口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
# ^4 x3 t* e, ^/ @/ _' {You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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4 V+ X$ J8 p) Q2, a far cry from 相距甚远
8 M. _- e- j: n* S% @. uThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

1 Y5 }% P% |" m) F8 ]3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
4 A& g4 t' x4 F: T8 W: q* r/ sIt is only a matter of time.
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( s+ M2 h! Q: F) A% M- F$ 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.
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6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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* K7 y% L6 u+ e8 o2 L8, anything but 绝对不
# p/ }: c0 b0 y  oI was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
) L. u: ^: D0 [6 ]" g% CA: 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.

6 }  K/ `7 n/ R11, allergic to 对|……过敏
, E9 ^, x7 o- ]3 ~4 J; rOh 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
6 X- u  g* L. v, F" J4 k) TI am at your service at any time.

) i: @$ z5 v. O* z( g: N; q. s! b13, around the clock 24小时不停
) k6 r: L% g! N& o. lMartha 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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16, back out
1) 退出
7 P6 y( W# F" {5 Z& B/ L; b2 GA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
+ ]! s; q# m. ?" l6 M) bShe finally backed out of her promise.

; x$ o! a. c& i2 Z17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

* E' B8 Y: O  u18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
% _5 H7 @3 |' F0 y: I# CShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

) T# g3 A- n/ p4 c8 v20，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.
0 n# B9 I7 t  l, Y) ?, P1 DB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, back up 1) 累积
  W+ |$ d, X6 H; a# u* QThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
! x- s+ L: K& n( A3 i/ s4 v' A% HI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
% z+ b5 R6 g) H2 B2) 支持I’ll back it up.

$ B4 Z0 @* Q! d0 W22, be bound for 到……地方
5 [+ ~  I+ r+ Y; h3 gThe bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
; W+ A6 {1 {* R9 dI’m feeling myself again.

# E9 Q4 x5 i, X+ a  w% m. x24, be burned up 生气
- d+ p% Q6 c& YShe 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.
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- h& ]( W# a# |0 M# z! i3 e& O26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
: R5 D+ {5 L, [! d& q: w. W2 CIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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) L- [* M0 ~* E' @- X+ Z27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
, P: c# a" V" s$ W4 h: DA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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- Q7 g3 t( A* ]4 `7 `+ U8 T28，be stuck 卡住了
# A' X( L7 I- V  G+ TI 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
  U/ n* ~8 C4 \. n. wA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
/ x# ~9 _+ D. |0 o  ZB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

4 R; S& W9 V0 V2 j' t30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.