口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
( ]7 ~- i; n' ~$ `: m7 eYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

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The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
6 ^4 c7 S* h' 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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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( o4 _- V# m* Q+ R' p9 A8, anything but 绝对不
; P. Z3 k$ X  Z" j' N8 q3 FI was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

7 X& ~& L- t) v! t10, after all 到底
A: 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.
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5 ~, @4 v. H8 O9 }11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

) D1 _5 f9 V" b6 q0 \" D7 H9 P, F12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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2 v+ M  }+ e+ l$ K8 O# U8 r0 J* o& L13, around the clock 24小时不停
4 K5 G; H/ H) m5 r; _Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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( \% v0 A! t$ l5 Q14, as far as I know 就我所知

& Z' k- q' S2 f15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
* y" N8 K! n; u& I9 o. l  a1 pShe is at home with problems like this.
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& F9 ]6 A5 z5 Q4 l3 @16, back out
' y' V( Z9 d7 V& g3 ^$ R( Y1) 退出
2 x% q4 h; n" YA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
) e/ h4 m: e6 j3 h' Y. NB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
3 W8 \2 [) N0 E$ k2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
" u  R1 N+ o" A5 Q* d4 `7 f7 Q& zI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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/ |: W6 B; `0 i9 A7 V+ |18, be absorbed in
' x1 Q3 M' M% i, s/ Q5 Y$ ?9 hShe 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.

) ^7 L8 C- Z) Y1 c0 n$ y% J% w20，be attached to 对……有感情
8 A& a0 {# j( @! r& N) QA: 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.

21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
  C, J, @8 X# MI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
. H8 l9 u( Y* J+ o. I! F* `2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

$ ~& L- O1 p  i: V3 t9 ^24, be burned up 生气
; M. _( K5 H: ?* lShe was really burned up at the news.
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* T8 l; F9 |- N4 w% m! [4 F25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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% B4 K9 l3 D2 D6 D7 U5 T* o26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
! [4 a. Y7 n) m2 n, A: }In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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5 ?; K+ `+ B( r, `27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
; n! j2 z/ S1 RA: 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
, O1 F7 l: ?- }3 ~& }A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
5 v. \2 t  `0 W9 a- BB: 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
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.