大学英语六级听力考试必背的习语（2）

　　break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people one doesnt know

　　break the news - inform or give bad news

　　brush up on - imporve noes knowledge of something through study

　　bump into - meet unexpectedly

　　by and large - in general

　　by heart - by memory

　　by all means - absolutely ,definitely

　　by no means - in no way

　　call off -cancel

　　cheer up - be happy

　　come down with - become sick with

　　come into -receive,especially after anothers death

　　come up with - think of

　　count on - depend upon

　　count out - eliminate

　　die down - become quiet ,become less

　　do without - manage without something

　　drop by - visit informally; pay a short visit every other - alternate

　　fall behind - lag; fail to accomplish something on time

　　fall through - fail to happen or be completed

　　far cry form - completely different from;a long way

　　feel like - have a desire or wish for

　　feel up to - feel well enough to or be capabele of

　　few and far between - not happening often; rate