451. put up with忍受
452. quite a few 相当多,不少
453. rain cats and dogs瓢泼大雨
454. rather than 不是...(而是)
455. reach agreement 达成协议
456. reach an agreement达成一致
457. regardless of 不顾,不惜
458. relative to与...有关
459. remove from 从除去
460. representative of代表...的
461. resign one's post 辞职
462. responsible for负责,是...原因
463. result from 由于
464. rich in富于
465. right away 立即,马上
466. ring sb. up 打电话给
467. rule out 排除的可能性
468. run out of用完
469. rush hours上下班高峰
470. see: see to it that - make sure that确保
471. sensible of觉查到
472. sensitive to对...敏感
473. set another date改期 make on saturday / lock it
474. set one's mind on doing 决定be determined to / have one's mind set on / bent on
475. short of缺少
476. show off卖弄
477. sick of厌恶,厌倦
478. side by side 肩并肩,一起
479. similar to相似
480. skilled at /in善于
481. slip one's mind 忘记
482. so far 迄今为止
483. somewhere around 大约
484. sooner or later 迟早,早晚
485. sore throat / foot嗓子哑/腿酸
486. stay up late 熬夜
487. step by step 逐步地
488. subject to受制于,易于
489. such as 例如,诸如
490. sufficient for足够的
491. suitable for/to适合于
492. superior to优于,级别高于
493. sure of /about对...有信心,确信
494. suspicious of怀疑
495. take a leave请假
496. take a seat / be seated
497. take one's place 取代
498. take one's time慢慢来
499. take sth. seriously 认真对待
500. take up占据