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LESSON14 HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE DRUG PROBLEM. At cost 1. For only the amount of money that is needed to make or get sth, without any profit being added on When the salesman said they were selling their products at cost, I didn ’ t believe him . At a cost/at what cost 1.
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At cost 1 • For only the amount of money that is needed to make or get sth, without any profit being added on • When the salesman said they were selling their products at cost, I didn’t believe him
At a cost/at what cost 1 • Used to say that it may not have been worth doing sth because so much has been lost or damaged as a result • He obtained a professorship in the end, but at a cost to his marriage.
At the cost of sth 1 • I don’t think you should work so hard at the cost of your health
At all costs/at any cost 1 • We were instructed that the man’s life be saved at all costs.
It might be good to do sth 3 • Used for making a suggestion, giving advice
To interfere with 3 • To prevent sth from succeeding or from being done as planned
End up 4 • (mainly spoken) to be in a particular place or state after doing sth or because of doing it • It you don’t mend your ways, you’ll end up a criminal
Too bad 5 • (spoken) used for saying that you are sorry or sympathetic about sth • Too bad the shoes don’t fit you • You lost your job? That’s too bad .
To be hooked on sth 8 • To find sth so attractive or interesting that you can’t stop yourself from doing it .
To have a vested interest in (doing )sth 8 • To have a special reason for wanting sth to happen in a particular way, because you will benefit from this.
To play cops and robbers 8 • It is one of children’s favorite games in which some play the good guys, others the bad.
To wither away 9 • To become weaker and then disappear
To good to be true 11 • So good that you cannot believe that such a situation is possible
To lift 13 • To officially end a rule or law that stops sb from doing sth
To be alone in (doing )sth 15 • (usually in negatives or questions) to be the only person that does sth
Declare/wage war on sth 15 • （向。。。宣战）to make a determined effort to control or stop sth
The beauty of sth 16 • The advantage or good quality that sth has .
Forty-fold 18 • Forty times larger than before
-fold 18 • (suffix) used with numbers to make adjectives and adverbs describing how much sth increases
To direct sth to sb 18 • (fml) to turn (a comment, complaint, etc) to a particular place or person
Analogy 18 • A comparison between two situations, processes, etc, that is intended to show that the two are similar.
Miss the boat 19 • To fail to understand sth
A symptom of sth 19 • An outward sign of a usually bad or undesirable condition or event
(re)define sth as 21 • To show the nature of sth/sb (again or in a new and better way )
Minimize 23 • To make sth seem much less important than it really is
Outweigh 23 • To be more important, useful, or valuable than sth else
(sth) to be here to stay/have come to stay 24 • Used for saying that sth is generally accepted and is part of all our lives
Dwarf 25 • To make sth seem small or unimportant
To undercut 26 • To sell sth at a lower price than at a price specified
To crack down on sth/sb • To try hard to prevent an illegal activity, or to stop people from getting involved in it and deal more severely with those who are caught doing it
To be enough….to go around • To be enough so that everyone has one or some
