口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
4 c2 v- U( a( CYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

, p. B! L2 _8 @2, a far cry from 相距甚远
: }" ^9 o+ S3 V/ j' L" B# rThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
' b5 A: \; I. i1 z1 ^B: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

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.

" H% V% N$ o" g  N6, a while back 不久以前
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

- ?" k; w8 S1 @9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
, j: m! v* m7 y% a- P: b# hB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

4 Q3 [; \3 ^2 w$ u  ~- e11, 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
: B0 J3 y8 C* H9 Q: UI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
. j% d: |, s4 U( }0 m( f/ A& ^1) 退出
, g# K- k; w) d( |0 `A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
- J0 q) z  ]9 GShe finally backed out of her promise.

( h+ r. d" `9 V; ]17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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' }* \. B9 k/ x. g7 I' }18, be absorbed in
" K# d8 X. X& Q0 f8 f9 b* u4 kShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

# M6 V* X1 i, |0 Y19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

( w. v( _& P( T+ x3 Q  v" g' F* [6 v20，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.
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3 [' b6 q: n( ?' X+ ?  M3 W21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
; c7 j# M; R% J) J. S# ?I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
) W4 a  m9 \2 J; n% r, k' Q2) 支持I’ll back it up.

5 b' Z/ c* |8 m9 O5 G22, be bound for 到……地方
6 @4 c# Y0 r8 K3 q) ?% OThe bus is bound for New England.

$ b! X. @9 f: d- c23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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! |9 |  b: x2 T4 e; V* p1 h# Y- ^24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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: U0 K4 d% Y6 I- I4 B26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
  v* e' e1 ]8 ^( M4 |. W( oIn 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?
$ X- o8 ~1 `# BB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

, M$ g# |$ D% |# O. V28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

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.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

- p* a0 z" l" Z8 Z: U+ ]30, break new ground 有了新的突破
- b) X! p1 b: F: d7 H* ~! G" q' sHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.