11) be a credit to：為……增光

e.g. I hope you will be a credit to your school.

do credit to：為……增進(jìn)榮譽(yù)

e.g. This piece of work does credit to you.

12) bear in mind：記住

e.g. I hope you will bear in mind all I am saying.

have in mind：考慮

e.g. Don’t give your confidence to others regarding the plan you have in mind.

13) begin with：以……為起點

e.g. He advised me to begin with something easy.

to begin with：首先

e.g. To begin with, we must consider the problem from all sides.

14) build up：逐步建成，增強(qiáng)

e.g. They are trying hard to build up an independent economy.

He went for an ocean voyage and built up his health.

build on：以……為基礎(chǔ)，依賴

e.g. Let’s build on your idea.

We shall build on your supporting us.

15) by day：在白天

e.g. Most of them work by day and study by night.

by the day：(指工作報酬等)按日計算

e.g. Will you pay me by the day or by the hour?

16) can but只好……罷了

e.g. We can but try to make him see how unreasonable he has been.

cannot but：不得不，禁不住

e.g. I cannot but tell her the truth.(=I cannot help telling her the truth)

17) come forth：出現(xiàn)，發(fā)行

e.g. Many new things are coming forth..

Do you know that a set of new stamps has come forth?

come forward：自告奮勇，提出供討論

They have come forward with an offer to help.

The matter was deferred at last evening’s meeting, but will come forward at our next session.

18) compare … to比擬(指出其中的相似點)

e.g. Man’s life is often compared to a candle.

compare … with：把……和……相比(指出其不同之處)

e.g. He compared his camera with mine.

19) consist in：包含在……中

e.g. Happiness consists in good health.

consist of：由……組成

e.g. The apartment consisted of two rooms and a kitchen.

20) end on：兩端相碰，正對

e.g. The two ships collided each other end on.

We shouldn’t place the bicycles end on.

on end：豎著，連續(xù)地，不斷地

e.g. Place the box on end.

She often works for 20 hours on end.

21) familiar to：某事為某人熟知

e.g. There were facts not familiar to me.

familiar with：熟悉或通曉某事

e.g. He is familiar with English, German and French..

22) feel for sb.：同情某人，為某人難過

e.g. I feel for you in your sorrow.

feel for sth：(用手、腳、棍子等)摸索，尋找某物

e.g. She felt under the pillow for her watch.

23) for a moment：片刻，一會兒

e.g. She was silent for a moment, weighing in her mind the pros and cons.

for the moment：此刻、暫時

e.g. I cannot recall his name for the moment.

24) get down：下去，下來;寫下來

e.g. The bus was so jammed that I could not get down.

Here’s the telephone number I got down for you.

get down to：認(rèn)真著手進(jìn)行處理

e.g. It is no good shirking the job, it will have to be got down to.