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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2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

" s3 b+ }$ y4 }2 y9 M. v. r3, and how 的确
! M' B6 I1 }* B4 l2 YA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

9 B2 u- u5 k! ^, ^, l1 t* I4, a matter of time 时间问题
# X! ^1 a) S; ?It is only a matter of time.
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! Y4 Z  h# p# t7 a5 ]- J9 B5, 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 f9 ?( c1 q1 o% p8 o6 i1 w7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
) L- ^: n* |& z+ A! x: p0 G; uA: 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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7 c& T9 K; y& M8 I1 P% ~$ r5 m11, 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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9 h' T: s' J5 _4 r0 {2 j12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
. O8 c0 @1 X8 I# t! C8 o& `I am at your service at any time.

: D: Y% p6 |* ?0 y4 [13, 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

+ K. T: W& y) K+ D15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
+ S3 ]; F# {( P5 a) T3 j  W# U9 sShe is at home with problems like this.
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2 o8 X2 z+ `; B% X- y2 q+ f8 T' X16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

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5 I; i# u! h: MShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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/ E1 ^; X( h- V- V" `19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
( E( S4 Q- D* y0 K3 W4 QShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
' G& D2 _: y( q! C; y9 ~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
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
3 Y: X, d0 ^9 ^9 oI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
7 z" Z8 z" I. M" S, _2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
" |2 |! B4 l* G! EThe bus is bound for New England.
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& N; ]1 X( W7 A! B23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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+ y+ `7 [5 g0 C24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

) o2 ?4 G2 r$ i* x25, be hard up for
2 ~8 P9 x" ]; d# zI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, 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 j) V: L, N. ~" r3 e; `A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
2 C, P9 T1 r' |, @6 c3 \& x' \) sB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

  I  z5 J+ A0 W8 Y! J: l29, 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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His architectural design broke new ground in the field.