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.

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The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
, J8 \* n+ G* h# z) F  j3 W% cB: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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6, a while back 不久以前
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. a' B5 V: z6 V5 G1 c7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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4 e6 @5 _9 b9 i1 }. k% U- M6 U* a9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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8 H; h# Z3 Z. _# J10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
1 t% d) p0 `5 t; ]B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
- }0 b) }( F# r! lOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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* L/ Q, @$ \6 _6 m12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
, H. }. c: J- U: x) ?1 fI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
6 N. _3 H% J5 M  `- f! l2 y6 XMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

, n8 B) I, t+ ]15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
' l* ~3 i# |+ e  K- i1 V2 h8 LShe is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
% x! [5 m0 n( ?1 e  e. {She finally backed out of her promise.
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I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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7 U, \& H% g. m6 KShe 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.

20，be attached to 对……有感情
6 S! y# h2 Y- v: a' a4 t2 NA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
- L; a% E. c, L- B' Y  ?9 l3 M% c8 mB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, back up 1) 累积
, F& D# u( d# t9 L; WThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
: v; i2 t7 M3 F/ e2 m2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
4 n7 N5 {4 F# B9 ~( x; Y5 kThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
, j* M& {% N+ n# cI’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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: V+ w, K3 k+ }( \, T: k25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

# t; _+ S+ V0 ~# w+ n26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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( s! e# i) T7 {" Z" V27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
6 w2 ^4 Y. J2 t: J9 vA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

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1 `, \2 M5 u/ H5 ?  e( {I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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. q9 ~. w, j1 C+ u# a4 K. J0 R( G/ Y29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
* B- _, w+ z6 Z+ sA: 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
: w, ]% K2 a8 `  vHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.