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
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
( Y' Z& X$ z5 L: M, m- ^; AB: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
* Z5 e+ U/ ]9 P% YIt 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.

' z4 F2 m6 M( H( f& L6, a while back 不久以前

$ @" q) y. {" s7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

6 ^, W3 X& \( L" g4 ~, G8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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4 u: V# P  A: [. c- Q  A1 ?6 l9, 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,
B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

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Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
4 t# a$ }! V0 M* A) nMartha 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
She is at home with problems like this.

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" X0 s5 v9 a6 C$ h' s. y2 ^5 d1 x1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
$ ~5 p8 g. c& l& |+ z8 v2）不履行
* \2 ^  l: n3 x* w: J% M- eShe finally backed out of her promise.
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9 A5 f5 n+ Y9 f2 J17, be cut out for 天生适合
( G4 h3 A9 J* }- K$ g  u  l1 a! qI’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.

) `0 X2 r' i9 h19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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0 V* g; w$ e5 i  R$ ^5 M20，be attached to 对……有感情
  V- C, d- e4 Y8 z4 j! _0 lA: 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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# @0 v: F) p4 d* Y, ^% u21, back up 1) 累积
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.
2) 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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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
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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, \) E; o! S( o6 @$ p( L3 \' H26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
9 N1 B- x3 A( gIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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+ J0 H2 V+ B5 }, F: x27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
6 a. h9 c, I: bB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
% \3 y" D7 R/ [! Z6 NI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

. h6 q& O5 ?! ~) k: E+ H; A29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
$ B) U/ u4 g4 Z* h! ~2 i" R& R& ]1 N1 nA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.