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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+ D! h& N* p0 F  B0 z8 b5 U2, a far cry from 相距甚远
& D7 l) T' U+ |+ C- J! DThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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: Z- I$ y7 W8 b. V8 S4 Q& ], y" Y5, 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.

7 X1 Q3 b+ M% `' ^, |6, a while back 不久以前
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) N' u( p* H. c% X7 ~7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

  f% J" M7 D2 J& l* V0 X1 v4 N8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

6 K6 P3 |+ J% e2 K& ^8 N10, after all 到底
, A+ q6 S9 u  T7 r! H8 |1 RA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
% {/ l0 u/ R& g* L: x# L- ?2 lB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

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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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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2 D9 s' y# A# p. W14, as far as I know 就我所知

7 M) v; K8 b% R7 s% f7 m& n15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
' M5 |, j5 `, Z7 R, m/ RShe is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
9 P% R9 p6 y" T' |4 UA: 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.

( v( Z& r9 Y5 q* ]17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
9 T" M. G  u5 xShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
- l: g4 Q  @+ \9 v* J6 }+ E$ M; FShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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6 ]6 K) i9 k6 a3 s! f$ H& g& k4 Z20，be attached to 对……有感情
$ L: D9 G8 D$ v, d6 XA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
7 A, ~0 P% `2 }+ Z, P* lB: 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.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

3 K8 n$ n5 Z2 ]4 m) @/ S23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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) I1 {  f9 ^! {24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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3 \% o; V3 q' F% g8 d" A25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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* x3 y( g* Q" t26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
7 w( z7 K% y7 o2 b; WIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

! D6 g, `7 q' [27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
% T8 F7 P# q: K( v* J1 l4 ~- ]5 ^A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

# i( }5 \* R4 V+ Y, G28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

2 A) {, b5 G8 ^29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
7 K5 k! M1 y/ oA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
8 G( M5 t% D' vB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.