口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
# F, R; k% T8 H! z6 D1 HYou 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.
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" b9 S9 A" U  Z& h! v: O6 z3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
- x5 x$ k% N5 ?; G' T! h0 DB: 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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0 K6 N- |$ Y) N/ J0 @- d+ L' f5, 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.

4 t, r4 W& `3 d. o9 q9 e( L% X6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
& o5 \6 ~; `' TI was anything but happy about going.

. C; v# k0 ^/ P" w) x& g) q3 u9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
& f) K! j6 W2 p3 |# R2 G4 PA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
6 x, m( e8 t. u6 j2 eB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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% g& ^1 s8 o" k3 h1 u8 F# k+ c11, allergic to 对|……过敏
& z. g# n9 Q8 HOh 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
% j7 x3 S, d6 W9 ~! h/ Z1 N( h! yI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

9 n/ y5 K; B( p+ \" r4 h14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
0 s" G9 ]% u1 V  g8 K5 q  K6 gShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
! |" }/ o! w: t( J1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
$ r* |" |9 T4 h) O  U  E2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

( D+ H) V% C: e17, be cut out for 天生适合
' _1 I" y7 }( ^' pI’m not cut out to be a hero.

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
/ \' g! \3 A0 s7 l0 n' oShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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3 F8 h: T6 Z8 ^% h20，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.
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5 I7 {) a) x" a1 eThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
3 S- D3 C% u  N9 A7 Y2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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* ?' m* p. E+ a( r" i* }22, be bound for 到……地方
9 {# F9 v0 t- @( D8 a0 jThe bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
1 o4 D6 a: L3 b7 ~0 i' z# K' dI’m feeling myself again.

1 _2 ]. |! V5 ?* ?- p8 w) A* R24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
1 A( y+ p/ s8 c2 HI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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0 K( q- L6 @( r5 Y  U; w/ l5 ~26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
2 c  k/ |; v8 _) QA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
+ G. f: e  W3 i' h  `" CB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
, f) v# G/ s* ~/ Q8 b9 L0 qI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

4 h# J; L, D* I( Q9 X29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
, F6 Q, ]$ k: b- QA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
) x. x( D9 X! K; ?. b# ~) RB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

& J) {: |# ~) p: W30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.