口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
4 g+ ]1 n; ?/ m: L; Z' a. rYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

* s! o% Z7 _1 ]9 h0 ?' ~0 F9 _- {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.
# A9 |& G7 H+ I# hB: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

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.

6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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% X+ e5 W# t9 F8, anything but 绝对不
4 u+ O% q7 U; I, H5 fI was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

1 P! ~. y* Y7 y$ r/ {10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
0 Q2 Z9 L( @3 @7 x: S% L% PB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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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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' Q- j* k9 m' L) U12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
7 X; J! p7 e8 P# gI am at your service at any time.
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6 m. \1 O' [3 Z9 C, y8 m13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha 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
0 a) H( `, K2 l2 U' d% \  \; O0 |% {She is at home with problems like this.
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! N6 W& @5 \$ T  U3 H$ ~16, back out
1) 退出
! S7 M# X! _/ b. ~! B2 EA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
$ J4 a) Q% m/ Y0 D5 c( iB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
- J) k- H# n4 PShe finally backed out of her promise.

9 S0 G# D4 K; r1 q$ K: k5 s- Y: F! t2 N17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

- Q& H) j; b( h3 u$ Z( Z18, be absorbed in
She 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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+ Y7 V3 ], Q3 K! I  a20，be attached to 对……有感情
' v* F' w, f$ oA: 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 c; @6 T5 P# [% f) I9 RB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

3 }$ @! t, K0 D/ r21, back up 1) 累积
5 S) \/ ~/ c5 a' z5 r/ I' kThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
  B2 d. Y, l$ ^6 i4 Y8 nI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2 p( `! n" q1 |, l3 [2) 支持I’ll back it up.

8 d$ ~& T& s4 N5 R& n2 V22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

2 A4 {& B: K( o2 [1 @23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
7 h) D" S* b  [2 o- aShe was really burned up at the news.

0 `& B. V- m: s' a, m' Y25, be hard up for
$ i7 ~7 v" Y5 S+ J" R( b* w* ]+ G: wI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

. Q6 Q3 D; \4 R1 ~) p7 P$ M; M9 O& a1 U26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
6 Y% r. R6 M4 U0 `A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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- I9 X7 Q3 Y* ^4 D  n4 J+ I' v+ ]7 L28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
& ~- V4 b8 s6 ]* m/ N- I9 hA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
9 `1 n$ i& @  {2 e$ V% WB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

4 k5 d5 n  T* k; a7 s30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.