口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
  v/ a6 e- @' Q. s; zYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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% S+ I0 z# c$ {4 }4 y2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

7 G+ x0 {! p/ o/ |+ F3, and how 的确
* f+ K  E5 e+ j, p$ {A: She’s a good dancer.
  G7 S& A8 @% a& PB: and how.
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3 [5 b) _6 W- G8 U) B; N8 P! v4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
' z* ^. r. x, zIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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' c" v0 P6 b5 E3 T6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

+ U/ R* ~. e+ Z& l# I/ s2 R8, anything but 绝对不
3 g- B! L9 U1 y/ ?8 i* [I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

! h* l, b' M$ e7 b4 ^8 ^5 _10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
+ ?8 O: {, w# F% b% T' i: NB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
+ T  [9 C9 w0 t% L, P; U9 ~8 V- KOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

3 o1 q& r6 R* O. f: [3 w8 }12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
" ~% v1 O, ~( ~Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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& B. F5 a3 J" H; c. ^/ M$ h14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
) K/ S8 j) V1 i  w1 h6 YB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
6 g6 u" L0 ?- D, t0 D4 wShe finally backed out of her promise.
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$ Q* n2 m1 ?# N2 [8 b* w1 \17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
0 D- Z$ u  x* L: m3 ?# P/ CShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
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.
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.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
0 @, N1 X  ?) U2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
# b" A" d4 ~/ b& L& Y  MThe bus is bound for New England.

! K* a( n4 Z, P( z. |; f+ }23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
0 A1 c3 w. b' j7 T, C- n6 z& WShe was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
) z5 x, E9 @) X& o' yIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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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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I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
( J1 @" \+ g* _A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
  S+ O4 x# A0 m. j4 SB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

$ f9 O4 m4 T" _# Z3 h30, break new ground 有了新的突破
  j' G7 I/ z; S) G+ i7 ^His architectural design broke new ground in the field.