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
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
' a6 V1 ~( ^0 N0 PB: and how.

' A4 F' [3 D( g4, a matter of time 时间问题
) L1 o0 N9 F5 ?! i% rIt is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
0 c2 S  n0 O0 c) z7 V% p) yIf 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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: S* M# x0 e4 e$ m7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

: k' O$ B' ^. n5 T, x; M* ^8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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# x0 ]# T. @; s9 I) Q2 G$ v3 G& ?0 }9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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/ B1 J% X0 y; P2 R/ {+ I10, 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.

+ f! w% u' L) K7 D11, allergic to 对|……过敏
) C7 P' d. ~- W  Q8 dOh 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
; V  X  P% w6 v, @, A+ o( `( k/ G' EI am at your service at any time.

7 K4 A5 Z/ O5 W( {1 D13, 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

& X+ U( p+ C0 X# Q7 d15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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' F* D6 V* X: C% n5 l5 n16, back out
1) 退出
& N; ]6 {1 Q. ]A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
! ^( H6 z% I/ y& OB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
7 ]3 q' ~) J- `She finally backed out of her promise.

8 a  t9 e4 y" w, O* m17, be cut out for 天生适合
/ S. l+ k) H* ?% `; L/ ]* lI’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.

3 ^, I& ]1 [- u+ q% i5 G+ U19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
% {' ~* P4 z, Y( B# g; p1 C$ H3 kA: 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.
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) |  I4 o' z- [  o( l  F21, back up 1) 累积
( o% V& k) v% j: u8 N( ?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.
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; l4 B% j+ X+ ~% t. W6 D22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
1 f$ E9 [* c/ }  bI’m feeling myself again.

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

) b" r$ w0 m5 R1 N# J$ w25, be hard up for
7 ^* N9 Y! `0 Z" u2 F' iI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

9 S) ?0 I. V; s( ], E26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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1 o! j+ Q) e6 I, w8 o* A27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
7 Z  K. b0 h) L* xB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

1 W3 C! F8 E9 k8 O1 V' }2 j28，be stuck 卡住了
( N1 L" r# B+ m: p! _I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

" B% j9 s) j6 O) o8 J1 u, c29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
9 P9 k6 L( C4 }! }, {  XA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
) U( n( S5 o9 g- fB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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4 R6 c3 ^# A: k! n) U$ W- |30, break new ground 有了新的突破
  O+ p! c7 s4 ^His architectural design broke new ground in the field.