口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
You can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.

. y+ B1 H6 x+ l" M2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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# x* f; Z; U8 t- Z8 B: ]3, and how 的确
2 `! ^, S7 r% Z3 S, qA: She’s a good dancer.
: U8 B% ~7 }- q# T& p( }/ VB: and how.

+ w7 {7 Q2 V% s1 f, {4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
* C: c. b1 z) K# U' |  \If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

  C% g4 w1 Z  W7 z; A8 w6, a while back 不久以前
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1 C) s9 q3 w9 S9 D2 J+ n7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

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

2 x) o' N/ @6 u( x10, after all 到底
6 T) D" c0 s# k4 EA: 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.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
1 S; j- i1 U" a6 ~2 F/ Q& a" yOh 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
I am at your service at any time.

( A4 _0 H" Y6 o+ }2 u13, 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
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1 ^' D+ ^- j! _3 v  ^: J: e15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
. [: g- w+ a) X$ L& @& OShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
% q& h4 i4 |) ?0 ]7 D* \) x6 ~( g2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

0 H/ n3 q3 i, Q+ A" Y17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
. K6 X: T! O0 l" ]9 CShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
* @; c: M# V( _6 [5 P! UShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

20，be attached to 对……有感情
+ r% y  E2 u! l9 m% [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.
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' B5 }+ R) C1 G  o, i: J21, back up 1) 累积
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.
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- x3 s2 c/ C: M  O4 Q& a) S1 \22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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. U8 t' p" ]1 j, @8 `4 k5 A23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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- N1 _! I, x5 I: u+ t24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
$ n( R$ O; }0 _- O$ ]6 ]In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
; E1 j0 W& v$ \A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
; K: L& ^- T- _, J  o0 E/ XB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

7 N. G( k4 T2 _* Z28，be stuck 卡住了
  ]$ q2 {7 r' p- e% M# C" M: UI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

3 v7 Y) v4 q3 c: D29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
/ g  F5 j% p6 ]B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

' w: n1 K7 f8 E9 T1 n30, break new ground 有了新的突破
' e: b6 y3 H) s! {- y/ w) CHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.