口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
1 V5 R6 h6 b8 v, JYou 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.

3 A: k/ z; X& {# w5 ]+ ~' p  {6 U3, and how 的确
8 t& Q% y" M: \" |A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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, ]/ F$ C) D8 ~( v: y& Y4, 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
6 t; z* N7 ]4 \/ B6 X6 S" PIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
: A8 }/ `6 a8 c; u" RI 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
1 J* U; X# ]& u( x4 ]/ u+ o( YA: 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.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
6 O  L' E3 u2 P7 DOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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- p1 `- X2 C* W12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
# G) W$ V! ^) \I am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
+ |4 T$ e3 }( LMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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, T# w7 i# \. ~  B' p2 h16, back out
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A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
* a; D5 Q; |. t* b  f6 s) Z2 D6 F5 pB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
+ h6 F2 R  m) ~) z1 P2 g2）不履行
1 R' t0 n' Z& qShe finally backed out of her promise.

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.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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/ ^9 l7 y7 ?) E1 `/ x1 E- ]" A20，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.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

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* V! ^6 F* r! V# ^The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
  w$ |6 B- L; |9 @2 w5 sI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
5 E# Y" o5 `  t/ b2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
$ `/ B# Q* a+ H$ v8 Q  }+ _The bus is bound for New England.
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/ E$ j9 z+ w/ F- e6 {  h23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
1 Q! C& e/ C- {; ~) pI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

9 l+ t' l% e: q1 B3 O7 V1 q26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
2 F7 M5 G1 G9 KIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
7 J6 U1 l2 k. g/ _1 L2 GB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
0 R' F' g% Y, i# X5 RI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
$ p2 @' O( E% J- ]A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
8 I8 E4 R+ S! R4 i( I' H- x# w5 `1 @B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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: J: j- ]8 u% _30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.