口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
1 G: K# L# c0 Q$ C5 V8 ?. z, UYou 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
2 k2 |! U! L; n7 L4 R( mThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
* |/ M# P! l( o" |3 F6 vA: She’s a good dancer.
' d/ W  ]* Q( B+ U: Q  [B: and how.

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

2 P3 ^( }1 g/ ~0 z5, 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.

6, a while back 不久以前

3 z7 i" P2 y& F( N1 o% e( C6 R$ |7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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) ]4 F4 z/ C: }5 c: S: o- V/ D8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

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

% T; @  T2 {9 y; k1 x% ?5 z10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
" C1 Z8 d( _# n6 |; wB: 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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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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% h0 J8 D1 b; w( P+ K13, around the clock 24小时不停
, d; `1 ]" O2 [Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

! X6 f4 t* W, y2 h15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
7 H- D8 Q% n+ X' }, jB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
& T( \3 ]( [# h# D6 {  e! {2）不履行
! v& ?! _. w. S0 q* m, \! CShe finally backed out of her promise.
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5 f7 c  y- P! g* @4 o17, 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
( y0 D: N) I$ Y  Y8 ~  {! v% J8 t% oShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

4 C# X  m; [0 N( O6 X7 E9 N19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
9 x1 f3 K9 m0 }6 t; q/ S8 G+ QShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
* x0 }% f4 I% r1 i/ S, o/ D& 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.
: T" O0 C5 ]) n9 N: P0 r3 bB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

3 K8 |' k5 \( C# }21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
; {8 f* e  M+ s7 R' bI 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.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

% `. `" S+ t/ J9 d# O8 {4 `! C% C24, be burned up 生气
1 }( N3 F( i5 D8 OShe was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
! w  u" k7 j- ~8 R( u8 D/ tI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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* n+ X, f7 Q# g$ {0 G26, 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?
: ]3 k: O, K0 [- Y4 x" X0 b# |" E2 |3 SB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

( T6 q4 V6 L$ j! r  @28，be stuck 卡住了
5 }; S" D% Y. }6 W- jI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
1 Z9 r% u; S/ y- \' _* y& oB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

  Q& W  Q2 f+ C3 u) ~30, break new ground 有了新的突破
; Y: c% P+ A' E, F* XHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.