"With four kids on my hands,I am too busy to help you out right now." was before it was stolen,but we gave him the benefit of the doubt."

　　"in good hands" 由高手/行家打理

　　"Dr.Stone is one of the best eye doctors in this country, so your father is in good hands."

　　"a disgrace to" 給...丟臉，給帶來...壞名譽

　　"You are nothing but a disgrace to your family!"

　　"in matters of the heart" 在愛情上

　　"Sophia is not as lucky as her sister in matters of the heart."

　　"on a tight budget" (費用)預算緊

　　"No,I don't have money for that because I am on a tight budget this month."

　　"a hangover" = the severe headache felt several hours

　　after drinking too much alcohol(宿醉)

　　"I got a terrible hangover!"

　　"so far today (this week,this month,etc.)"

　　今天從早上到現(xiàn)在為止

　　A:How is everything going?

　　B:So far today you've asked me the same question five times.Everything is fine!

　　"I am pooped!" = very exhausted(累壞了)

　　"My goodness!I didn't think this job would be so much work.I'm pooped!"

　　"out of order" = out of whack (出毛病/出故障)

　　"My printer is out of order again."

　　"go steady with (sb)" = date someone on a regular basis

　　(與...)固定交往/確定戀愛關系

　　"Andrew went steady for four years before he got married."

　　"give sb a tongue-lashing" 把.....狠罵一頓

　　"Harry gave me a tongue-lashing for not telling him when I came back from England."

　　"by candlelight" 靠點蠟燭;燭光下

　　"Because of the power outage,we have to do everything by candlelight."

　　A:You look more beautiful by candlelight!

　　B:Oh,craps!

　　"on record" 有案可稽，留下記錄

　　"Many climatologists have predicted (that) 2007 will be the warmest year on record."

　　“crash the gate”(無門票亂闖;沒被邀請卻硬厚著臉皮要進)

　　"fall for" (信以為真，受騙) = be deceived by

　　"What a fool I was to fall for your stupid excuse!"

　　"it's not on the menu" 菜單上沒有，我們不弄這個

　　"I am sorry it's not on the menu.Can you order something else instead?"

　　"leave sb out in the cold" = exclude someone,fail to

　　inform someone about something(把..排斥在外，沒通知到..)

　　以上短句是托福寫作中經(jīng)常用到的，也是托福作文結構構架的重要組成部分，大家在備考的過程中要強加練習，爭取能夠熟練運用。