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.
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6 J  B9 z" P/ X: [* @: u2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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* {, C/ O- k/ _3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
4 H% ^: ]& |; F, w9 P* vB: and how.

9 J/ D1 n! E- A# K' j4, a matter of time 时间问题
+ t! C# `) w- Z8 x* ]' l0 @# FIt 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.
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6, a while back 不久以前

0 i/ o  V$ C. d& s. [* B7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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" y. ?+ q. |% N$ H# p$ @; v9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

0 y5 \' s, S& k# I# D10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
( d" @" Q2 ^+ [+ `; p" `' ?, C( kB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, 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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I am at your service at any time.

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Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知

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She is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
4 X8 o, Z+ [6 |# _$ T: H9 {$ i! VB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
" C9 X3 n- y4 n+ O% S/ |. T2）不履行
9 F) I' T6 y% X; c- M% Q& g; UShe 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.

18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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2 X/ q0 p% t0 o& o  f4 s19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
$ v/ `# o# _# c: y) |- I, _4 zA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
6 r9 L& j- \  i$ W3 p/ _; W* iB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
  v  ~* @! n( v. IThe 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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2 q! E8 ]) _+ a* w22, be bound for 到……地方
6 b' z1 @& l( u( C2 U" JThe bus is bound for New England.

3 |) b9 J! z9 m7 Y% B. g- b/ k23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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She was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
) Q- V' V! a4 ^. Y( k4 |  GI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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+ X3 E( G1 i3 |; Y$ p1 s: B8 V26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
! ?5 R! H: ]6 e# _  B6 ^* ?In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
4 c/ @  k0 x  r, ]  F8 AB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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( G- `: k+ C' |* u28，be stuck 卡住了
8 c* [; g' U  P9 l* dI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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29, 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.
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% N) A# W: [" C) _5 n2 L5 z' l30, break new ground 有了新的突破
8 X* b! t9 U, C+ m, y6 r4 l9 xHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.