口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
5 q/ N4 g6 z; b, p7 ^You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

, c8 S; H% }0 L& y4 i  L2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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$ h, ~) d2 N7 b, M3, and how 的确
0 G8 W5 Y- f' m. |  y) ^$ J- gA: She’s a good dancer.
& k/ v7 |3 c. @. Z' F' W0 wB: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
( {8 n. c: ]( ]$ j: o. eIt is only a matter of time.
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# u$ @* W. A/ G4 L4 R5, 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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% H) j8 V2 ~/ n4 \2 v  O7，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.

! ?2 s  f! G  l; ?! q9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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9 x1 \; z( |$ D9 q# Q  L10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
' k7 q, C& E+ k3 S/ ]B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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( |6 e$ v3 u: Z; q& A: A) {12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
* y# k  }& N, UI am at your service at any time.
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! C: {) w( E$ w: I- a9 T13, around the clock 24小时不停
2 i3 U6 F6 R) @6 ^; @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
She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
6 t: B5 w0 J* r* MA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
: C& |( r1 }$ D/ q9 J! }She finally backed out of her promise.
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( d2 u9 L1 |+ {2 Z* e. L. G17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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) t$ V3 o! \# g! q+ S9 b/ U' i18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

, O# H+ }: G  M( f20，be attached to 对……有感情
4 T& b0 W" _6 O* L* l8 sA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
; o/ I; P; c# j. D3 TB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

% i8 t) A% c" s% D7 W( c21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
, s$ ~# f$ {; L* h1 G. U! \/ F0 t9 k: _I 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
" ^( J4 g5 H1 t3 t5 m( D! rThe bus is bound for New England.
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& d: d0 A6 a: J/ M! p5 t8 ], t3 Z" e23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
% |, O: _2 C  r1 S- Y$ OI’m feeling myself again.

2 \4 O3 \7 f# v5 M4 _24, be burned up 生气
, ?, j1 l5 v3 K/ f$ k- T- gShe was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

5 z- ^% Y  f! e9 N% `26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

+ @" m6 `' U1 P$ k27，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.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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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.
& k( L' ^7 F0 Q* S/ {B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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- C0 L) m5 a# G* a( F30, break new ground 有了新的突破
- @# r, ~0 d3 VHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.