口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
, n, F7 H9 v! ]" |0 h8 AYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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& B* k1 C4 j( _1 Z4, 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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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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6 G# C  D0 L' V6 H9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

, B' ?7 f; j# m" l1 v6 M. [10, after all 到底
* E( [& G  N; m( f0 gA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
) d+ m5 w4 ?" H* z2 [5 N- mB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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2 o! X# u3 p6 d" g3 t* H) F! ^11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

* y) ^9 I4 q3 D$ R5 Q12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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) ]/ a$ p6 f7 R$ E13, 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
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She is at home with problems like this.

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; O! O; ^) e0 m& K! m1) 退出
' n) P. A- w/ {7 P5 R0 u: C3 }A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
; v# Q; t* ^( W) x9 L2）不履行
& Z. {+ I% _8 w4 A# r3 b% OShe finally backed out of her promise.
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/ y9 g- F' X# j0 Y, e! U17, be cut out for 天生适合
  x  \0 s0 K; L9 K: ]I’m not cut out to be a hero.

' _- y, d% Y# x( p4 Z0 X18, be absorbed in
* z- g3 H; ~! S% s9 v5 C9 BShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
! I8 A* @) {8 ~She has been addicted to drugs for years.

20，be attached to 对……有感情
  n2 w5 {3 [3 J+ A7 l9 o- ]' lA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
- z. [% j* T; x4 x2 t. ]B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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3 ~; O  s: {8 k1 N/ s+ o21, back up 1) 累积
0 Q9 v. S4 d3 n* |8 p% X1 d8 B5 kThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
) h& W2 e8 Z  }3 U2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
5 q+ F, K5 C6 B% o& ]4 i; mI’m feeling myself again.
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! W5 l# q4 Z7 W; W( K24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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# P' j- R: Y: d7 ?25, be hard up for
# ~4 d8 k8 Z% ?; _8 rI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

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: x- u  r" }9 l. Z6 C0 k7 jIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
8 n$ S" e1 d  ~! g1 K, |# u6 HA: 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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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
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.