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.

. I& |9 `+ [/ w4 X) `# M# X2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
% @% d3 q' h$ Z, eA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
  Q% l7 Y" f4 h6 S4 d+ V2 a. }% _* qIt 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

- M6 O5 R* k8 O5 P7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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" W8 n2 v! u; T3 x1 N7 {% N10, after all 到底
! D/ }. R3 i, P0 p1 Y* hA: 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.

# u) ~! P( T+ I* I$ r8 y$ D11, 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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/ M) N% ^! V- v8 u12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

) K3 F5 ?9 P' h( Q& a- ~13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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1 V* ?% A3 H6 \1 Y4 s14, as far as I know 就我所知
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: v9 W8 q. i( B) c8 \1 D15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
) j" Q4 K6 f" S9 Q1 i4 HShe is at home with problems like this.
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% ]# N8 M; @3 |! L/ i% u" X/ |16, back out
3 E" D/ k2 a+ H1 z1 L: ]! Q1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
1 X5 t2 U4 \7 `$ y, I" U& pB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
, [% O1 l6 K& a# A) [2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

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3 P7 V; a4 c5 u7 c0 D/ EShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
5 r8 {0 k/ T, b1 J" A7 g. d9 y8 C' vShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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) N6 Z) I# i/ M, B3 z+ W# q20，be attached to 对……有感情
# n  J4 ^% |- }) h. ]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.

& \+ H" J: z6 V4 R: X21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
5 v# j: A7 R' R# _2) 支持I’ll back it up.

% h0 f& o/ n4 b4 E& h/ L" B22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

$ ^( {* |. p5 r: ]" S& h4 m23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
) Q+ V7 C- r0 z: A) xI’m feeling myself again.

' ?* G  F" b) x24, be burned up 生气
& X$ z9 `' }/ m' Z% Y( S4 j+ jShe was really burned up at the news.

4 s' t' r1 I7 j" c  ~25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

: b6 |/ L; h2 h26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

: w8 e" n7 V; t4 z: Y; a3 \. _% q: L  d27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
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.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
9 [$ }2 d/ o( k' D1 A" }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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: f5 A7 Z7 a( k& w' T30, break new ground 有了新的突破
$ t1 D- u8 `5 s0 fHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.