口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
6 z. s1 p4 y% Y. A3 oYou 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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* ]; q% d7 B& M  `( L+ A3, and how 的确
9 X% \6 d# Q  ZA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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3 M; {8 x$ X& Q9 s# {2 a3 t4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
( A% |( k8 M( H+ lIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

" B/ E  v. N% l; V* r9 f0 U6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

" L' n- C! J; _" m8, anything but 绝对不
) w8 u! |/ T* kI was anything but happy about going.
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& j+ y+ y8 Z) ]/ g9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
! U) x! |0 @* v* {& pA: 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
* F/ Q( j3 G  x+ V% {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
2 d. j7 _5 u2 R9 @. S% J* A" Y; wI am at your service at any time.
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! k; R5 z0 S9 O# Q13, around the clock 24小时不停
$ J- F. D8 ^6 A) q. WMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

, R0 M9 c2 F8 I) `) B15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
: |  `6 d( N1 k& ]$ D; \2 Q  cShe finally backed out of her promise.

+ \, ~$ I; a2 W6 {- b17, be cut out for 天生适合
" Q  b2 U6 P) sI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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+ c- T% @" o, `$ r  ]+ c/ }( }& |) Y18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
% U3 i/ Z/ Y: C; f/ O: WShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

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.
9 J( x; O: p# U: r& u  g% u! SB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
5 c  s8 h7 k" e9 \# |The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
$ [5 H( }/ k1 \/ H6 Q3 rI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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4 ^. p8 \" `. F5 @8 hThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
4 F8 e; _8 O2 p" D  pI’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
7 M2 O. P& J2 n( x$ X" _. n+ G# BShe was really burned up at the news.
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3 c" o' e" ^3 C- S! \0 ]25, be hard up for
' W" J1 P; H3 R- S, N0 b% aI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
+ r$ h0 k3 F0 cIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
- n3 c) s8 k: k$ H0 p" \! h! jA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
, c3 t, J) ]2 x2 zB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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2 {* p: ?/ C& V; t+ Y3 T. \28，be stuck 卡住了
# K  [: F9 x4 EI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
" \* F! J4 B7 z! q  eA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
% h5 R1 K0 _! T. z8 b5 [( OB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

  K1 X8 Y& O1 r5 A" k30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.