口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
: ]9 d2 N; a. sYou 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
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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" N+ t& b+ f! z2 s3, and how 的确
- R+ _% B9 k9 j2 V7 ?A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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# Y* d9 k: T- D: R4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

# I8 f) Q2 I# t8 H( h  u- `5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
; |! Z5 }" I% b9 [5 j( pIf 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
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
# c# ]3 t: [4 g( G% mI was anything but happy about going.

( q7 w( u  E6 \5 s4 _4 ]9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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: S% V( H3 `( Q: m10, after all 到底
& o' }5 n2 d& 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.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
( K0 K& ^, |# q" o) dOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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& V/ s) \1 E  s$ G/ @0 t: ?12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
5 g1 N/ n0 @) f- Z" ]$ b. d6 ZI am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
5 d* O- s9 _! D" E& BMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
2 z; `9 b' F' L5 ^1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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1 n; k4 ?0 E. @3 |+ Q9 ]& L) M17, be cut out for 天生适合
) Y, N6 X+ X% h/ o2 dI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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6 `2 t2 S3 }" A4 \. p3 F18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

5 @. u% i$ z- N) M4 p* S19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
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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21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
2 ^! Q% I+ s3 U& \. AI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

7 A7 G* [( O& f$ H22, be bound for 到……地方
# I0 j9 a' A2 r1 ]/ zThe bus is bound for New England.

9 ]4 h( t0 O. [, y0 j/ V0 @23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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. }5 X' f. _% r8 a2 b24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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  K5 b" p  o+ C: d6 _" j# I25, 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
" e7 v6 T7 s6 a5 FIn 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?
+ ^5 A( e' P: x2 r. F) c- AB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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% L% K0 u" |3 o3 a+ A3 j. D6 I28，be stuck 卡住了
I 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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30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.