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
5 V) L- @9 I% q6 N+ B9 ^The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
) i" J4 b1 k2 k! FB: and how.
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+ @  C/ X/ m- Y4, a matter of time 时间问题
( |5 ~7 D, I" m- N, Y' f( yIt is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
; P; ?- `6 f# |- }6 u$ l$ R$ W. y. DIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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5 Y8 z2 a% B6 w8 U7 R2 W6, a while back 不久以前
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0 Z# _" a: i1 V* y" {- ~4 s( l7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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/ t! p# ~! k9 }1 H" @! Q8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

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

8 Y; Y) Y" t. q! O( c10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
( [. _3 W$ `- ZB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

- O- {' N9 Y& ]+ S11, allergic to 对|……过敏
, r! n3 k, K+ B0 n) J' sOh 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
# X7 a) d  A) `2 X* zI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
" I( g  ]6 ^; I/ q9 E2 o* @Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
5 Q% s/ S' X8 E% i" w8 R$ U. y1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
/ L5 \, D, f6 q% V5 M0 K4 G: zB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
, c! n- f8 f7 }0 _3 J+ V( K5 _She finally backed out of her promise.

' A( a. p  \5 ?( Z( b7 I17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

9 }. k2 x/ _3 i18, be absorbed in
9 P& A+ a% F+ x1 S" SShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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& v) J9 J/ [1 o7 n; j9 r% b19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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$ R; J) Z+ e8 }* G' Q20，be attached to 对……有感情
3 R& H, ~' l& K0 \- QA: 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.

( w% i1 a: G, s6 a4 l$ ?3 I21, back up 1) 累积
$ J% P  @# `0 m5 M: J7 w. ?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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  D5 n4 {0 Y0 u; R/ U22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

; c# m" f; Y. F/ ^. S24, be burned up 生气
# U9 k6 \- [- a, x! K8 Q* r/ QShe was really burned up at the news.

( V6 A+ y: G& m4 v' X* V25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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1 Z  G8 F5 h( Y2 f; m8 C26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
  Y' W! C* r0 V8 E4 u) k$ X& cIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
3 c, m8 A2 O4 w6 e) JA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
5 p" a& y' B! ~; [$ R' A1 [B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
* d, l3 C* C% WI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
  o0 P2 \# q+ C' Z! u5 B3 V9 `A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
3 N; z  ?/ u9 Q% hB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.