口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
# N3 X; J4 E2 C! _: r& F0 R# P% y% e$ XYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

. l: m  G; {) @0 c2, a far cry from 相距甚远
* E+ r4 l4 v' ]' B1 oThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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1 R% Q  x  E% {) p) [* z$ \: q3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
$ I- X8 k# M6 H( z; JB: and how.

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

# M7 F6 R: P4 u5 i- \# u; J5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
( ~1 C% K, H6 t. d  G5 {8 l* {If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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5 F! M9 F9 C% X. L+ E10, after all 到底
4 h6 w9 M3 p0 x3 T5 M) X# wA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
- p3 T. q7 }, x- m$ [B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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. _2 |5 I3 ?2 G' W* k7 _: z11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
3 f% K/ M1 k! Y/ A: [. @9 F; {I am at your service at any time.
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+ ?- k: g8 D, J9 G; e/ V1 \- J13, around the clock 24小时不停
8 d0 e3 j6 }* u  gMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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3 p# j% P3 ^$ C3 m) ^14, as far as I know 就我所知

# H' Y& H3 U+ S! H15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
4 [/ {. k; C9 N  L7 v: F/ ]She is at home with problems like this.
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) P6 t0 J' v% p* s0 v16, back out
1) 退出
" R' U+ h$ y* i. E- Q, M: pA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
3 P# I* j# n- r8 W& _7 ~5 vB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
4 B' I" K. ?6 \! X- _4 _She finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
( \, f8 J1 D2 r$ T; i- ~: PShe 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 R. i7 e+ I# R7 y  U6 t! sShe 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.

2 f) @( k8 ]6 B+ u/ w2 t21, back up 1) 累积
6 U9 o0 X6 P! ^: v' a4 Y, Q9 \The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
' _$ t4 }/ e" H1 i" T; g- UI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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* _9 ^9 E: m1 `! G2 a22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

* h0 }) Y' ~4 D3 Q23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
2 E! J2 i/ l' g) d% R% |- z" qI’m feeling myself again.

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+ Q6 j4 }% L+ h! O" }She was really burned up at the news.
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6 w" [/ N, N4 w( G$ t2 h, ^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
' s. g3 f* t/ i* `In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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; D( k( m% y/ P  d* u( X27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
: I4 P2 b8 j- r. c5 o# j1 ?A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
9 M/ \. I6 ~1 x: r- cB: 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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29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
' N' a' a" `' B) f: m. i9 [3 [7 zB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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: m4 M7 h" k7 C# U30, break new ground 有了新的突破
! f! y4 b# V3 o- gHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.