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
: b( Q' N9 C' o$ y2 y& C' i) @9 a" HThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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& _/ ?( ]0 S, R7 T) g( K3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

6 \1 _0 M5 R& L4, a matter of time 时间问题
1 F- G$ m: r9 ]3 C$ C; K2 b+ I* MIt is only a matter of time.
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0 P9 G6 a+ q0 G0 ^5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
2 ]. L+ U. }0 `9 qIf 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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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9 |5 `& `) Z$ }9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

* ]" S5 I: Z# k6 R: o10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
7 S8 `; y' U9 {B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

% L+ E5 B, b' [$ }( y& U11, allergic to 对|……过敏
6 u# c: [0 c  N3 ]Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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+ w) l5 a( a& l9 V6 k0 D12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

7 H" @2 x- S/ l6 z6 T13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
& `. X4 A, o2 W/ j  X4 r4 R! a& ^She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
' J- ?/ i* Z$ K( S8 F4 N- @  gA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
9 b, L9 K  F" R" f0 `She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
7 l) M# n7 m/ _- G! o9 aI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
& }  s# u! D% Z2 wShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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3 o1 g8 r7 x' d+ K% M0 P7 E19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
- L- o7 C# p+ c8 f4 G4 ~4 m% MShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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* s- l9 ^* J+ z20，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.
9 n" T& n7 ~) z" ZB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, back up 1) 累积
4 q: F; ^6 m! P7 N" Y6 \. L9 ZThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
) ?5 g- l$ W1 [" i/ PI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
$ T  `2 [% t& `0 w. j2 m* oThe bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
; s2 U6 Q, m) p5 M, m6 w/ zI’m feeling myself again.

  j8 X. J! z5 V2 o/ f) s24, be burned up 生气
/ Q6 K8 Y% R$ k/ qShe was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

4 [2 L3 R# @+ \1 r$ X4 U+ R5 N26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
( w3 z5 `- ~- I2 CIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

; `7 U  ]# o1 O) B- V9 u+ ]27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
1 \  C( u  F2 |3 |; QA: 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
' p) g! d2 T, ?5 N# `I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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( K5 |0 h6 E' L% b" F" B29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
8 Y0 ~5 u) H3 Q0 _9 i; j+ ZA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

6 ?2 A4 [% K( d) H* z4 D30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.