口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
' x. A( e% V  i3 O8 U5 s: cYou 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
, B' v) V0 C0 |5 y0 L& n1 xA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

+ w. K" C6 c( b, b8 I' U4, a matter of time 时间问题
8 t% C9 }2 h( v3 s4 T3 tIt is only a matter of time.
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' D, _3 r  {1 E. f5 R) P0 F  Q5, 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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, d7 `/ Z9 S. L7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
" T! v) ^: I- QI was anything but happy about going.
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6 F1 Q# m4 O( {/ I+ {0 B9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
3 _# b, }) q" u  Q) {A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
9 m  B' ?* X) }1 yB: 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.

$ h! ]4 V( p  P8 ?; |12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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" {% {* D3 b8 ^0 S8 }" b13, around the clock 24小时不停
! M+ G/ `9 q& S9 ?4 tMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

' |. [0 R; ?, p1 l. [+ A14, as far as I know 就我所知

& `) ~" E# P$ s15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1 P: p/ F, O# @# }. k* @% m; |1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
" u& D' h/ x7 T$ N" e. H$ k1 {9 @! P2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

( u" D: c$ w, J, s* _3 Q% B7 v17, 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
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
% n* h' [4 i) c- M. N/ U7 ?3 E# fShe 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.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

8 q: B: v8 E& _( b) i0 M21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
2 ^4 K; t9 k1 O( BI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
; y# ]% ~/ k& N5 A" o2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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The 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
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
9 F! A6 @" u/ [  F" [* @" mIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
) \. j0 N3 ?( Y) KA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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6 ^4 A( y; B1 I28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

- \3 F$ `' v5 h2 Q$ m6 ~8 G9 |) u29, 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.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.