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.

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The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

. ?3 x6 N/ |) p; {7 B3, and how 的确
& e4 Q. `9 ?- c+ nA: She’s a good dancer.
3 r) x( h* o0 [9 G, x9 GB: and how.

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
& G: A; f0 H+ ~* J* j- D+ h  |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
5 i, y( ^) z: [I was anything but happy about going.

8 x0 h' a9 l- Q. p* G% p$ M6 W9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
2 E' V$ U% c4 V- NA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

6 D: O4 }$ A$ R6 j11, allergic to 对|……过敏
- S* ^3 K7 v* W& W9 o% QOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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; W4 n7 E% J/ f( g  s5 H& x13, around the clock 24小时不停
5 t, d/ D) n% m/ h: `Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

8 \6 o; E% W% k0 w& p* a7 ?14, as far as I know 就我所知

2 P6 n5 ]' w* T15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
$ h1 @. g6 J% [. y0 aShe is at home with problems like this.

0 ?' o# H$ U- A* {0 T16, back out
1) 退出
; w0 d- O; k( |3 s* w8 f2 l# P8 x7 jA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
3 D$ ^5 s# |' i+ G+ @2）不履行
& ?1 j& Y2 i) g+ ^/ c0 a! D9 i2 rShe finally backed out of her promise.

# P  ~" y* A5 Y% e$ a17, be cut out for 天生适合
6 ?$ i( N* _. JI’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
  f$ ~% e% U: P& W. MShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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. U# I" G- |- `9 d19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

' ~+ p7 `) ^6 i  e8 I' g( u2 X/ m20，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.
' T% i8 G* |# v) gB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
1 ?) ~1 d$ ?* t/ q+ |0 PI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
) e" I4 U) X/ s# ?% f! a0 d" R; f2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

4 l) l: f% `  I23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
/ \" g2 e* y7 X# H4 `+ EI’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
3 D* m, B* U+ h9 k* l( {She was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
4 Q" E3 j! L8 BI’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.
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0 [$ |- s5 |- t" @$ B27，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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& Y  ^/ J+ C# Z7 v- _/ j  J29, 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.
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30, break new ground 有了新的突破
$ \7 }5 ~2 t$ A( P# v7 R! D( _& `His architectural design broke new ground in the field.