口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
/ V% Y5 }+ L: l/ d" ?4 LYou 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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A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

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.
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" h' M- K$ h4 `( M* U4 R/ I6, a while back 不久以前
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
& G: n( C* V; v" f  RI was anything but happy about going.

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

10, after all 到底
/ @! s$ T* o# V! o* bA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
3 A: Y- [( V9 E# g% }; O* C9 _! BB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
, f, ~) V. I; v6 _8 m9 e1 AOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

7 g6 N9 o; u" H5 ?) C! \, Q12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

+ R& O9 W! b+ M! |. O14, as far as I know 就我所知
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$ {4 i% l1 s6 f" l0 w- O15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
; A' U; @% N; ^1 [% z9 U! }/ m$ R9 sShe is at home with problems like this.

# g2 B9 ?$ N/ W0 T4 V' D3 h7 b/ _16, back out
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0 b% g. h% o, ~* q( nA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
8 P4 x' K9 G+ g1 f) T- OB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
" ]/ X+ Q( D5 Q: Q& f2 p2）不履行
% |4 x) E: q/ GShe finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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+ O: Q( m, O: [6 y( K1 V19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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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.
4 U1 V& Y1 Z. A/ P" b1 G" @B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
! n/ [! P0 P; `+ l! O$ r5 lThe 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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22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
! b% Q% I" p0 n, v* jI’m feeling myself again.
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( Y5 n5 `- H: K4 L7 B2 T3 I" @24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

* T% B" z' p5 O6 C& d# ~25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

: A! \8 `6 Y; T1 p$ h8 n26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
5 x$ v/ D( A: _9 lIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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' Y( u- x$ ^: w27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
$ M: i2 y3 a6 |A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
+ y1 d' e" X2 ^$ ~4 ^B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
, Q5 \1 @5 I/ ?1 c' q; hI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

) g; |% V* y& B; [: U2 k5 x# v3 F29, 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.

' j; Q/ r8 ?5 E" S7 |: _30, break new ground 有了新的突破
' A9 N( M5 S; u9 K1 m1 ?* PHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.