口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
0 j0 i  h5 w# m6 ^) S. {You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

% G% a% C" V1 P. p6 d' J) F3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
$ |& I7 d/ ^/ L5 fB: and how.
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% j0 N' p6 v2 s# @0 z4 x& K% r$ x* ]4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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$ f4 t6 R5 s- f5 U$ f: ?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.

; _5 \4 ]4 C2 ^; Z& j# p6, a while back 不久以前
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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4 [) E& p+ C# g. Y: U& z3 {8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

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

$ d9 d" x/ B, Y7 a& Q/ d10, after all 到底
0 A7 V5 ^" w& 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.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
' e8 t0 J* ?7 `5 k  a* K# |! fOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

' E5 m+ C! C* Q0 T( [" Y12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

7 `( C% I2 ^# n( w13, around the clock 24小时不停
# y( f$ |& O5 Y8 E/ GMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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# w" _4 H* m$ T14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
8 c; Y2 n* x* f) z( qShe is at home with problems like this.

, \7 }3 H; p: @- T% T0 \16, back out
3 L" }' ?0 P: x; f! Q1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
+ s. \  d5 C- E5 N5 |/ V9 C6 \& I- xB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
/ X7 r: Q  u; Y$ o- k* P2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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' U: r3 V# `. Q17, be cut out for 天生适合
/ o* z- R- D$ e" s3 QI’m not cut out to be a hero.

: y4 r5 c. c! W  Q18, be absorbed in
$ q5 U3 S- @% t* T3 i# B9 T9 cShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

+ N! `0 f9 e( s  D19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
7 D  K$ b, @4 \She has been addicted to drugs for years.

& Y* O: n% e" y& i20，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.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

! |2 Z/ K. {/ B; s# i" `21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
1 W7 I9 i5 D6 W: CI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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1 c+ x! B& ]) |0 X: r22, be bound for 到……地方
7 m3 A1 K9 P2 n1 J, iThe bus is bound for New England.

9 k- w) V5 @1 G% S23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
3 a8 q4 h! b$ v& b5 zShe was really burned up at the news.

2 |8 q! R8 Y5 M0 l4 g25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

6 a" _8 D) x0 |4 q! I) Y26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In 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?
0 _% A. S% ^" z$ b* `0 kB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
& N* a4 S- d- u' I" \I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

$ P& I7 [# c3 w+ o  T2 S6 f- x% M29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
0 ?" d& Z7 u, t3 [! m. |4 f: LA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

" t) h' \% Q' l  `( {2 v  {5 p6 x30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.