口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
' r# j) m5 g) h* d( N& fYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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" ]; O5 K) u" \% ~8 r, h8 I: L2, a far cry from 相距甚远
! Q2 i* L: `6 X6 @3 p+ rThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
, r* L5 f) S% q6 q8 [0 m" fA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

3 t& h/ f! b8 h! V$ P: Z# U4, 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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9 T& h& W1 g; e2 O6 a$ E  y7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

3 c  h6 Y# a# c' g& C; ]8, anything but 绝对不
4 o2 O1 K; [  S( b0 ]I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

+ i# J2 z0 @4 }9 g9 S$ S10, after all 到底
5 G1 b2 p6 ~, V2 QA: 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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2 @- [& n( @5 N1 ~. E3 d11, allergic to 对|……过敏
& y, \$ ?6 {, o+ f9 AOh 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
( @! s* ]/ `$ C! cI am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
5 B# J) U$ z, C5 ~- O8 fMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

: Q, J1 w* |$ E2 C4 r( L# R3 c14, as far as I know 就我所知

, c& A# A* v+ I! s, W( W2 O9 L15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
) C3 m: o* c; yShe is at home with problems like this.
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: m+ U" R% x" t16, back out
3 ~( ]* i" _1 C% m; `. e" N7 G1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
% r- }2 _) O3 r1 e- k; X8 p8 b$ jB: 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
  T: b( O* j6 tI’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.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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" n4 t: L$ @( o* a) P20，be attached to 对……有感情
% h( @' s1 ~4 x. p; w- 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.

21, back up 1) 累积
! h" u7 G" i5 ]7 a5 E( `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.
- s% _; S: r) N2 P; u% R2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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2 f9 o* x! B- A; O! B( ?- X5 f3 \23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
3 s2 b. d6 b" y/ g7 \I’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
1 u! z% t5 v1 gShe was really burned up at the news.

1 a. ^) ^! z5 [( Z4 ^! V: p25, be hard up for
' `- X( m: O3 s2 i$ yI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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+ L0 E* C8 x6 c2 B26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
; u# G1 I( r* K2 U0 P2 p$ X9 OB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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* S; T  _% ?' R: v. v. L% m& z- e28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

; j& ~: [9 x! n: Q0 p3 Y& j29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
* b9 {+ @7 c: [6 c: A' cB: 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
( }+ [/ X4 j. N* C& QHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.