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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5 P- Q1 x/ c# A5 {4 d3 ^2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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5 s, f) ]% q$ x- i3, and how 的确
9 M9 Z' `; D8 }  X2 iA: She’s a good dancer.
8 A% L' O5 F: _. G: x" ]$ WB: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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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.
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8, anything but 绝对不
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
9 }5 a8 V8 w% t4 hA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
0 p% |. F1 ?) g  z' K  L  q$ G6 w6 aB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
) y: V0 {6 ]/ \8 oOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
0 q3 I3 a7 i- F! T- mI am at your service at any time.

. j7 X# G: v$ o4 B' \6 O13, around the clock 24小时不停
9 t0 }3 y3 c1 j- FMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

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.
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& }% n6 [' O8 P; j16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
" s, @; x6 [; M. V7 HB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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. m6 b# s2 O9 {8 T- T3 |6 \; Q17, be cut out for 天生适合
# [. D! T' N  o2 U$ zI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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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
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7 H6 _7 Q6 i8 s20，be attached to 对……有感情
! H& n/ f+ z" C$ I- CA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
  w8 Z- t' Y" @( z5 v% @4 F7 d6 YB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, 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.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
/ c$ U" A4 j9 Z7 I4 {& Q1 f5 mThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

4 Y2 T0 t7 g  u9 T24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
2 G5 e, ^( C( e" d9 lI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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2 X1 Q- \  K6 l( C5 Z27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
/ {* U3 k' N) wB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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6 y4 }0 w" {8 q% s( B& T( M28，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
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
( a' y* i4 T/ a. n8 r3 ^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
4 @- Z0 T$ f2 Y& iHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.