口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
7 c; N1 l4 }* t. {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
# o8 _: L& P; {+ |The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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7 @# S3 h) W5 N7 |/ u6 |: @3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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: i6 z! H* b* G4, a matter of time 时间问题
. g  s) N% g7 w& d, t# v# jIt is only a matter of time.

9 G% b  j0 ~- n: w5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
, z/ o  N% q5 [( {2 k$ DIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

+ f( q! |0 h& H6, a while back 不久以前
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
* a, i9 V5 [: P7 R7 ?4 v" [I was anything but happy about going.
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0 ^* b' z! D9 w( d5 J' J9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
# D5 x3 d6 i  r6 _% w5 ^% }/ ZA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
$ x3 b8 ]& c4 A+ ?7 IB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
/ W( p, C% q6 ^8 Q* k7 k. v6 EOh 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
( y. f6 L9 n2 R0 F1 YI am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
, N0 e' R9 w( D8 v" S/ xMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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8 _0 E" {8 P' D" f5 v14, as far as I know 就我所知

7 C) J; J$ C6 E% f' |( S15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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8 I3 g0 N) F! w9 C. t17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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; \- C9 ^2 ~1 T' I+ z' D( \18, be absorbed in
# P: K- s- E6 |7 KShe 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 {2 J6 x: l: O5 E" ^& Q" d! e) tShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

20，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.

# j/ ?- A# s8 ?6 c1 U21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
- V7 v5 {; T/ U; i2 N) xI 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
, H3 z8 Q# f; m1 _! H( Z5 {" Q9 i) sThe bus is bound for New England.
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" U, z. W" E9 y: p. \: u8 J# E: J23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
  {) _4 o4 i) k- Z6 nI’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
$ ~- X  j+ o: ^, BShe was really burned up at the news.

8 p7 u' Q( g% J( L: i  s25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
! {, |& [" Y2 FIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
. p; H" k- P8 CB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
. ^# G, a* k! T9 M+ K7 YI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

! L  ]" {4 h) ~- S5 d) x29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
" s! I) G  O( X( k/ w/ e% y; ZB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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& R7 b, i$ j$ E9 W5 h: @30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.