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.
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% A$ L9 @+ u& l9 f2, a far cry from 相距甚远
2 \6 [  L% ]6 ^' @1 t) DThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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& N, R) y+ R' o# x1 x8 `' l$ W( a3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
$ {5 ~5 p% u+ C% F9 Y% y7 RB: and how.
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9 H$ V+ t. B" h4, 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
If 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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4 Y3 p" Q4 ^5 X; x4 `6 ]# `7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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5 f8 a: f* x2 k% i9 K8, anything but 绝对不
+ U) J$ S- D0 d. ^1 J- `1 ]I was anything but happy about going.

1 M' f+ d+ I" j9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

: n/ T! d: a( E6 @6 V+ u" U10, after all 到底
) k. P. `- p8 K5 m$ s6 c( pA: 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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" S! `; E7 V! z* r7 n" l  P) J11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

1 l6 I3 b7 Z, d! J) q12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
, _$ q' `3 w. l8 H, ^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.

14, as far as I know 就我所知

& I* i* S5 \# r" e15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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1 S8 [2 l' F/ B3 a* i* m! w1) 退出
' `: Q5 I3 e. k" f1 ]0 XA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
1 ?% H6 y7 V0 j) E- T% aB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
# H: I. @0 G, m2 h" ~9 V2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
& O, b" ^0 _4 V; u# b% ?# RI’m not cut out to be a hero.

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# N6 G$ s! R4 G4 Q( aShe 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.
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; v7 l+ f- F: {& l20，be attached to 对……有感情
0 [0 p1 ?- J! A2 v; |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.
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21, back up 1) 累积
/ ~# a6 ?3 s5 B1 XThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
  p( d0 Q/ A, V2) 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+ W; A; H4 DI’m feeling myself again.
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& v, j: O; [. Y  e24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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  q2 R; }  y. d) D) q/ J26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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  M& A4 _( o+ ^# W; C27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
. D0 L: W6 s( {4 b2 p& oB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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. c3 q+ _! |$ m4 w8 A3 e28，be stuck 卡住了
0 ?2 i5 p, }2 b* RI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

/ [2 l% p( H: h0 [29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
+ \( W' D1 H+ i( BA: 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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. B& m  t. e; m; s% R# WHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.