words or information (this can be used in conversation or writing). 补上缺少的单词或信息（一般出现在对话或写作）。 I wasn’t here when the argument happened, so John filled in the blanks for me. 发生争执的时候我不在场，约翰可以告诉我究竟怎么回事。 28. LEARN BY ROTE 28.死记硬背 To learn something by memorizing it without giving any thought to what is being learnt. 不加思考地记忆某项内容。 They had to learn the lyrics to two new songs by rote just before the show. 演出前，他们必须背下两首新歌的歌词。 29. LEARN THE ROPES 29.摸清门道 To learn how to do a job properly or how things work. 熟悉工作内情或操作原理。 It took me a while to learn the ropes in this law firm, some of their procedures are so complicated. 我花了一段时间才摸清这个律师事务所的工作流程，一些程序实在太繁琐了。 30. LEARN ONE’S LESSON 30.汲取教训 To suffer a bad experience and know not to do it again. 从糟糕的经历中汲取教训，以免重蹈覆辙。 I thought I was being funny by mocking Peter in front of everyone, but the way he reacted was so horrible. I’ve definitely learnt my lesson to not make a joke at someone else’s expense! 我在众人面前嘲笑彼特的样子一定很滑稽，但是他的反应也太可怕了。我想我再也不会以让人付出代价的方式开玩笑了。 31. TEACH SOMEONE A LESSON 31.给某人一个教训 To do something to someone in order to punish them for something they’ve done. 做某事惩罚某人。 The boys next door wouldn’t stop playing pranks on the poor elderly couple across the road, so I played a prank on them to teach them a lesson! 隔壁的男孩一直捉弄那对过路的老夫妇，因此我好好教训了他们一顿！ 32. PASS WITH FLYING COLOURS 32.考出好成绩 To pass (a test)