口语习惯用语100 1--30

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1，a change of pace 节奏变换
$ `: ]" Y) Z  V  c- z2 T+ L( vYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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5 d  c+ K: b; B2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

; H4 [8 @# f1 G3, and how 的确
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
( h: q, {* @# ~; v# w% ~1 p$ bIf 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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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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.

% v% x. z0 X; U% T: S11, allergic to 对|……过敏
: `0 }$ _9 B0 n8 AOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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7 l8 [" r( ^7 c12, 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.

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1 H/ ]- u  B+ h15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
( l( a8 v1 d$ e4 ?; ~# X* UShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
. C9 F. M2 n# }9 n0 EA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
7 i0 P; Q7 J0 FShe finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
  v( o) \, Q. k) y2 R' g9 mI’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
2 Z2 j3 ]# E( k5 T6 t1 g! }0 q5 hShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
9 s# ?" d. v9 P* g- |% x6 EShe 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.
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21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
0 X) m, ?. z% ^1 Z. o& S! sI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

22, be bound for 到……地方
8 H: @; s4 @" v' _( T! N5 nThe bus is bound for New England.
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I’m feeling myself again.
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& S+ {9 i; W! X2 F6 A24, 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.
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  I* R) N( n3 m# i0 h26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
& k% {& L+ f2 v3 I/ B, `, @0 I! AIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
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
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
+ w+ A* B; Z. i" O% f1 ~& q1 kA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
# G% q# F- l4 d0 @' ^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
+ Y7 s2 y( \) L6 A/ m- uHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.