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

3 j# ~2 d- L" E7 e! `$ F* Q9 m* B; g3, and how 的确
9 k' C7 n* c' {7 O5 ~- |A: She’s a good dancer.
, ~3 r) J: o! t. hB: 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.

6, a while back 不久以前
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( w# j) g# U/ E& @+ M9 [7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
0 M) ^! E5 B7 h, P1 K7 O5 A- CI was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

, N/ x! O/ e7 T2 g10, after all 到底
- [) }, _8 G: e9 sA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
2 T* L5 @0 y3 _7 {9 {& p" D1 wB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
2 Y8 i0 `0 I6 J: S; P+ m2 J8 f, c; U: TOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

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I am at your service at any time.

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Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

  X* H  T, [3 I14, 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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" w8 y' x; E) B$ U6 H, q1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
* t* G# w" y7 a1 t  wShe 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.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
4 i7 E4 g, I6 qShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
2 ~! p5 e9 H6 B  |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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The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
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2) 支持I’ll back it up.

: B6 y! n" g* h+ Z22, be bound for 到……地方
; h9 u9 p! r0 [& l2 RThe bus is bound for New England.
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; Q8 O% O, A  j8 z4 f23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
" k, M% S$ j7 l* T2 S' vI’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
  H  X. ?7 y+ R) p8 `1 RShe was really burned up at the news.

2 G  U' g. j: R5 R0 u25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

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" v+ [% W! f( o" zIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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5 ?+ m' j5 q5 Z2 Z1 [27，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.
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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
; I7 q, m: Q* @: C+ E5 WA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

6 k; m+ r) X, J, K6 u3 i& O( N4 r30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.