重点词汇词组：

All the same, it1 wasn't2 what you'd call the perfect end to the day3, Harry thought, as he lay awake much later4 listening to Dean and Seamus falling asleep5 (Neville wasn't back from the hospital wing).

长难句分析

解：1主语+2系动词+3表语从句+4时间状语+5状语

析：表语从句：what you'd call the perfect end to the day

该句的引导词是what，此外，引导表语从句的that通常不省略，whether可引导表语从句，与之同义的if通常不引导表语从句，because可引导表语从句，而since，as，for等则不可。

1.fall asleep 睡着

例：I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.

我头一沾枕头就睡着了。

【常见短语】

①fall in 坍塌，塌陷

例：Ten miners were trapped underground when the roof of the tunnel fell in.

坑道顶部坍塌，10名矿工被困地下。

②fall away 脱落

例：On the bathroom ceiling, some pieces of plaster had fallen away.

浴室顶上几块灰泥已经脱落了。

【相关俚语】

①fall short 未达到数量

例：August car sales fell short of the industry's expectations.

8月汽车销量未达到业界的期望。

②fall on deaf ears 未被理睬

例：Their appeals to release the hostages fell on deaf ears.

他们释放人质的要求未被理睬。

2.push one's luck 得寸进尺

例：She's agreed to help on Saturday, but I think I'd be pushing my luck if I asked her to be here the whole weekend.

她同意周六来帮忙，不过我想我要是让她整个周末都来的话就是得寸进尺了。

【常见短语】

①push ahead 继续进行，大力推进

例：They have decided to push ahead with the legal action.

他们决定继续采取法律行动。

②push sth. back 拖延，推迟

例：The target date for construction has been pushed back.

目标中的修建日期被推迟了。

③push sb./sth. over 将……推倒

例：Matthew pushed me over.

马修把我推到了。

【相关俚语】

push the boat out 花费一大笔钱

例：They really pushed the boat out for Annie's wedding.

他们为了安妮的婚礼确实花了一大笔钱。

3.pick up 拿起

例：She bent down to pick up her glove.

她俯身去捡手套。

【常见短语】

①pick on sb. 找（某人）的茬

例：He gets picked on by the other boys because he's so small.

他因为个子小受到其他男孩子的欺负。

②pick through sth. 在……中翻找

例：I had to pick through the rubbish to find my electricity bill.

我不得不在垃圾堆里翻找我的电费缴费单。

【相关俚语】

①pick sb.'s brains 请教（某人）

例：I was picking Simon's brains about which computer to buy.

我正请教西蒙该买哪种电脑。

②pick a fight/quarrel/argument 寻衅，找茬

例：He'd had too much to drink and tried to pick a fight with the bartender.

他酒喝得太多了，想找酒吧侍者的茬。

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