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.

$ n/ I9 S# d5 Q% \6 ^+ s. O& I9 n$ |2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

. @$ E( I) W+ ~& C& p* W3, and how 的确
( t" X" {( W: v: A7 pA: She’s a good dancer.
6 f; o0 F$ W! `: A2 p6 _7 W5 X0 cB: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

5, 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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. N4 y& u9 ^' J3 y6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
2 S  [0 g' E6 V+ d- ]I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
A: 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.
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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.
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. ?5 H8 _9 T2 ?7 }& L12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
& c3 _: E8 A2 D& H5 m# u$ }I am at your service at any time.

9 W4 p! C* s" C8 h# }. X13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
* A/ y$ ]3 W  f- e4 v3 [  \, ~  A& `+ r9 v1) 退出
  i/ S7 N% I' F8 JA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
1 v% \5 m: R" h1 NB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
8 E7 I9 e! Q6 r0 h/ A) Q2）不履行
) A* R  J- `( TShe 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.

0 l$ Q6 @* y/ x18, be absorbed in
# ]4 y5 e% C9 Y0 A, l# y" HShe 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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% b- e' z& }5 A: C' p20，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.
/ A8 e/ T9 O/ S$ h2 d1 oB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
2 M+ o1 L9 ~" Y: @+ K, GThe 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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  v; |( S0 l1 o) x, o: Z$ n8 e6 xThe bus is bound for New England.
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7 V. K6 A/ n- y, a' ~& A8 g23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
# l. Z3 ^& e( S% D* II’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
6 e' s7 Y4 }9 `. f% RIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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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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6 F$ x8 c( s* Y& W; |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
: I: H5 Q9 S8 UA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
# F) ~& _3 J% i  B5 aB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

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His architectural design broke new ground in the field.