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.

8 f, D" X! t3 s+ U/ @; E2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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, t  {7 s7 |7 a' i. ]7 s6 l3, and how 的确
  O" d$ u" G% _- u+ J: p$ j9 b+ vA: She’s a good dancer.
4 O. {# y! [3 j2 o9 P" FB: and how.
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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
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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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& {4 T7 ?; H8 o& m5 a8, anything but 绝对不
5 E; Q$ {+ E; }6 \9 U' nI was anything but happy about going.
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6 F* t: h1 D# H/ @9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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* [5 \2 a6 I. w7 I) q8 P10, after all 到底
) P7 ]6 D1 u3 e* d. s" ~  zA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
. ?1 k% G4 [: X* O0 E5 AB: 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.
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0 u, w8 _% o5 z7 g, D' K& E" R13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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5 K1 O- k) Y/ f" {+ J4 B8 ]1 C14, as far as I know 就我所知

5 f/ L. p5 u+ s15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
& x  X8 B7 Y! KShe is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
: d+ j) |' \. d, A0 J5 }% BA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

$ }. }9 ]( M- ^7 x% Z, N4 S17, be cut out for 天生适合
6 }0 p3 e+ n1 k7 I4 W6 QI’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.

8 ]  x& J$ ^: Z19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

, M* i% p! F6 o$ t* F' @! g20，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 s- d7 D8 T+ W21, back up 1) 累积
' E0 e* v6 r1 r2 e3 NThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
) n" U0 x9 V9 o/ k2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

( I6 m3 I7 Z7 a) `23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
) ]/ j& v" N; M' sI’m feeling myself again.

6 ]% k4 W% @3 z% C1 i  l24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
7 B' }; {3 v( f* ]) V& Q5 _I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

1 |# O( e+ \" Q9 M26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
5 r6 s7 Q' V6 SA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
- w( ~1 z( B5 W2 T1 G: i5 c& @" h  |* hB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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1 d% M2 F0 \" x  a0 t2 W28，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
A: 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
8 O$ {4 ?; ^0 YHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.