口语习惯用语100 1--30

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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.
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4 e* ?/ N, @/ y' d5 ]  }# b8 g2, a far cry from 相距甚远
+ h9 y. q/ m( ]) P5 V& u3 N# l1 qThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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( Q. T! L7 N' W7 _4, a matter of time 时间问题
1 }. `# _. u) q, @# UIt is only a matter of time.

6 M; {! A- G: b8 e5, 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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6, a while back 不久以前

9 A; H' q( ]& }, U# T7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
6 Q* ]) \' C; Y- F9 L5 _I was anything but happy about going.

! k3 m* V+ Z8 C3 x# x9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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9 K6 b- T, p( Q, `, A& c; ]4 ^" L10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
9 @1 W8 g! }# mB: 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.
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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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Martha 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
) C" x2 M- H$ W( e' d1 f! z/ pShe is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
- X# k9 Z; u+ Z1) 退出
) F( `) J$ K: [/ hA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
( e5 t/ }3 A6 P$ [/ u5 kB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
1 ~; ?1 x, I( ^! z1 ^; ]2）不履行
: {, R/ l: s5 z* b' ^- mShe finally backed out of her promise.
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7 L6 |$ k! I, K- C17, be cut out for 天生适合
; b6 P8 ^. y2 k3 F. H1 eI’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
' {0 |* z- i: T7 FShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

% g! V5 N4 J! {$ e2 X4 ?$ t( |; r19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
- y3 R2 h7 [+ X% s! r% RA: 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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2 w5 f$ h7 O0 L9 p8 i4 I2 o21, back up 1) 累积
9 d9 A4 O: S& R& X3 S0 _$ @The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
6 ^, k- R. U4 a, r. wI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
5 @# Z6 P( s7 S# s: pThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, 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.
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25, be hard up for
3 y* `3 F; P+ M, O3 s$ ~I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

6 f6 {0 F) \8 i! [26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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/ N& h0 H7 P8 y$ f5 y27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
6 x* J+ B5 b7 [8 `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
$ h+ F3 d# g5 Q+ [9 EI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

' E  }7 H6 l( |- K# O29, 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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30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.