口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
9 y1 I( @4 s% V9 z/ c. DYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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4 i* l% f0 @' i8 w4 g! Y% G2, 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
A: She’s a good dancer.
# q0 F) F* e4 O1 w9 ~/ d1 o0 J2 FB: and how.
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- I5 o4 z' r, s" q# i4, a matter of time 时间问题
: S1 e- K% L' g8 H1 f* L; pIt is only a matter of time.
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) q( a% |/ Q2 b# w9 A% |5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
6 M8 U) D# n* H5 C: j% dIf 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.
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8, anything but 绝对不
3 f  u' J2 P/ p" Q# U% [I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
! [2 E% G, v. d6 dA: 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.

/ ^/ `1 Z# v: R" S- i11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh 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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13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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8 y2 T9 x: P. q, J14, as far as I know 就我所知

+ N! m1 t" P9 Y- C$ q7 l/ C15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
% r) _) m1 S4 NShe 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
$ a; H' _: ?4 w8 k0 h* v2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
6 B! T! j# N& _I’m not cut out to be a hero.

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
# H- Q4 E* G* q  e# M+ U' [She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
. n5 ?& a8 e6 Q/ F2 pA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
( j" D/ X5 i9 TB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
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2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
2 h1 M: J! G! H* I1 `$ iShe was really burned up at the news.
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! S4 `* h& U8 S% \: B, _25, 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.

, B) A. N, I4 e" ~27，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.

; Q  x+ ?% K# w. }28，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.
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30, break new ground 有了新的突破
* s& i7 t0 C9 P) m8 U$ UHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.