口语习惯用语100 1--30

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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.

- g7 J. t! q% s7 l; D2 t1 a2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
7 @7 @% c3 C  p! B* _' `A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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6 m, G, K; Y7 n" Y, o0 P4, 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
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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

% M: [' J9 M# m9 T10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
1 c: o1 H1 D% l$ Q: `1 mB: 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.

12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
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2 s; J' v7 O# a7 r0 ~/ {  x5 Z13, around the clock 24小时不停
$ C2 T( `6 j/ V  S4 f  Z0 |% VMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

' u1 I9 ?. A! h1 X14, as far as I know 就我所知

" C6 y% i9 M4 a15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
+ Z  ~: j3 _9 q3 |# K% 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
/ X8 E3 p( T5 m2 I9 J6 n2）不履行
, [& v* Y9 K; t2 C  }% J" c, U+ {She finally backed out of her promise.

2 j3 e5 ], l4 K9 j% w17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
7 g# p2 }" V1 g( Z2 cShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
) r$ E( }) a/ t* ]" t, p3 NShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

/ s  J% O, h8 i. e  a20，be attached to 对……有感情
* s9 U1 d/ T. P/ [9 a' UA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
, x" d8 N* v1 \/ fB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

, i) R( ^/ m4 T5 w5 X/ Y21, back up 1) 累积
5 F: Y. u* d3 A3 e* [. B: t- ^$ IThe 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.

22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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9 i& W1 O. R3 Q5 o: c+ M23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
! S/ p: Z# J( h; d7 K9 n3 ^I’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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0 q% T+ w6 x/ \& x7 N25, be hard up for
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
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

' ]0 L* }* Y" h( ?7 r27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
/ q# w$ u  Z( g4 F; n5 ?B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
9 f' m  e+ x" P; z! p' g) vI 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
* ]2 O/ x: x7 Z2 _5 I( vA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
- D: y0 t# t( h  eB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

  f2 k9 y- p1 f. O30, break new ground 有了新的突破
' X: O, i# u1 k! b5 ~3 LHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.