口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
( y/ a9 X: k) h) z/ R: jYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

) E" ^! \8 o" k$ z0 j1 f2, a far cry from 相距甚远
1 C* i) {5 b8 o' t; T$ |The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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" U8 J: }6 Q* A! V" F3, and how 的确
$ K& o* h4 n% V) r  `; U+ ^A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

: [. `; {8 H0 J/ C2 n. ]+ `3 z4, 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.
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( r# L( H2 ]  `% a1 X" f) F6, 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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" A* |* D- x. k/ O8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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9, 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,
' b( h& d3 a3 }4 x7 WB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

/ y. }# N1 p! B4 u) x) c11, 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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& v* Y  l8 `. Z* b. d& s12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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9 `3 v: m0 U  y; h6 l13, around the clock 24小时不停
0 r! m% e/ A0 i8 B2 N/ JMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

3 v( P) }) ?1 B( E2 x) Q4 N15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
3 f: w5 N  o0 z3 M$ {, C5 F2 G) S1) 退出
. u8 x  X& M$ s  F. c9 [+ cA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
5 Q) j, A3 \8 f9 M! u" R! m& ^B: 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.

18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

. `8 n- V+ _: g4 o$ h% _0 V+ Q0 e19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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! R* K- S9 P0 J! N4 Q20，be attached to 对……有感情
. ]5 B' w; t0 @- o/ O$ E- z/ zA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
0 W: s+ x  D. B9 |% y$ yB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
6 {4 `# Q8 ~: R" A8 ZThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
6 ~- G8 y3 W/ Q0 hI 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
- u+ C* N# z/ r5 K6 ?The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
3 b- J% Y. B1 bI’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
# F8 S. C5 p0 O8 Q! q: f8 FShe was really burned up at the news.

6 n5 C$ c( p5 x7 t25, 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
% u+ _& H  Q9 r4 j7 CIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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' ?- a8 Z! X- @& K2 o2 s: q6 p27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
" b8 `3 V, \$ Y/ @. ~A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

( o( R5 ]! C" U5 ^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.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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His architectural design broke new ground in the field.