口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
; k: l& {6 l" S) t1 a$ v) Z, xYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

6 A! K3 x: `2 M9 Q, ~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
, I( \4 b/ \. i  J0 e' s) sA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

- b: L: I4 p. G1 H  \4, a matter of time 时间问题
3 _7 `' v5 |1 X% \! |It is only a matter of time.

5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
# n' S, P8 [* L9 BIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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3 i% z% c) m- i  u6 P% s, i! L6, a while back 不久以前

  p4 N* _) d- S/ U7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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5 @+ h! Y, @- J# ~8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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9 y$ ~9 d' ]$ ?! ]& B& ^4 j' c9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
8 X, n4 }) t* ]  A3 ~! R) eB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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. J; }$ d4 @, X1 j8 @11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

- Y% y: e7 I7 s/ k+ _12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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, L6 X% x; ]2 S5 ~13, around the clock 24小时不停
  `( Y# u' x. w7 M8 X6 [# WMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
2 D6 {9 ]) E$ G0 L" @5 C7 a3 Y  h  {She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
5 C+ G) |& j, ^+ ~& r4 q9 D2 C# DA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
. e8 p9 X1 x. Q. ~5 _5 \. s2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

6 L+ E5 t8 I1 [4 N1 n/ }17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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; x" Q+ W8 u. G/ j  C- |8 w18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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6 g9 S9 J, }4 g1 e! V+ J( J19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
$ j( c6 ?1 X9 G( S/ }" {7 F- T) SShe 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.
8 |0 G& ?$ `; z: P8 VB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

7 f+ x/ P" W+ ]) `; u21, back up 1) 累积
; x5 j4 D* N: n: f5 P5 y& \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.

! r' a. r4 _/ I0 e22, be bound for 到……地方
3 ^2 V- s8 s, @0 P. HThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
" e6 P5 G- q3 C! z7 ?. \: AI’m feeling myself again.
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5 U$ k& d* V% l# s24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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" C' w5 h. s8 E1 E25, be hard up for
. z+ E0 o3 B. z! M8 l# GI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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5 ~$ c) O* l% I+ W# F26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
& v9 g4 T6 `5 o1 V' X5 ?In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
: S3 Z9 T4 \( uB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
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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30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.