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.

2, a far cry from 相距甚远
( R7 @9 r% @  y# l7 x. @/ j9 aThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
: X! ^8 A: g( Q1 q* RB: and how.
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8 k5 E6 P+ {; K; N  X/ z4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
3 `# t1 i1 G( j9 ?, f; JIf 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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, c+ R! ?8 _& y. H+ e: C/ Z7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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  w, H' q) P! S# E% H8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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' @! Z$ k6 q1 \& V: T0 k4 |; D10, after all 到底
9 M* \( }7 j) `. LA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
2 z) H4 m1 }( {# J) @4 o- {6 D# sB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, 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.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

/ M5 B+ j9 S' M/ _, q14, 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.

0 I  A" {, z# ]) _16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
! D7 _' Q( V- M+ y2）不履行
( S- B/ c! b6 X0 x) p: v' kShe finally backed out of her promise.

7 T5 z9 ^0 G3 A- C5 q; o8 Y17, be cut out for 天生适合
+ E* A. s3 j  }: Z/ |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
- B8 D2 p0 }; @& RShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
# c, e1 S" ?6 y; F6 U& Z2 b* Z1 _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.

' U: U5 \! Q# f) L21, 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
7 t4 k. ~. X8 C  M8 nThe bus is bound for New England.
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  d8 i% K% u  @1 V. \0 y23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
2 @$ i- s6 D% x  \5 k( kI’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

4 @; Q  B8 P' \8 }. f25, be hard up for
; ~1 b# e9 N! _( X9 J+ zI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

4 V  }& f7 T- M  k+ w26, 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
0 D4 S$ \: d: g5 QA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

( K; l2 |! t2 s( A6 N$ i28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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3 r4 t" W/ ?' {1 F/ X29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
" ?! h. o5 Z! I9 u- ^5 _0 uB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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: X# J) L$ G! L5 i30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.