口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
" A/ i4 b3 f0 M5 ]% W6 E2 oYou 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.

: ~- l4 ?$ Q% o8 W4, a matter of time 时间问题
2 o( G3 A) z2 [, v' GIt is only a matter of time.

4 ?3 {: s- D  i+ c7 G5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
0 d1 S; d1 K. B' ]! T4 GIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

3 J6 q  |& v5 D+ P" c1 O/ M5 n% @% @6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
9 z2 d7 t8 @5 l$ s9 lA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
) V. A2 D+ j1 Y( A, K  C; b+ cB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
0 M5 n# E3 M/ u- F, ^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
+ @  b" H# C3 o$ I5 Y0 zI am at your service at any time.

, U  I7 V% t0 a13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

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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9 T' I" P) ^/ t. g4 f16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
2 b& F( _1 i" z& {She 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.

18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
1 _- _$ d; M+ `7 BShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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, B( r# C+ v+ Y- A" h20，be attached to 对……有感情
6 O8 X/ ^- G3 j/ M. x' c1 Y! U6 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.
; C* f9 e, H% T! H' Q' p9 t# zB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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3 {7 U4 u- W, p! I" y9 i21, 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.
6 {& P- O6 I# E5 N. ?! f8 _2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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( G- g& }& w% }1 b, B$ g24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

3 r( x8 L0 H& ?* Z* a# }25, be hard up for
I’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
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

3 B5 J" h: N! ?27，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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/ L3 G1 }% J$ g$ o$ S: {6 O2 j29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
; V; L3 i, v( H* m7 h: A4 S* dB: 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.