口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
5 _" [; `* O; a3 r: ^You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

/ {2 v/ K; R# B/ @# s2, a far cry from 相距甚远
: e: I7 x+ \# MThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

  [. ~3 J: |1 }. Q5 x# }* B3, and how 的确
3 J0 r0 @( E% n7 mA: She’s a good dancer.
& N& e$ J2 b' v8 C2 uB: and how.

9 p7 D' ]4 ^8 M$ }. a4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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9 k: l6 g; D" @" e5, 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.

+ h( b% s/ t2 c  I& }6, a while back 不久以前
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# U6 D. S7 Y4 X. R; A9 l. h; {) P8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
% [  O' V  m# I: a. O: Q. cB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

, z! |! n& w; z6 |1 Q11, 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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: S% O' P5 u7 b4 q  G) i' K1 i( i12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
" L# }) R& q4 L# l/ S8 nI am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
% B% `; N/ _7 M  k8 T+ d. }( eMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知

& f+ @2 b+ F( X: v) R& w15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
, x( B: q) W5 ~' V1) 退出
! x0 @$ o& b4 k; Y5 V' o1 @A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
' m. q: u5 ~( q) eB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
; X( o1 S; b" n3 p% x$ p' R% X; G/ l2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
' O4 e/ o2 }: d8 nShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

: m7 M# w* f; Q' b( `20，be attached to 对……有感情
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.
, H0 }1 ~9 O. `$ M4 m. T- }B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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& I( k! }, G8 l* _. _+ @" x% d% ^5 q21, back up 1) 累积
# j6 ^+ G$ }0 q# {7 dThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
% r9 |: T, b, j( @2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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$ a- W' r% i8 W/ ]22, be bound for 到……地方
' N5 p$ A6 M( [% s. H6 ^6 yThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
9 Z6 p( U3 {* J, |, t' sI’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
4 X0 b: T  ?; N6 i! n' iShe was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
# d7 S: F2 g8 n# iIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

. Q! s& ^& U$ K+ X, U27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
  x& B0 P  F+ q7 j- wA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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# j+ g: j) }8 t5 K' h28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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9 E' z0 H" G# W9 S5 i! r" C$ \/ e  c29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
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$ a) C- o# x8 gB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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( R% O+ h4 W5 ^+ w5 d30, break new ground 有了新的突破
% p0 \( d% ^$ S# a' vHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.