口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
$ c  R$ _+ l% ]5 L* F. @% A" {7 N& q. SYou 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
6 `7 K) V# F% W! VThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
4 T) o* A* C. t; T) c$ VA: She’s a good dancer.
. l, {! U. `- l) k% UB: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

* P- W9 U. A0 b* G$ Y6 X" Q5, 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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2 h/ u* K  |/ n/ B4 Z6, a while back 不久以前
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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?
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2 V( H2 J/ }) }; j10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
$ H5 {# A' Q/ B- o1 m6 N, eB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
. A3 B- P- ?0 |0 @  j# N  R# SOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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4 o; S  x3 w' w4 H6 Z12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

13, 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

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
' }1 i% N) P  V' D  `$ oShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
- ]8 {# V, G' ?3 a1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
5 n( i, R0 ~3 y( K$ HB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
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.
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0 m2 m  _7 j; r# Y: r18, be absorbed in
/ V$ B. H5 L# F) S7 B, uShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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2 U, T0 Z8 A' f* E& o20，be attached to 对……有感情
) D5 {2 e/ A6 E. L. Q2 v4 S8 P$ zA: 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.

3 t3 N7 b3 O' g. d5 C+ n4 D9 c21, 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.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

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The bus is bound for New England.

9 `+ C+ d" N1 B" T; B( n/ `23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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& S" D6 P' G/ }& S4 V! q9 Z, R24, be burned up 生气
) t" s( X+ s* a7 c% oShe 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.

2 S/ o) p/ b7 K: ^26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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* _4 H3 n  r4 [) ?9 _  K27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
/ S8 }' r, z% N/ XB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
& N4 @' j# Q( h8 g6 T% A; a2 aI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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% c* A' [0 s5 P) 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.
" x5 d2 D: S0 v2 \7 a% ]7 AB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

& y  \0 u# b$ N' j1 }30, break new ground 有了新的突破
$ b, {( Y+ _' Z6 M. \, GHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.