口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
% w' \' h* U2 b& UYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

& u. U7 v, b( B& l4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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5, 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.

6, a while back 不久以前
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

$ y& I# |4 j+ `* s* u$ n" e8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

; o7 L' s7 h- X4 u* M/ V9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
  T: p6 p, A! s) l" _) Q& AB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
$ {4 h$ K$ f( ^9 G3 eOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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& ?( {- i9 a- \: t8 \I am at your service at any time.
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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
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
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; [0 p& G$ U8 }, w; d' L16, back out
1) 退出
$ O+ W8 O0 t+ Q0 w: @A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
& \( E2 R# t7 C  m0 iB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
$ @$ }) U' P: X4 e2）不履行
. w5 X2 Z. W+ I5 q  w$ cShe finally backed out of her promise.

% Y2 s0 k4 M( k# `( f17, be cut out for 天生适合
$ e# A0 s- M  _* ]I’m not cut out to be a hero.

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She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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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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* u0 e6 }! B$ \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.
4 _9 l/ Z$ p# m' |# J6 f* f2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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3 u5 z. q1 I9 K5 D/ r3 j23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
, L/ j% I) r( h1 U' n& JI’m feeling myself again.
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She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

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" y5 G; \; Z# LA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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, }' {' n; x) W+ e28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
# Y' e4 q2 I/ Y/ K/ \2 z; e% HA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
; z1 J% `+ q& t9 D2 aB: 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.