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
* @) ~0 t! b1 e5 p) M* dThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
: p0 v) @, Z  @A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

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It is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
; g7 O- o) C; o& U) b. @0 C3 D" q3 EIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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# F+ A9 {0 q" h2 P, I6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

  p6 B( d2 U2 X8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

+ o- N' {5 k! K: |4 ~. u/ e: W9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
! y. |) L' E6 g* V3 L2 S! wB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

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$ a# I' H  M& g4 _+ v! uOh 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
I am at your service at any time.
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$ [' R" V, F) L13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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  V& w+ H8 X8 W, t* W" P# S14, as far as I know 就我所知
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, W5 v: `& V" `* @8 k" T15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
2 a5 f: N+ I% O: D2 h1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
7 ^6 s1 {0 U; R# \, x1 \! Z3 e& F$ c2 `B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
- r% Q: c8 u: _% Y9 S2）不履行
) b! l* @+ E/ `: u$ Y* yShe finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
  U7 I) M0 r3 D* I9 E  E3 O* B- HI’m not cut out to be a hero.

7 J" d& s8 K4 S9 e, w% J1 d18, be absorbed in
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
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

8 y) i% J# r2 m+ C$ B" A6 W20，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.
, G7 X0 }' r7 i% LB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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# H0 ?% V& ~% n6 A2 R. j21, back up 1) 累积
" M$ B1 N5 H2 nThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

1 M. ?1 ~5 K/ f* T8 C2 \22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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& Z& T& w: ^- R( S6 i9 k& L- N23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
: z: f" f; d: S  E9 U! MI’m feeling myself again.
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4 C2 c$ d# h( w' p4 Z6 b7 v24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

' I) \4 a! w, v+ p! t; r0 m3 X3 X) y5 v25, 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
In 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?
  f/ \: O3 z9 GB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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& q$ A5 {2 `1 `& j29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
% D  Z# |. @6 a* ^! u& j% rA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

) i' w  |; b! p2 j) @- V! }30, break new ground 有了新的突破
- r3 w* k! Z6 t4 q1 F) kHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.