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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. Z+ H8 o% w$ l/ Y2 Y: I2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

  B5 \5 g' Q4 j( _3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
0 N, w, A3 v2 k' o. e8 gB: and how.
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7 U/ Y. x6 q0 E4 C4, a matter of time 时间问题
: `, N& ~) `# K- J: B3 OIt is only a matter of time.

/ ~" E5 ]* j5 }8 B7 b; H5, 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
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8 \0 u4 ^5 \4 t3 p( P2 i7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
9 p5 \/ J- U4 j1 D, m$ `3 cI was anything but happy about going.
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% L0 R3 c" E* e) t! e" G& p9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
0 m3 T; k% i! \2 p' C$ _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.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
& E9 T- U, V/ P* qOh 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.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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7 E. j" n0 @, [7 A% B0 N6 G# ?14, as far as I know 就我所知

5 Q* U) Y4 r0 _8 A15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
. J- \2 A( P: n  R$ QShe is at home with problems like this.

8 |' r# A5 C  t( @9 T. V16, back out
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" z6 k( |2 K! L, k6 x0 a' `A: 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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# o! B. n$ Z- V. u$ z17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

6 y. s8 t1 F5 c+ M8 f18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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& `2 R( z# d0 U) z7 G$ x19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
/ k3 b5 x( i6 c& ]+ J; eShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

+ i6 d6 ^) A( H! I. D& E20，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.
) S1 A, q2 q- sB: 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.
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2) 支持I’ll back it up.

( G( J: h( t; f( U; L1 S4 m22, be bound for 到……地方
& D& m/ P% q6 W( U6 K2 N' zThe bus is bound for New England.

  J3 R8 c) ]( I1 V5 O" i2 o23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
1 |& C' D; V' r, `8 M4 G' @/ PI’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

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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, V2 u/ f. T( j9 N% C# I27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
! J, n5 S) a- R1 L  UB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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8 G. n2 x+ I, W% T8 R( v7 b0 x28，be stuck 卡住了
* `3 q3 R  E3 ]5 NI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

" Y" O6 G& Y9 o; z% K3 |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.

. b2 S) B) F& D9 d7 v30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.