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.

2 u+ [0 }: z$ H" |! g8 g" W- l2, a far cry from 相距甚远
; q8 G1 v# M, K/ l; s' F$ GThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
) {8 s) Z8 A: c( [9 e/ ~B: and how.

7 m% w9 c$ `6 m1 @3 Y3 N9 c' V* k4, a matter of time 时间问题
1 Y# Y! z; a1 s( f6 \0 @3 T- F! o4 zIt is only a matter of time.

5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
* ?' U/ m5 d; C7 m' Z% l7 _0 XIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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! v8 o" f( Y; }1 \) `! z0 o6, 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.

9, 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,
B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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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
* I8 R2 c# y7 B+ n6 \3 L# p3 hI am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
* V+ I7 I) f$ F# ~" P" J2 zMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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/ z# u, c% a0 U14, as far as I know 就我所知
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She 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?
0 d, m7 t* U1 i/ p- ^7 i' w; Q# K9 pB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
3 L9 U- E8 ~/ ]" d. R* e2）不履行
& g0 }) L# `/ w2 HShe finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
4 P1 q" x6 R0 _* R3 W& iI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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, ~& Q( h0 z) Y) C/ j0 S18, be absorbed in
# ~% t1 x6 T% t5 |: ZShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

% A7 _7 |7 x* p3 O! r% F0 _5 B20，be attached to 对……有感情
# w( ~3 X% e, c9 D- b  O8 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.
( X% q3 G0 w9 |# N, M$ w4 J! WB: 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.
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
: i, X" t; U# Z8 a4 SThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
8 t! w; R) e, }, W+ p6 i9 m; S2 BI’m feeling myself again.

6 J9 \% |. b" c0 y6 {# ?24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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( |( a0 i" w+ O+ i0 Q25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

5 C9 a$ r6 i+ F/ b5 Q9 G+ Z2 U26, 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
! {$ S. k8 A" Z% Q* q" {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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28，be stuck 卡住了
' O1 G# s. f, K  V2 ^I 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
* n; z/ d$ p# v" A+ RA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
8 u2 r, r) A2 g9 L: \  D- ZB: 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
; P$ i. C# y; C; F  |  b( \0 PHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.