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.

2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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* e, w3 W% Y5 _& A3, and how 的确
# Q/ k; d  r: ?  ]A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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% r% n/ b4 R3 a4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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/ O/ m) I: r4 J5, 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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  s/ A+ [1 C8 F7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
6 Z. z; h" T9 E) N5 U3 @2 SI was anything but happy about going.
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; R" F4 H% S9 w6 D8 G" Y9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
1 ^' J# G  |% y% IA: 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.

# N4 q. t* [6 c+ e' e& P, [# @% j11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh 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
  o9 R( N" |( vI am at your service at any time.

7 Z! u0 c  l$ P! e13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知
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" Y% x2 p( g& f  O15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
0 ?+ K2 Z/ a. o) X- V. h& K: bShe is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
1) 退出
6 O( h8 z% q6 N0 C/ DA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
: o# Z# l# p. G& ~' D$ m( zB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
" N9 c* l2 R3 C5 M2 {She finally backed out of her promise.

; ~% b$ c$ P, [5 F% D; c. O17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
: \# G; X# b/ g2 Q% nShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

$ \  |; M( C8 V* _19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
% u9 k2 |8 I' i' F" t& [6 s5 d$ BShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
' M8 x" z# Q0 P7 }6 [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.
) C$ H9 K8 n+ |; \" B% ~B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, back up 1) 累积
( ]5 S, \- a1 kThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
5 a1 o. f0 A+ PI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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9 L9 B* |6 P5 D: [8 G22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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/ l( ^+ C. Z3 V23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
/ N1 X; g8 m7 g, ~. P9 b9 e# jI’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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) J3 T+ F4 A4 Z; M) i5 f. A: @25, be hard up for
: z) I' G) q6 \I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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' {- {, f; w: I  e26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

' m3 Y0 {  L( h9 S( J27，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.
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0 ]7 Q, _% M0 a* R9 v29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
7 U/ k+ n. ]  c& J! C1 O. PB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

; y' }2 ?& R( Y30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.