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.

) t8 T+ Q0 j: l: z* i2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
7 g; E. ?% K, V9 l& `/ XA: She’s a good dancer.
6 s0 p* c# \6 O' NB: and how.
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1 Y4 q3 `3 Q* o8 j- E  [4, a matter of time 时间问题
3 J2 J6 }2 M5 E: hIt is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
' _( D* _  A* x, a3 a+ w7 x' ]If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

" g* r$ d2 z0 B6, 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
5 u% n, Q8 m3 A* f8 lI was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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4 `7 F, D) T! u. I3 _$ q5 o7 ?10, after all 到底
% k( b' {. Y: Z" w# d7 V( e8 YA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
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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4 T9 N6 H0 K! }) L. K12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
5 v1 i7 W) {( AI am at your service at any time.
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+ l/ z7 z  g1 V6 R13, around the clock 24小时不停
& }$ _' m  u8 C% E3 g3 EMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

: B! z# e2 F/ {% E  K( a+ o14, as far as I know 就我所知
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) r% X9 T2 N5 y4 m15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
4 U; V0 M' A& ~) ?1 T  NShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
2 o0 U7 u; G+ u4 |1) 退出
/ y( V: J/ ~3 p# eA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
0 g% T2 F' O# NShe finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
8 f' C- T* B# v$ r$ i# A4 QI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
! ^$ p4 ^6 [/ u  _/ gShe 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.

20，be attached to 对……有感情
/ K/ B' d6 c& J. [: CA: 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.

21, back up 1) 累积
; `2 d$ n; C' P& LThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
) L- m/ p/ q& w: e, H) }I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

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.
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" ^9 h* Q; A3 p8 m* G25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

% Z. `# O$ G+ |/ t; u26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
9 H0 h" ?' W4 H5 \9 P* \3 MA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
, O' O- c7 o1 U* `8 ?. X7 ]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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' \- U+ [; y9 U% a/ M29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
# J2 ~  E) L8 [8 PA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
- ~5 `+ y9 ^! J: L1 D  j; _His architectural design broke new ground in the field.