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.

2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
6 Z8 M0 w/ r+ M( M% f8 c+ }A: She’s a good dancer.
" {2 y) A7 K( j0 _; I; V$ MB: and how.
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4, 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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6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
5 y9 p# Y6 c: a) g  E6 X1 sI was anything but happy about going.
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2 E3 T+ y. r% x9 B) A2 ~7 _9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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. P0 V3 g6 A6 n' X) M1 R10, after all 到底
. q1 {+ C  L& C, o) I0 }A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
8 Z+ G$ }. |+ l/ \8 LB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
! x* b( c) J5 @0 }6 ^8 b$ |0 {# HOh 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
' B* `4 x: d/ p/ PI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

1 ~$ J1 l/ h7 l& U4 y, ?3 A6 D16, back out
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. R3 h* `  J: g7 n. M" Y# L- |A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
+ ]/ [! m# Z) L2 i/ f$ d1 vShe finally backed out of her promise.

. y" U' ~8 X+ f* l* y17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
/ U9 F1 Y: x. f2 s8 W0 MShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

! K3 u, @% ~# G  O4 G20，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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21, back up 1) 累积
: x  R$ b8 x3 v# K" x+ Y5 N* wThe 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.

22, be bound for 到……地方
5 P1 w" e0 Y: p& s2 {The bus is bound for New England.
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I’m feeling myself again.
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' v4 J/ l/ S% ~9 K1 e1 W) f0 Z24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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5 ?! h* Q' L& h6 T5 B0 o6 o8 ~I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

6 O5 _% q4 v, {  I26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
8 i; `7 z4 A" I# sIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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7 J1 m  U, u( u27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
: C! y' {4 Q6 x1 Z# lA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
2 z$ m! G9 C- G  w! X0 tI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
9 Y. T5 L5 s3 A  e8 p0 f. c, l$ J2 D; P- a/ vA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

" s- v) n: c& f% k1 K; [( D* g% Y30, break new ground 有了新的突破
4 n' c5 s4 h* H4 EHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.