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
4 N: f/ U7 O! Q  LThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

4 ~- i1 T4 W! U0 r+ s3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
8 L# C5 T( k3 @/ w6 `8 F3 JIt is only a matter of time.

5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
  e7 |" Y& h, B( Q0 S6 \2 J. `- X4 [If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

. n) v2 b% z9 s7 t) V6, 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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% I# E0 Z* x' N+ z, Q* r8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

% C7 i+ ]! b% Q* X4 d9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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* x, D1 o% m- u$ U10, after all 到底
A: 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.

8 N4 }( O( N4 K3 N* E* ^5 g11, 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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. b# ^/ {& u0 u; m- u3 u12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

/ m" E7 D% O( P13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知
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3 Y3 Z' j0 U# B  h% p* m15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
# n# f$ |5 S$ R  x) IShe is at home with problems like this.

8 f+ C( u+ |3 ]1 W5 ^16, back out
* U; I$ a5 o  e/ y$ c1) 退出
$ b$ B: d  R2 [A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
4 [' J/ b1 Z, e  t% P7 V% KB: 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
! W8 O  \* i, S2 o  v1 UI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

2 q/ D5 \  I& L19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
# y9 u, x7 v) R& A/ @7 W9 H4 zShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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. ~0 x7 M. F7 t- N1 D: J. [& d20，be attached to 对……有感情
- W9 ^# N% {- D8 m: xA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
+ h: v8 p" x4 hB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

1 {+ v8 o3 I9 D+ k2 I" n1 C21, back up 1) 累积
+ t  e+ _: ]4 R, _9 P+ b5 YThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
8 `# c: b/ [3 d4 b* [$ x* R! qI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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: L: p/ X* d0 r1 y  Y' ^22, be bound for 到……地方
( A; k. `  m2 c& G7 RThe bus is bound for New England.

" U8 K! f+ O9 z4 {( [. }23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
+ D; k* n% N0 l$ t5 G. bShe was really burned up at the news.
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5 f; K$ f1 v: s25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

& I# z9 y; B$ ]- z26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
' i3 ?2 l( U! h1 K! t( aIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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  B; p: `- T+ F" v27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
6 d3 ^8 P" w+ l6 N; V4 X' nA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
( o$ l$ e: s/ S+ ~B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

- C, ?4 r6 A: @$ y( }- k28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

2 U1 |/ b% C0 D# A( n6 p29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
( k' l8 P/ B7 yB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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. t! p7 ~3 K" X, s& c30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.