口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
( e3 @1 P: L5 h5 DYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

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, `! x% Q% m0 iThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
" c+ J- N8 M# lA: She’s a good dancer.
% G9 U2 w6 s2 T# a% A7 T5 t8 F" [3 sB: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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. d: Z0 ~  h4 C1 n; ?4 H) t5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
4 x' |- w( ~( l) l; F9 |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
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7 |/ k7 C1 B3 ]7 a7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8 |& v! o4 d  z6 i8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9 P9 Y2 w: d! c; i/ i9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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5 G+ ^. w5 m# H2 v10, after all 到底
) V& P2 Z5 ]! U0 j& m' _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
. g8 Y6 m- W- b4 d" v+ [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
( C9 n2 z2 f5 |' y" N8 vI 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.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
; O7 b5 X! m7 Z6 WShe is at home with problems like this.

8 a+ p7 c* O3 I+ N( n16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
' k( D$ A2 x( Q. J' r* M2 X7 u0 O- {B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
9 y: H$ J7 k8 K0 N* U, e; j2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, 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
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

  N* J- |. L$ D$ B3 t) V, Z20，be attached to 对……有感情
' u( b* b& P9 g6 J) Y8 I( u& SA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
/ f( y8 b4 S0 @1 G1 UB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
# D  ~# z* H' _; o6 H6 r2 aI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
. q% A! }% u3 W7 Q( N1 X( u* M- m6 c2) 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.
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1 @: \/ t& q9 B0 T* z24, be burned up 生气
0 M/ O( |2 }/ w9 d2 VShe 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.
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26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
) ^1 P. ^$ V! z% v" M7 Q/ Z. RIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

' ~& L; v  V9 q27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
* _8 K; v$ s* J, K' s/ FB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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8 n2 Y, M7 W2 b9 p$ k28，be stuck 卡住了
2 H1 s' ]: e3 j1 L. Z1 N6 D# K! MI 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.
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
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.