play a trick on somebody 对某人开玩笑
play against somebody 与……比赛
play on words 语言游戏
play the part of somebody 演……的角色
plenty of 大量 接可数、不可数名词
pocket money 零用钱、零花钱
point at 指…… 人 有不礼貌的含义
point of view 观点
point out 指出
point to 指向……
pour in 倾倒
power failure 停电
practise something /doing 练习……
prefer doing… to doing… 比起做 后者 宁愿做 前者
prefer somebody to do… 想让某人去做……
prefer something to something 前者 比起 后者 更好
prefer to do… 比起……更愿意……
prefer to do…rather than do… 比起……更愿意……
prepare oneself for 为……作准备 接抽象事物
pretend to be doing 假装正在做……
pretend to do 假装……
prevent somebody /something from doing 阻止……做某事
promise sb to do 承诺做某事
promise somebody something 承诺某事
promise something to somebody 承诺做某事
propose that somebody should do 建议某人应该做某事 虚拟语气
protect somebody /something from being done/something 保护……免于
prove somebody to be 证实某人……
provide somebody with something 为某人提供……
provide something to somebody 为某人提供……
pull on 匆忙穿上
purified water 纯净水
push over 推倒
put a question 提出问题
put a stop to something 停止、结束……
put a tax on something 对…征税
put aside 放一边、置之不理
put away ①收拾、整理 ②打消…… 念头
put down ①写下、记下 ②伤心
put forward 提出、传出
put off ①推迟 ②去除
put on airs 忘乎所以、飘飘然
put on performances 演出
put on weight 增加体重
put on 穿、戴
put one's heart into 用心于……、专心于……
put out the fire 扑灭火
put somebody in/into prison 把某人关进监狱
put somebody through to somebody 将电话接到……
put somebody to death 处死……
put somebody to the trouble of doing 麻烦某人做某事
put something into/in practice 投入 运用于 实践
put through 使……通过、完成
put up ①搭建、 建立 ②张贴 ③留某人住
put up with 忍受
quantities of 大量 接可数、不可数名词，谓语动词用复数
quite a few 许多
quite a lot of 许多
rain drop 雨滴
raise a cheer 发出欢呼
raise a question 提出问题
range from something to something 包括从……到……
reach an agreement 达成共识
read between the lines 体会字里行间的意思
read for somebody 给某人读
read one's thoughts 读懂某人 的心思
read somebody something 给某人读……
read something to somebody 给某人读……
read through 浏览、看完
read well 读得好
receive his doctor's degree 获得 博士 学位
reduce somebody /something to something /doing 使……沦落为、降格为
refer to ①指的是 ②指到、说到、提及、谈到
refer to something as 把……看作
regard somebody /something as 当作、认为
regret doing 悔恨做过……
regret to do 后悔去……
rely on somebody 依赖某人
remain in business 继续营业
remain in poor health 身体不好
remember doing 想起来做过
remember somebody to somebody 让某人记住某人
remember to do 想起来该做
remind somebody of something /somebody 让某人想起……、提醒某人……
remind somebody that 提醒某人……
reply that… 回答说
reply to 答复
report something to somebody 向某人汇报……