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

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
' ]; X* i4 q/ l8 t# VB: and how.

9 h9 m/ f) Z9 _$ Q4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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! D5 Y* @; ~( k5, 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

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

+ {: D7 E1 s% @4 d8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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( F+ L# h7 G. J( L6 j" Z7 |10, after all 到底
4 m% }6 @: ?6 _- PA: 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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6 O- R3 e4 S* b) y11, allergic to 对|……过敏
( i! z1 c. r, c6 H+ KOh 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
8 D: \0 F/ B% ^/ U) j! O/ ~I am at your service at any time.

9 g  @9 K0 v* G, \; I5 n# V13, around the clock 24小时不停
5 i0 u7 Q1 }$ j6 B: M& e& ^+ bMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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5 N* W. K$ R. E4 T$ [( S14, as far as I know 就我所知

8 q' W7 Z2 f; C; K8 J15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
0 z+ O* D7 [! ^' k- p; SB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She 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.

2 ]7 d1 t. O9 m7 q18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

% O+ u2 e) }* T5 v19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
( Y; O5 ?* `& W4 z, H' bShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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$ v1 ^  N5 ~% d5 T6 ^# t20，be attached to 对……有感情
; A" k7 c" F1 p, n+ s" GA: 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.
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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.

# C* u, Z$ n% M. P22, 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
3 F4 B8 y5 i, j% `2 R+ j; m0 eI’m feeling myself again.

) T4 e. W* ]9 [24, be burned up 生气
' c! E7 _) s+ @! J3 ]8 RShe was really burned up at the news.

3 w& O1 r& S4 w0 p8 @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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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
. I7 }( @  |! f& W8 F+ XA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
4 S* E2 F+ I/ dI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

. U" ^2 ?2 E% o1 r0 G( B5 ]# b29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
+ Q! p2 S" T, d: D% c/ n& SA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
1 L+ {& ?; s# T% a0 @B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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30, break new ground 有了新的突破
# x. A, \7 M9 x( F! ~His architectural design broke new ground in the field.