口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

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.

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
" b8 r, }! R: d. t0 p0 E# VA: She’s a good dancer.
  q) d( Y4 o7 R! l( p! uB: and how.
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" B8 K7 t) A  ^1 a4, a matter of time 时间问题
) \; P8 v/ g* q1 \It is only a matter of time.

# n' D" l6 s1 I4 R2 R1 u9 S7 S2 D9 p5, 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

: x3 }- O1 N/ I( A  P* ~/ _/ d, B7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

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

6 F6 u$ Y# F0 f3 E, N9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

1 [5 t1 }8 w9 w3 Q10, 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.

11, 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
I am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
( {4 a5 D% u7 L( a! vMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

. `5 B. N6 j% W14, as far as I know 就我所知

( {% T- i  a! R6 y* b" l, u9 t15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

) g/ o0 A) A: s& C16, back out
; A! G3 r- k4 H1 n5 \0 S, o1) 退出
6 T- R2 [" c& X! {3 QA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
0 B: n* J  N6 o, Q8 U0 L2 UB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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0 _' p5 R; R- D7 k- U5 v17, be cut out for 天生适合
- P6 U$ g7 f4 d- g# ~* M& U& YI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
5 u! V2 ~* c. Z( [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
% R' x) ~: S( d" ^6 @She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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; R9 N# l! J! H20，be attached to 对……有感情
/ F3 [3 B- @+ H* d: H7 jA: 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 l8 B( r& j5 m) v) f2 vB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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1 l2 \4 L6 O8 f/ C21, back up 1) 累积
" t3 k# `& v. H; h) z& TThe 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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, E* ^9 O! M, W) S" ]22, be bound for 到……地方
4 b  i+ C1 @: [# S! |4 Z; wThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
- C7 \4 w9 P( [! c% ]+ XI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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! `% o3 z0 f0 D; ]) z0 u26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
; p" ~/ e; w2 z& F; `* ?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
$ ^) o' Q% }! ?% C6 D5 \2 gI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

# i* B. m" |# F5 m* o2 k5 L29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
5 O5 \. K) D) J7 n# hB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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! _5 y1 L& J6 n, c  O30, break new ground 有了新的突破
5 s8 ~* \+ n' y4 v: s/ ^! c' _His architectural design broke new ground in the field.