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.

2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

) b, _5 M0 H2 @3, and how 的确
* _9 L2 K, e+ X5 Y0 ~A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

6 G2 L4 ~2 x; p" Z0 O% r& X" q4, a matter of time 时间问题
( t* U6 f8 U: Y$ RIt is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
, M: p+ Z- r: K2 Y+ n2 Z$ o% k- ?If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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- n. H. z2 I7 y( b6, a while back 不久以前

- E* q1 ]% p: ~; d/ v7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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9 [% W- ~/ k8 }  y) Z% j1 k8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

8 ?5 S$ q  t! m. b4 g- t8 f1 f1 e9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

* l- y) V* n1 u5 L& k10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
* W: E/ `0 x. M4 N7 LI am at your service at any time.
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1 T( s+ k  \: Y/ ]$ b13, around the clock 24小时不停
$ a( E- k$ K/ |+ j) H+ EMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知
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6 h% M' ?4 u/ m. P2 O' Z5 s8 E15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
( z4 r: L1 N3 D# x& ?9 h/ H3 m( w2 CShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
- G+ u% r" c3 E/ u' m4 z1) 退出
; O, B9 c5 q5 eA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

( R; a& q  R. [7 T2 n% ]' G# p17, be cut out for 天生适合
" \( i7 L1 y3 R: jI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
3 }& Z9 |2 ]# }4 d4 w: I, YShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

2 L% f6 J& h% ]+ J7 m19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
. t+ {2 x- |2 a7 R( wShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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: L3 Y, L& f; k- K* r5 |6 C20，be attached to 对……有感情
" d9 [5 d( Z' n$ D  V: Q. ]; BA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
; J/ K  O2 I% G% Y  P- v+ Q5 C& ^B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
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$ M% ^2 w) I! b; \3 g- A4 T2 z2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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* f" h! [$ @+ R' n& n22, be bound for 到……地方
/ b. L( Y" w. b8 CThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
, {: H, F' J8 h; E: |5 S3 [She was really burned up at the news.

8 b* o* @4 r5 a25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

5 j( Q# b+ |0 P0 I, ]; c26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
# i6 Q9 ?9 C( L, h% qIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，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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28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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* N4 d. ]1 k+ s) M6 @29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
# \3 g5 A4 r' r# N1 pA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
" T, M, y& e" n! R, S, iB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

: |; n" _- c5 d0 Q3 Z& C/ k. Q30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.