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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2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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% p0 L) U0 K8 Y/ m4 s. r1 M3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
* X2 ^2 f) _. S2 ~9 r! ^B: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
6 Y) {; H6 [) W# N2 XIt is only a matter of time.

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.

& E$ @" j* W+ p6, 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
+ P) t+ H0 w/ B* A6 D' I' {I was anything but happy about going.
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9 g, p6 `6 k0 k9 p. X/ g7 }* C: B9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

" ^' v: p( o, S' M10, after all 到底
# |7 G2 }0 P. x& E5 z/ p5 ]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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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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1 y- C6 i5 j, Y* t" ^! z- V12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
) h$ L  n! G1 A1 O5 g2 JI am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
1 i& I9 ~9 \( n0 [5 ~, HMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

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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16, back out
1) 退出
6 A) l# |3 H( R  t, g5 |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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6 w7 D0 W' Z8 y! C9 x0 R17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
0 }3 D. a( x: ~0 D( y# EShe 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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20，be attached to 对……有感情
% A0 l" S' K; NA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
; U, i7 W# u3 ]6 v+ {3 X+ mB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
1 {* q9 ]/ T3 t+ {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" e7 q% D5 h. L2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
" W- a( l; v. j# d& YThe bus is bound for New England.
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% F2 J- B5 d/ d. Q: H+ C" \23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
; I+ A& N% v: ~: M7 n2 j' l9 z7 xI’m feeling myself again.
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7 D1 ?! X* p7 w- e. a24, 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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2 s1 |2 J1 h, z2 H26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

4 a) z! p1 M$ F3 i8 a  n27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

% U# r" E( c9 L0 M# q29, 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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( S7 a5 G" U4 y$ D8 n5 L, Q30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.