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.

3 W9 S  I8 z/ y2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

/ ?6 I4 C1 f0 k, q/ t6 H! `9 e$ Z4 \9 j3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
5 v4 @, k$ K9 P' Y3 p- U& r: N# nB: and how.

" h5 M/ Q0 c( B2 e) n! c4, 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
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

& O7 X; z' d7 E7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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/ M4 t+ W) x& O) d9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
& w5 }( X6 F1 S+ H; k; eB: 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.

, z' f; ?- {$ r2 t12, 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
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

5 h+ R9 r: F$ B1 y5 G14, as far as I know 就我所知

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She is at home with problems like this.

" [9 M7 }! a. ]) l) Y3 B# x7 @9 n16, back out
  L; n9 z, f3 H5 w9 j. K1) 退出
- W: ^* C# @) F( Y8 k) L- y( ZA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
5 H7 r! W( a% p4 AB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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% _1 T" C1 X+ z! F6 y18, be absorbed in
% Y4 O+ |* e. P8 N2 V+ T- RShe 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.

" V; }5 P9 p, y9 E6 _. z9 F20，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.
% K, {! A) z: H' a9 nB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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: ^2 J; n7 G- V21, 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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0 o4 ~- W6 `% h  J$ K; P22, be bound for 到……地方
: @/ o' L3 s* rThe bus is bound for New England.

" n5 y7 W9 b! P2 B  X8 e23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
: ]$ ^7 }5 }/ I) x0 Z* h) sI’m feeling myself again.

# A9 ~" T* v  W- ~& x6 \24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

: g. o$ ?! P5 a+ i+ q) b25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
( h  R) g% L3 v" b" C% G3 OIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

4 [' {- {( N2 l% J27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
' I3 w7 A6 ~! s0 ?$ e: {A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

8 ^5 `, @! e6 h+ U/ {6 S/ i28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
# s$ g7 y) w( @- O4 VA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
) Z8 D8 H  u) D; Y$ f. ^B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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) ?0 j& K, \' J; u0 r# Q30, break new ground 有了新的突破
# ~/ U" H; q2 S+ V/ [9 aHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.