① Abide by the consequences

　　 — endure the result

　　 — 忍受不良后果

　　 Example: If you insist on going to such a dangerous place, no other person but you have to abide by the consequences.

② Able to/can take something

　　 — (often in the negative) able to face something sad, etc. without being weakened; able to endure something

　　 — 能承受不好的事

　　 Examples: ① Don't mind about rugged life there. I am able to take it. ② Please stop speaking so loudly! I am not able to take it any more. ③ Go ahead hitting him. He can take it. ④ I don't think Nancy can take any more bad news.

③ Abound in/with something

　　 — have plenty of something

　　 — 有很多……

　　 Examples: ① Our neighbouring countries abound in natural resources. ② That dirty man's hair seems to have abounded with fleas.

④ Back down

　　 — retract; withdraw charges, claims, etc.

　　 — 放弃对某事的要求等

　　 Example: For the sake of national unity, even those who have good reasons to complain have decided to back down.

⑤ Back on to something

　　 — have the back next to something, especially with reference to a house

　　 — 背向

　　 Example: The rich man's bungalow backs on to a hill while facing a beautiful lake.

⑥ Call it a day

　　 — stop work or cease activities

　　 — 停止工作或活动

　　 Example: It is quite late now. Let's call it a day and go home.

⑦ Call off something

　　 — cancel something

　　 — 取消某事

　　 Example: They called off the soccer match because of heavy rain.

　　 — stop something

　　 — 停止某事

　　 Example: As there was no hope of finding the escaped prisoner, the police decided to call off the search until some time later.

⑧ Dally about

　　 — be slow and waste time

　　 — 慢而浪费时间

　　 Example: Don't go on dallying about or we will be late for the film show.

⑨ Dally with something

　　 — think about something in an idle manner

　　 — 不认真考虑某事

　　 Example: The shy young man has been dallying with the idea of asking June to marry him.

⑩ Dam up something

　　 — control something; hold back something

　　 — 抑制某事

　　 Example: Listening to the sad story, many girls were touched but they tried to dam up their tears.

(11) Hail-fellow-well-met with someone

　　 — overfriendly with someone

　　 — 对人十分友好

　　 Example: David is always hail-fellow-well-met with every person he knows. No wonder he has many nodding acquaintances.

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