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.

* R4 n  ]% ]! L1 I2, a far cry from 相距甚远
+ o7 D1 T4 Y. G, D% G* L! PThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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8 @6 i- E1 d2 Y0 G8 C  }3, and how 的确
4 |; D- Z0 h$ z7 M, k  Y5 cA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

9 z4 O5 \2 r* @9 S- M4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

4 N! t4 F" F+ \" U* S5, 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.
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6, a while back 不久以前
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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6 H2 d0 s! o! ]# Z8, 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?
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10, after all 到底
, `0 c4 v: ]1 n- G% U, L1 KA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
: [3 U: }1 c$ s% E/ UB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
, [5 s8 W2 ?/ ?" bOh 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
" v9 W. m+ N9 T; |# ?: kI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
+ X3 B* P* w2 t( p5 ?, JMartha 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
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
" R; F( G: E: h+ `% ^" J6 L5 S1) 退出
5 C4 c$ B6 e6 @; NA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
# e( ?8 o& z! K2）不履行
+ p& Q' I# Z; K  c- iShe finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
7 y% W, W* V0 M) r6 v. U# gI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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- |, y: D! P! m  B2 a8 U18, be absorbed in
( \  b7 [: R' r5 _$ f# V) s3 n2 pShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，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.
3 V2 @+ k+ Z! `6 k' n& x+ @B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
; J9 x& D' G& C  u) oI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
% y/ b1 e! X1 S2) 支持I’ll back it up.

/ |" Q7 e  d' Y5 d22, be bound for 到……地方
; B. d. L2 [; B1 jThe bus is bound for New England.
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' B9 F9 J: q, P" G& w23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
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24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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4 Y# R! `6 ^' B% O25, 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
& q( V: V, V% k/ f! Y, m( wIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

5 [0 V6 N0 Z; j/ G27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
1 L. ^6 u$ {6 \6 XB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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) _1 `7 W, Y5 O+ f% m28，be stuck 卡住了
$ M/ B  [' _$ A9 q6 }1 a$ HI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

/ r& ~# F9 \. d8 W& d- ]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.

$ Y' Y# W! D2 F" t' x30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.