口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
) M& v6 |' b$ E" g& xYou 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.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
$ B2 F6 u1 [/ tIt is only a matter of time.
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6 Z8 q8 j# Z( u2 {: [, Y: 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.
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6, a while back 不久以前

9 N9 i0 K1 L& L4 q& p. @, N4 k7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

, h) I. C7 w3 J( Z8, anything but 绝对不
  U% \8 C, M1 |0 GI was anything but happy about going.

8 k% K' s6 [* ^+ Q# f9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
' H# n" \4 p2 r: z  pA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
& p6 t) y( P! qB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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+ c) ^- W, J& s: L11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

3 O4 [1 m6 h) d; f' V12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
! K! n" _5 o$ l, C+ CI am at your service at any time.
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* Z: T! |  O/ i/ ^; a13, around the clock 24小时不停
% O$ M# J0 l9 W9 N: i$ QMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

& {$ k3 I# _9 k14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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/ M: c$ Q5 |, ^1 [. W" d. t6 ]16, back out
1 [: V  i: D; D) t; h! V1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
3 c( {' F7 j% Y1 g% fB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
5 @4 L2 w* c8 ~! M* @: K9 o2）不履行
  K4 `% v, ~3 i5 N; gShe finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
$ Y, v7 Z+ {5 p3 H2 Q$ I/ M2 \1 hI’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
1 F8 x6 R* ]! O# ~  Q* `She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
/ n/ E8 G& L( Z# z# _' JShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

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.
. |+ D$ Q9 D6 v- o  Y( A. G, uB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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: a" z  }- o, B- y21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
: `! n' z& x6 M2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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( e( o8 K5 \3 g) i. Z22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

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3 m6 Y' M" v& \I’m feeling myself again.
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She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
8 {( r) p. k! [9 |0 m6 hI’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
8 K& b% I- L* `1 S" D1 Z) m, E8 kIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
; T0 a: H& G2 z) |B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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/ X5 N' w$ i4 y, Y! v5 z$ B28，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.
& [6 f5 _8 E: a! k7 |5 l$ b( rB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
# c& L1 A, N' J! P' g- FHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.