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.

2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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It is only a matter of time.
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5, 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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2 h8 y, S) q/ b! N, e# F$ F8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

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10, after all 到底
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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8 Q- j6 M$ s7 A0 Q! _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.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
  \. |) D- C0 _0 f2 A3 qMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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; ~  x% D1 I  R% a16, back out
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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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I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
0 [* x  C( ~+ i9 ?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
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+ d% P8 m# z* E8 r( Q) s20，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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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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6 Z8 X' z- w3 c- }% L22, be bound for 到……地方
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7 n+ t' u6 N9 o$ u7 D, i0 I) Q, v23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
4 e6 X8 {" Q$ x/ j8 oI’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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A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
$ z2 F/ D+ s( a: N5 |- V2 zB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

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I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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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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  O  b9 z2 A/ M6 V; X# qHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.