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.

* D( [7 k9 N& t( ~- x3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
7 }  L: T* w, t2 R% _; ^5 ]B: and how.
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0 b8 W! b3 X2 N! s4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
, g. e! w" A; t7 N. k3 dIf 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.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

$ _* P, J& u3 ?( c9 o6 p, L9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
% q1 y% _) Y/ l" S1 JA: 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 _; D2 {( |& _9 |* M6 V' u11, allergic to 对|……过敏
4 b8 A+ d" J" c; u5 BOh 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
0 a) @; ]) F+ `4 a+ J. L7 KI am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知
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5 A) F# r9 d/ s% i% _- _15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
1) 退出
) Y4 Z' P4 i. I8 x9 j  X7 jA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
) ~" ?1 R$ @0 T0 [1 p0 a; u9 cB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
) `- x7 V" ]( O+ ?' @) t4 A2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
% A7 F  D' ~& a" p+ _She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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) `$ g! B4 p7 a& t- y- V3 K9 r) t19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
0 l$ T" V  a. p' B8 c# k8 ~She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
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.
& p, t  ]5 |9 R: x7 oB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, 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.
. n0 q! d) U+ `0 H+ |$ W2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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The bus is bound for New England.
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0 u1 E, }" g$ r* d6 y$ P23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
6 d. |* X3 u2 d0 o! n- YI’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
; Q0 {5 ^3 n. PShe was really burned up at the news.

' Q! o3 Y+ g% L25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

& ^& G0 I0 U) `7 F0 |26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
7 j) G( q6 n" h5 T; A( t0 rIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
, G* _  X7 _( w5 {5 NA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
% Y! o, p+ D+ ~2 v& B* i# G" cB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

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I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

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.
$ R; j4 M  @" V9 l" ]2 xB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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/ l. s) B0 ]% w$ p0 W30, break new ground 有了新的突破
4 Q! L# V; H2 \His architectural design broke new ground in the field.