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.

% z* `6 X% }' }8 L9 m) u2, a far cry from 相距甚远
# d: b1 X, H( Y) S- {The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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9 |& X" F% D7 L* W3 e9 Q! g3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
3 m# t* H4 o1 K0 u) gB: and how.

% j# x8 `5 U8 o4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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! p' [) Y3 Z5 `  n# q0 n5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
" q# C- n  ]# c9 P. j/ q! ZIf 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.

- p( q9 d, F/ [* U& W2 ?9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
6 v" j. B2 z( q2 a7 W; u2 JA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
, ?1 @! ~) S1 v" n3 I/ j7 B! j7 XB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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- R: J0 i: u+ }0 z7 X2 o4 r11, allergic to 对|……过敏
3 |$ i+ G* r' e! V7 ~1 y; Y+ @Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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* K1 M$ A/ r3 s/ L2 ~12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

0 a/ ]- \1 ]) A! H$ G! |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

3 P8 F# B' E" q9 O. M. h15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
  h$ ?. o! p/ {6 w1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
1 K6 f* o! m& jShe finally backed out of her promise.

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
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.

20，be attached to 对……有感情
  ]. K! G- K1 z2 r0 m1 d6 mA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
: W* i5 U( D" HB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

. I  v; ^. `% U21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
% v; w+ P1 n1 g0 y% ?2 Q' lI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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# E8 p. |( C' B( b22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

3 W% f0 D- k! W23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
, S% k# P: m0 I- O# Q! [  C( PI’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

0 `- E& |$ O7 n( s( T26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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; Z; n  `' w7 }" u. n: B* I% c2 s) r27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
9 y1 Z7 s* V6 p! s. P" HB: 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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2 K* ?3 N! ?$ `29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
" O3 @, ?6 q" a: b  pA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
7 c9 j$ P9 W  S( M( {- c1 \B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.