因为找不到鲜奶，我们不得已使用了奶粉。
He fell back on the old argument that if you educate women they won’tbe such good wives and mothers．
他重弹老调，说如果给妇女受教育的机会，她们就不会是这样的贤妻良母了。
fall behind（intr）（因不能赶上别人而）落后，不能按协议的时间分期支付：
At the beginning the whole party kept together but by the end of the daythose who were less fit had fallen behind．
起初全体人员都在一起，但到了晚间身体不够强壮的人就落后了。
He fell behind with his rent and the landlord began to bee impatient．
他不能按期交房租，房东不耐烦了。
fall in with someone’s plans 接受别人的计划并同意与之合作：
We’d better fall in with his suggestion for the sake of peace．
为了息事宁人，我们还是接受他的建议为好。
fall in（intr）of troops etc．列队，整队（指军队等）
fall off（intr）（数目、观众等）减少，下降：
Orders have been falling off lately；we need a new advertising campaign．
近来订货量下降了；我们需要再搞一次广告宣传运动。
If the price of seats goes up much more theatre attendances will begin tofall off．
如果票价大幅度上扬，观众人数就会下降了。
fall on（tr） 凶猛地袭击，扑上来（受害者没有自卫的机会，因为袭击者太有力；有时也用于描述饥饿的人急于吃食物）：
The mob fell on the killers and clubbed them to death．
乱民凶猛地攻击杀人者，把他们乱棍打死了。
The starving men fell on the food．
饥饿的人们狼吞虎咽地吃了起来。
fall out（intr）争吵：
When thieves fall out honest men get their own．
窃贼争吵，好人受益。（格言；意指失主能得回他们的财产）
fall out（intr）of troops etc．解散（队伍）：
The troops fell in and were inspected．After the parade they fell out and went back to their barracks．
队伍列队并接受了检阅。游行完毕后他们解散回营房了。
fall through（intr）（计划）未能实现，化为泡影：
My plans to go to Greece fell through because the journey turned out to bemuch more expensive than I had expected．
我上希腊去的计划未能实现，因为我发现旅行远比我预期的要昂贵。
feed
be fed up（intr），be fed up with（tr）完全厌倦，十分腻烦（俚语）：
I’m fed up with this wet weather．
我对这潮呼呼的天气腻烦极了。
I’m fed up with waiting；I’m going home．
我等得不耐烦了；我要回家了。
feel
feel up to（tr） 感到有体力（能做某事）：
I don’t feel up to tidying the kitchen now．I’ll do it in the morning．
我现在没劲儿打扫厨房。我早上干吧。
I don’t feel up to it．
我觉得没有力气做这件事。
fill
fill in/up 爁orms etc．填写表格：
I had to fill in three forms to get my new passport．（fill three forms in/fill them in）
为了领新护照，我不得不填写三张表格。
find
find out（tr）通过有意识的努力而弄清或发现：
In the end I found out what was wrong with my hi－fi．
我终于搞清楚我的高保真音响出了什么毛病。
The dog found out the way to open the door．（found it out）
那狗搞清楚怎么开门了。
find someone out 发现某人在干坏事（这常是一种意外的发现，因为某人一直是受信任的）：
After robbing the till for months the cashier was found out．
那出纳员从钱柜里偷钱偷了好几个月后才被发现。
fix
fix up（tr）安排：
The club has already fixed up several matches for next season．（fixed sev…eral matches up/fixed them up）
俱乐部已经为下一个赛季安排了几场比赛。
get
get about（intr） 流转，运动或行动：
The news got about that he had won the first prize in the state lottery andeverybody began asking him for money．
他买国家奖券得了头奖的消息不胫而走，大家都开始向他要钱。
He is a semi…invalid now and can’t get about as well as he used to．
他现在是个半残废了，不能像过去那样自在地行动。
get away（intr） 逃掉，脱身：
Don’t ask him how he is because if he starts talking about his healthyou’ll never get away from him．
不要去问他身体好不好，因为他要是一谈起他的身体状况，你就会脱身乏术的。
I had a lot to do in the office and didn’t get away till eight．
我在办公室里事很多，到8点钟才得以脱身。
get away with（tr）做非法或错误的事后逃脱了惩罚，不被人抓住或发觉：
He began forging cheques and at first he got away with it but in the endhe was caught and sent to prison．
他开始干伪造支票的事，起初他蒙混过去了，但最终被抓住并送进了监狱。
get back（tr） 收回：
If you lend him a book he’ll lend it to someone else and you’ll never getit back．（get back your book/get your book back）
如果你借给他一本书，他就会转借给别人，你就再也收不回来了。
get back（intr）回到家里：
We spent the whole day in the hills and didn’t get back till dark．
我们在山里呆了一整天，直到天黑才回到家。
get off（intr）被认为无罪而释放或未受到惩处（试与getaway with it比较，后者意指犯罪者根本没有被抓到）：
He was tried for theft but got off because there wasn’t sufficient evidenceagainst him．
他因某宗盗窃案而受审，但因证据不足而被无罪释放了。
The boy had to appear before a magistrate but he got off as it was his firstoffence．
那男孩不得不出庭受审，但因为是初犯而未受惩罚。
get on（intr），get on with（tr）有下面两种意义：
（a）取得进展，得到成功：
How is he getting on at school？
他在学校学习如何？
He is getting on very well with his English．
他英文学得很好。
（b）友好地同别人一起生活、工作等：
He is a pleasant friendly man who gets on well with nearly everybody．
他是一个愉悦、友善、几乎跟任何人都能相处得很好的人。
How are you and Mr Pitt getting on？
你和皮特先生相处得好吗？get out（intr） 脱身离开（一个封闭的地方）：
Don’t worry about the snake．It’s in a box．It can’t get out．
别担心这条蛇。它在盒子里，跑不出来。
News of the Budget got out before it was officially announced．
有关预算的消息，在正式宣布以前就走漏了。
I’m so busy that I don’t very often get out．
我太忙了，不大出门。
注意：命令句Get out是滚出去的意思，是很无礼的。只有在作下车的意思讲时才不是这样。
get out of（tr）使自己摆脱某种义务或习惯：
I said that I’d help him．Now I don’t want to but I can’t get out of it．
我说过我要帮助他。现在我不想帮助他了，可是无法脱手。（不顾及这一允诺）
He says that he smokes too much but he can’t get out of the habit．
他说他烟吸得太多了，但是他去不掉这习惯。
Some people live abroad to get out of paying heavy taxes．
有些人居住在国外，为的是摆脱沉重的捐税负担。
get over（tr） 恢复（原来生病、忧郁或精神上害怕等）：
He is just getting over a bad heart attack．
他曾心脏病大发，正在康复。
I can’t get over her leaving her husband like that．
她那样离开她的丈夫，我真想不通。（我还没有从惊讶中缓过劲来；我感到震惊不已。）
He used to be afraid of heights but he has got over that now．他过去有恐高症，现在已经没了。
get it over（常以it为宾语，一般指某种不愉快的事）处理完某事并不再为它多忙：
If you have to go to the dentist why not go at once and get it over？
你要是必须去看牙医，为什么不马上就去，一了百了呢？
（注意勿将其与get over it混淆。二者意思完全不同。）
get round a person 好言哄劝某人以使他让你做你要想做的事：
Girls can usually get round their fathers．
女孩子们总能哄得爸爸们答应她们的要求。
get round a difficulty/regulation 找到解决困难或回避规章的方法：
If we charge people for admission we will have to pay entertainment taxon our receipts；but we can get round this regulation by saying that weare charging not for admission but for refreshments．Money paid for re－freshments is not taxed．
我们如果向人们收门票钱，就得为进款交纳娱乐税；但我们可以避开这条规定，就是把收门票钱说成是收饮料点心钱。饮料点心钱是不收税的。
get through（tr/intr） 干完一项工作，胜利地完成一件事：
He got through his exam all right．
他成功地通过了考试。
get through（intr） 打通（电话）：
I am trying to call London but I can’t get through；I think all the linesare engaged．
我正在往伦敦打电话，可是打不通；我想所有的电话线路都占线了。
get up（tr） 组织，安排（常指一项业余文娱活动或慈善事业）：
They got up a concert in aid of cancer research．（got it up）
他们组织了一次为抗癌研究筹款的音乐会。
get up（intr） 起床，站起身来，登上：
I get up at seven o’clock every morning．
我每天早上7点钟起床。
（关于get用于指上/下交通工具，参见第93节D。）
give
give something away 把东西给人（不一定要说出是谁）：
I’ll give this old coat away．（give away this old coat away/give it away）
我要把这件旧外衣给人。
give someone away（宾语位于away之前）出卖或暴露某人：
He said that he was not an American but his accent gave him away．
他说他不是美国人，可是他的口音让人听出他是美国人了。
give back（tr）（将某物）归还给原主：
I must call at the library to give back this book．（to give this book back/to give it back）
我得去图书馆把这本书还了。
give in（intr） 屈服，退让，不再拒绝听从：
At first he wouldn’t let her drive the car but she was so persuasive thateventually he gave in．
起初他不肯让她开车，可是她这么能说，最终他还是答应了。
give out（tr）
（a） 口头宣称：
They gave out the names of the winners．（gave the names out/gave themout）
他们宣布了获胜者的名字。
（b）分发，分给：
The teacher gave out the books．（gave one/some to each pupil）
教师分发了书。
give out（intr）耗竭，用光（指供应品等）：
The champagne gave out long before the end of the reception．
在招待会结束前很久，香槟酒就都喝完了。
His patience gave out and he slapped the child hard．
他再也忍耐不下去了，用力打了那孩子一巴掌。
give up（tr/intr） 放弃努力，停止做某事的试图：
I tried to climb the wall but after I had failed three times I gave up．（gaveup the attempt/gave the attempt up/gave it up）
我试图爬上那堵墙，但失败三次之后我放弃了。
A really determined person never gives up/never gives up trying．一个真正有决心的人绝不会放弃试一次的机会。
give up（tr） 放弃某种习惯、运动、学习、职业等：
Have you given up drinking whisky before breakfast？
你已经不在早餐之前喝威士忌了？
He gave up cigarettes．（gave them up）
他不吸烟了。
He tried to learn Greek but soon got tired of it and gave it up．
他曾想学希腊语，但不久就感到厌倦而放弃了。
give oneself up（宾语在up之前） 投降，自首，不再抗拒：
He gave himself up to despair．
他完全沉湎于绝望中。
He was cold and hungry after a week on the run so he gave himself up tothe police．
他上路潜逃一个星期后饥寒交迫，只得向警方自首了。
go
go ahead（intr）（继续）工作、前进，先走：
While she was away he went ahead with the work and got a lot done．
她不在的时候，他继续干活，干了不少工作。
You go ahead and I’ll follow；I’m not quite ready．
你先走一步，我随后就来；我还没完全准备好。
go away（intr） 离开，走开，别在这儿：
—Are you going away for your holiday？
—No，I’m staying at home．
—你假期出去吗？
—不，我呆在家里。
Please go away；I can’t work unless I am alone．