口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

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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% E& I) E& ?8 Q- _( X2, a far cry from 相距甚远
1 Q4 L! i2 |2 A% R0 p- D4 H' vThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
/ B0 V2 d* P! U; b+ G6 \6 jA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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) o) m5 }: i9 s9 ^4, a matter of time 时间问题
) W! @$ ?8 o4 H9 e- b  C! aIt is only a matter of time.
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6 t- V! q6 ?! G1 F- X0 S, x6 b5, 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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" o5 t# ~8 e2 o( @6, a while back 不久以前
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7 _, S0 s1 K( t& |7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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  G; N  X( w- U* D2 i3 v/ |% C8, anything but 绝对不
8 X/ T+ E  C# M2 [; [I was anything but happy about going.

2 R* r9 M8 t$ f- M' }4 H/ }9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
/ ]8 {) ~( t- T% ~$ w! OA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
0 z! p7 ?8 K. ?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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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
# a; m) c: i& y3 c; T7 x3 s0 mI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
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14, 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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$ G' A3 T& E; E! E0 ~2 D, E16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
7 [% @9 E; Z! k' @; C% |B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
9 N2 @+ f/ \/ D+ Y, WShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

3 z2 h7 j; K) ^& N0 X19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
! o) s* }1 i/ J$ }' G, }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.
# a' t9 x) {# h! z  I! X9 p1 pB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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: r( m' Z8 N7 i2 b" a21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
% |1 i+ O/ Z% W9 ?9 MI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

% v' M- n: R# r, T. ^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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24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

# Y; O8 W7 u! P25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

, A: n1 s% {, a! X6 {0 i, c7 R( }& }26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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/ z: G- `. v, M9 m27，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.

28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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- @1 Z& }4 D: m9 A- ]8 N" P, \29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
& h. x& N+ G' hA: 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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, A% e3 w+ e: k9 w30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.