很多网友在考完托福后突然发现，自己的听力真的提高了很多，在考试中学到了很多美国习语。本文特地把托福考试中常出现的重要习语总结出来，供准备参加2006下半年托福考试的朋友使用。为体现原汁原味，本文未对这些词组进行翻译，不过在每个词组后面都有相应的英文解释。

　　我们相信，只要大家坚持用心去练，肯定会对你们听力提高会有帮助的，而且在考试的时候你会发现这样的效果特别好，当然这种感觉是建立在你大量练习和能力提高的基础上的。

　　above all - most importantly
　　account for - explain
　　as a matter of fact - in fact ,to speak the truth
　　as a rule - generally ;normally
　　about to - be ready to;be on the point of doing something
　　an old hand - be an experienced persom
　　any day now -soon
　　approach sb -talk to sb

　　be fed up with - be out of patience with
　　be on one’s own - live independently
　　be on the safe side - take no chances
　　be out of something - have no longer in supply
　　be tired of - be bored with ,frustrated with
　　be up to ones’ears - be extremely busy
　　be up to someone -be a person’s responsibility
　　be out for -trying to get
　　be out of the question - be unacceptable ,impossible
　　bite off more than one can chew - take on more than one can handle
　　break down - cease to function
　　break the ice - begin to be friendly wuth people one doesn’t know
　　break the news - inform or give bad news
　　brush up on - imporve noe’s 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