口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
" [& F# M* S; T  {, z- @0 U2 X3 KYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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: T6 z6 i! B1 j  `5 S4 ]; G2, a far cry from 相距甚远
/ O- L$ P: Z1 N: J9 ~0 u, N( fThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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: F$ Y- g8 |0 y' D/ n) i3, and how 的确
0 n- n+ I$ d; H) w* kA: She’s a good dancer.
" M; X8 y! K4 ]- zB: and how.

/ f* x) f# d( k' a7 P4, a matter of time 时间问题
6 ~$ u3 a( ~+ wIt is only a matter of time.

5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
/ G$ ?6 u, q) r1 u4 r- ]7 \If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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+ ^3 p2 t3 D. Z7 U6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

; e& Q) B* x% V- }8, anything but 绝对不
5 d9 c- x! @6 qI was anything but happy about going.

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

10, after all 到底
  _" f; Q: n1 M9 r. y2 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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! r  ]0 I8 H3 o5 c, ]4 t3 ^11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

" J' f1 {  e+ w/ g12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

7 B5 c" n/ Y7 N14, 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.
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( R+ o1 V4 ~% m# h16, back out
1) 退出
$ Y1 G) Q3 Y  p3 }A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
' S* A, c; K$ f$ R3 W5 I9 ^* fB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
; S0 v5 S4 L1 Y( P$ G' m/ GShe 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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6 U6 T4 c1 m/ J0 U. D9 c: g9 z18, be absorbed in
" w& v0 K, H3 f& @4 ~$ g' Z; {! u& EShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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) O( z- @( t# _; `19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

# I& |3 c* [& x5 q0 F9 I20，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.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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; }2 V/ r# m9 F. X  ~- n21, back up 1) 累积
1 l( P: [$ z  GThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
3 ?7 p) H0 d( ~5 ?' p: b% z; {& @I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

3 @2 `# A0 ^" V: L* H& c7 s9 X22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
3 @; k+ O4 y: OI’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
8 E& u2 F1 ^, W7 ]She was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
+ [4 \: Q+ B4 i! \( ]I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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/ \+ ^( F# M+ b, [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
$ g2 W( I, B+ U( \3 Y) v0 j$ s* fA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
6 L6 M8 C( f0 ?B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

- b8 f/ b: _' b" D28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

3 f' h) U" f% L% N3 ?29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
9 N9 p) Y/ a- _) j. JA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
5 B% G- M8 k4 k7 }B: 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
+ O; c8 L. u7 u- h* LHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.