paint up . improve by using paint用涂料整饰
The school has been painted up for festival celebrations．为庆祝节日，校容已整修一新。
They have painted the place up after I left there．我走后他们把那地方油漆了一遍。
pair off . pair up . join or cause somebody to join somebody else to make a pair or couple（使）成对
The teacher told the children to pair off．老师让孩子们分成两人小组。
John paired up with Mary to play tennis．约翰和玛丽配对在网球中打双打。
The two eventually paired off after having been friends for several years．他们俩交了几年朋友后终于结婚了。
This shoe does not seem to pair up with that．这只鞋似乎跟那一只不成对。
pal up . become friends with somebody 和…要好；结交
You should pal up with him．He's the man to help you．你应该和他交朋友，他会帮助你的。
John and Bill palled up on their first day at school and they have been friends ever since．约翰和比尔在入学第一天就要好了，打那以后他们一直是好朋友。
palm off . get rid of something one does not want by persuading somebody to accept or buy it .用欺骗手段把…处理掉
He palmed his old washing machine off on his aunt，even though he knew it was always breaking down．他把他那台旧洗衣机硬给他姑妈，尽管他知道这机器老出毛病。
There should be a law against people palming off rubbish like this．应该有一项禁止人们兜售这类劣质品的法令。
palm off . deceive by a trick or lie欺骗
He tried to palm his boss off with the story that he had been to the dentist．他企图欺骗他老板说他去看牙医了。
He has palmed off all that rubbish on the public．他以一派胡言欺骗了公众。
pan out . turn out； succeed结果；成功
Things didn't pan out well for them．事情的结果对他们并不妙。
Edison's efforts to invent an electric light bulb did not pan out until he used tungsten wires．爱迪生致力于发明电灯泡，直到采用钨丝才获成功。
We can't predict how things will pan out．我们无法预言事情会有什么样的结果。
pant for . have a strong wish for渴望
Give him the ice cream； he's panting for it ．给他冰淇淋吧，他非常想吃。
Working in the fields under the scorching sun， they were all panting for a cold drink．烈日下在地里干活，他们都渴望喝点清凉饮料。
paper over . cover over with paper用纸遮盖
A number of stains on the wall were papered over．墙上的一些污迹被纸糊盖起来了。
paper over . conceal掩盖
They tried to paper over the differences between union and management， but the agreement did not last for long．他们试图掩盖工会和资方的差异，但协议并没延续多久。
parallel to . running side by side with but never getting nearer to . 与…平行的
This line is parallel to that． 这条线与那条线平行。
parcel out . divide something into parts， shares or portions把…分成几份
After his death， his land was parcelled out among his family．他死后，他的土地分成了几份给了他的家人。
He parcelled out the remaining food to the workers．他将剩余的食物分给工人。
parcel up . make into a parcel把…包起来
He parcelled up some games and toys to take to the Children's Home．他包起一些游戏用具和玩具，拿到儿童之家去。
They parcelled up the books and posted them．他们把书包好寄出去了。
pare down . reduce or minimize something ，esp．costs， expenditure，削减；削掉
If we're going on holiday，we must pare down all our other expenses．如果要去度假，我们就得削减其它一切开支。
With less money coming in they had to pare down their household expenses．收入减少了，他们不得不紧缩家庭开支。
With a knife he pared down the stick．他用刀子把那根木棒削细
part company . part；leave each other分手；分开
He was reluctant to part company with her．他不愿同她分手。
They quarrelled violently and after that parted company ．他们大吵了一架，从此就分手了。
part company . be different in opinion or action 意见不同；迥异
They parted company with us on that question．在那个问题上，他们和我们意见不一致。
part from . leave离开
It is hard to part from friends you love．要离开你所爱的朋友是很难过的。
The little boy wouldn't be parted from his pet rabbit．这小男孩舍不得离开他心爱的兔子。
part with . separate from分手
He parted with us at the end of the trip．旅行结束时他与我们分手了。
I parted with my friend on the pier yesterday．我昨天在码头上和我的朋友告别。
part with . spend；sell（at a very low price）花掉；卖掉
He's not the sort who's happy to part with hard earned cash．他不是那种舍得把辛辛苦苦赚来的钱随便花掉的人。
In order to raise money Cathy had to part with some of her jewels．为了筹款，凯茜只好卖掉自己的一些珠宝。
part with . give up； dispense with放弃；省掉
They were sorry to part with the old house．他们对让出旧房子感到很惋惜。
part with . cease to employ辞退
I parted with him for dishonesty．因他不老实我把他辞退了。
He had to part with his secretary when she got married．他的秘书结婚了，他只好让她走。