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
# O2 b4 k( P( {" T* q1 H$ @The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
( j7 S7 b6 H; U. }+ q, d7 O0 v+ ZB: and how.
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& Y& P; B) ~% z" d$ W: m4, a matter of time 时间问题
& g- }' E- t7 b" |* r* VIt 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
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# _9 E8 b( }* u. H$ W# S! S2 F; E7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
# l! K3 g: h5 A8 Q/ O3 II was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

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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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3 Q8 z4 x$ t. F11, 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
$ n. o! z8 h: l$ |) \I am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
! x6 o7 L; X% i% K: tMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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6 J+ r/ \; w( {4 P( Q  C( y14, as far as I know 就我所知
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She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
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% _$ o6 y+ M! r% _, E* ?3 }- z9 BA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
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She finally backed out of her promise.
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$ P* _0 }# R  p9 ^3 ?; i17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

( G& y# p4 ~" Z- t: B6 w5 c1 }" y18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

/ y2 D! g! @/ g19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
1 i+ R) K+ z+ k1 t" HShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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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.

21, back up 1) 累积
* q; z9 Q0 i) `" T( h% W4 SThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
& B( x# L5 o: q( ]8 r2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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, O( E1 h& e7 {* ~4 x2 _/ C22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

9 |6 m& \& X, l" F7 L3 ~+ N23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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6 c! q3 ?4 |2 }24, be burned up 生气
  U1 Z) Q( s4 [$ c- h+ b, a% YShe was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
3 ^* C# z5 F5 wI’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
6 s& @+ _' W: E' ~/ DIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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6 t4 T' M5 D! @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.

28，be stuck 卡住了
( f, S7 ^8 G; i) _1 t8 ~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.
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
# H1 ^1 R% I. UHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.