口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

$ Q: `# u0 Q! e% g% m3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
6 U! `+ P# b0 N# |2 `B: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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6, a while back 不久以前
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; h+ P9 Y7 T  n6 l: M8 j7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

1 `  s9 w" F" d0 N7 [8, anything but 绝对不
) ~1 A1 e+ \* U# vI was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
. N. k2 U' i4 d# F; JB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
# @. x. a& p% B- ]4 rOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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5 x5 a: v5 s1 d! W12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

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' ]  I+ z# ]4 x3 t* }Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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8 b. V* G* g2 C# q+ w14, as far as I know 就我所知
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+ W! |7 W) \8 I# Y& _15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
9 j, |4 a) L/ y$ x; KShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
/ B4 E- a! a1 A3 s% }She finally backed out of her promise.
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6 Y0 y3 y8 ]# H, H  J- X8 c17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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) J7 h7 L3 e9 h. m18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

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A: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
, S  c5 f1 u& T9 {7 ^8 f" k  P* _% AB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

' z( v; z% L  m: l8 `21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
  B4 T2 N$ E+ _$ r' uI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
# A  u! M9 C% B) X3 L. YThe bus is bound for New England.
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! H8 O' ~" ~7 T6 |' E$ h6 {23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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/ _% T) X7 ?- |! y; |24, be burned up 生气
3 S8 ?; t3 W$ D7 U+ JShe was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
2 x/ F7 j  {9 Y: {I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
# c# N! G# |! {9 |) QIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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! i" R/ Z5 X5 g* A27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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( E: M6 ^  d" M2 `7 r7 W28，be stuck 卡住了
) P+ I- }# x2 qI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

2 S# R! x# y: q6 I% v2 ?29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
  p5 R9 E$ J3 M  k' r8 \# w8 OA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
3 u: {1 {: Q3 Y- e! M; jHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.