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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% [; Z% H# L* t, j; r/ `/ }) m2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
8 ], ]! @4 u( v; o9 \A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

# ?1 O% w. K$ ]3 {" W& n4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

6 n* S0 d. q9 e1 X, l5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
1 C. Z) x6 V0 ~8 T# a& l/ ], sIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

6, a while back 不久以前
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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  j# {5 g; t+ f$ ]+ `8, 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
' X  v% ~, K$ MA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
) x* Z3 F4 R4 B% h# MB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

$ _8 T) \, d6 H; G* w7 S11, allergic to 对|……过敏
+ C* |- `2 r3 n6 SOh 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.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
" X6 e% B" R; \" T- {/ @Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

/ M2 h9 R9 t1 w, t9 }14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
* G) I* {* m( f& ]% f0 u( tShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
! i- w1 D' [5 Z. ~. cB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
; D* ^  X6 x( M! t( r' D/ W4 C1 pShe 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.

( Z% j5 j( b2 J( q3 q18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

: x% W# v" d" C, z19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
( B* b/ y4 j# A- t3 Z$ H' E4 QShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

20，be attached to 对……有感情
( @5 |2 \$ I& a+ p  Q9 HA: 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.

21, back up 1) 累积
- z; d+ k& ]: H7 x% h( fThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
' y0 j* E- s" z; @; f6 {+ W; dI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
1 S$ Y+ N4 v5 EThe bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
3 S3 k- V* G6 m7 X% a# k+ N  ]  DI’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
' f! H1 H+ h% d/ \2 f( d( hShe was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
' j. ?' ]" w3 n0 o' 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.
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8 _4 n7 f! I. `) X  n4 r! J27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
% i3 ?9 h$ ]  [B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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' b+ ~& m5 P4 s8 }1 G28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

, w$ B; ~3 B! K; L/ w' K29, 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.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.