口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
9 ?+ g+ `, x5 E% sYou 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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  A3 M, }3 {4 ^5 M3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
3 x3 U" k' Q' P" y$ ~0 C  MIt is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
5 g5 D3 f* {+ W. YIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
0 r# G$ q9 P, i- p/ U! z7 l; {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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) _! m% U3 F9 u+ P* H: G10, 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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' {, c& n$ k0 U11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh 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
* q2 I* [2 u- k3 C/ X. q( rI am at your service at any time.

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

- v8 D! B1 Q' J: L; J14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
' W% y8 p6 J8 p- V- x: L& `1 `She is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
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.

# Y$ z9 l' H( Y17, be cut out for 天生适合
/ b9 t3 h  ^: w) R  K  nI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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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
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.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

6 e, |% ~5 K' m9 D21, back up 1) 累积
* L! ~! }  ~0 S  y4 s  iThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
8 {, F9 J' v  L# ^& g2) 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.

% e7 f# x3 j+ H23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
7 k* j, c' }& t  O" dI’m feeling myself again.

4 Y3 {, M1 s9 V' t1 x) B7 @24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

4 ]" T% z$ d" f& I' c7 e4 d6 G25, be hard up for
/ o5 p* _, A8 g4 rI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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+ k! h( r' j1 u7 I26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
9 `7 a3 d1 i# P* fIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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+ O4 b% n$ w: \% f  o3 N$ s27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
: y2 A3 k6 I6 \: [& DI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

- c5 E/ b5 _; b3 K. P29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
% H7 H) q) H2 n9 _, \. _A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
( l$ V5 L: Z4 H% l$ I8 VB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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& J/ \9 I+ ^8 n0 E30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.