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。