口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
% C( x/ @  A: t  E" {You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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3 }; D1 m' r8 _9 p" @7 e2, a far cry from 相距甚远
9 W( a2 n  `( [5 D2 JThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

/ y; o! G; t- ]. F; y7 w& Z( y4, a matter of time 时间问题
2 R9 L5 R# O: v  l2 |It is only a matter of time.
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, ]) r' u, P9 y! O! O5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
. J$ }. p2 D( G/ z. MIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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6, a while back 不久以前

5 _, n$ B; e* E3 S" |- Y& \7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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! z" v- M- b" i3 K8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

6 |0 D7 X$ w3 E+ q2 a9, 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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5 x$ z. f9 g8 u% M) f& n. ?( w11, allergic to 对|……过敏
3 n" A5 U) ], _Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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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
She is at home with problems like this.
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1 U$ H8 P7 u4 l, b16, back out
1) 退出
4 Z% @7 }2 P* ]2 {/ i: C6 G8 LA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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* T3 q, B9 N6 |$ C- `17, be cut out for 天生适合
8 D9 \$ |) F8 X5 P8 D, KI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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5 o& W3 x6 e0 h18, be absorbed in
/ B5 z: v0 y: r, sShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
8 d) B" g$ B9 f3 [$ o3 y; O' U6 T& xShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

' C3 }- K& A2 T  W- O20，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.

21, back up 1) 累积
! n: ~, M, C; q1 }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.

$ b/ U& h, b3 A8 Z( v8 k22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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- x- T6 Q" ^$ ~23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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She 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.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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( K% T+ F1 F. z8 r) O; Y4 X1 lA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
' R0 J% O  d' }3 R; V5 LB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
0 y8 i8 m  V# o4 n: kI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
8 G, ?5 }7 Y8 e5 o. ?- m: e) WA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
) M+ [5 G, g9 q5 c; O9 bB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
9 D( i# \" w# C4 f0 LHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.