口语习惯用语100 1--30

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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.
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* w3 [2 h; [& ^, E0 D2, 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.
  V1 e/ B8 _+ ?2 K+ iB: and how.

  S" M. V9 u; J4, a matter of time 时间问题
, \7 H" j5 b, O' h, W6 w1 nIt is only a matter of time.
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& p* ~. K$ }/ v' w; ^$ H4 K7 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.

6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
- P/ z2 g% \9 {6 `0 fI was anything but happy about going.
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9 o7 y. T3 }6 q, E5 E9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
$ [7 C0 t% j* k4 L4 ]2 [A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
9 p- x/ w5 ~% Y. I% ^# @. M. L- UB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, 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
I am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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+ w& O& f0 X7 @3 N5 h  t+ x14, as far as I know 就我所知

$ ]1 \4 {0 Y+ i8 S5 _15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
7 m2 y0 W4 c" ]& Z5 K8 YShe is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
+ ]7 r# `+ O2 }: ^' ^B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
3 D& m; P& A. e* o) eShe finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

: x$ w8 y$ m& p; Q0 h  E18, be absorbed in
* d: Z' n# O; a4 z# W" v5 wShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
6 o9 B, p$ G0 [9 B! hShe 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.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, 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.
& l! b' L2 g8 w& V6 K) t; I2) 支持I’ll back it up.

: o2 _9 t9 a, Z22, be bound for 到……地方
- P6 @! c* d, d* PThe bus is bound for New England.
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8 f! p1 \' v6 w0 ~23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
/ n7 ?: c/ G+ i1 B: V3 kI’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
She 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.

4 k5 Z$ c  d2 h! r26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
5 m1 K/ y- _/ w4 T# jIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

8 G3 @7 u! {4 K# `: f: }! R/ U( \27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
/ c$ ^7 T$ O! `" {. j6 _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.

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
% X& S5 w% v! c: C; Z# m* v+ S% nHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.