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.
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2, a far cry from 相距甚远
- G2 X- Y" P' H6 f2 Q. KThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

0 V: n1 q1 q, c5 p( O  w0 L3, and how 的确
3 l7 D# _1 O' q8 d  oA: She’s a good dancer.
/ e* A( H7 q: ^  v8 u5 ZB: and how.
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* [2 {; X% ~/ O; P4, 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
. Q, ~; ~7 ]* }9 j1 cIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

" W) y8 o" j$ U8 Z6, a while back 不久以前

% Q4 R, u$ D( V$ S2 c3 @7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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* p  b2 g! _. d8 H& c, X4 u8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

( i/ Y' C- x1 h# N/ V9 k9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

1 w0 v, F$ w4 G9 I% @8 Z3 h10, after all 到底
# w: g6 ]& d1 }; GA: 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.

! ?% M1 n; m, B( j& v- r11, allergic to 对|……过敏
8 e. u/ I* r% X/ y- |" pOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
/ ~- }2 F' V: H2 ~3 N5 w7 c  eI am at your service at any time.

# n: |, N) z/ {) L" l$ l13, around the clock 24小时不停
6 [/ u  I/ h" {& J0 \1 EMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
8 {& a: G* J7 ~  ^3 @She is at home with problems like this.
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" q) L/ K- Y4 b. w5 e8 e2 D16, back out
, J9 k) R8 z  B* |1) 退出
" J& |2 `% h+ _0 B: iA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
& A3 R3 T8 Z, S/ uB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
4 a; T2 ]- ?8 _. {- H, J" V2）不履行
' _. M) x9 D- V4 N% FShe finally backed out of her promise.
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& _. ?9 F/ z4 S4 g17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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& L( d! J5 o- G: T+ b9 ~18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

- B( w0 s: O* O$ K19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
- Y9 U$ T; a( M" f! [9 GShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

20，be attached to 对……有感情
% U. d& g% g" [7 r# E7 ]2 KA: 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.

21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
6 O0 R9 ~1 a6 p. n- ?2) 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.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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) k* G* ]$ a0 e( [$ k* f) S24, be burned up 生气
5 f: R$ `4 a5 ~; QShe was really burned up at the news.

! ~2 ]2 [; N: _' ^" s  k4 p, l  X" j25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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/ c  n2 H4 M5 G& t; O+ z26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
+ B3 n  ]0 \+ o& Y1 R+ g$ G' rIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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4 O& `: }: @3 a7 v+ c27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
4 P( l( S# z" bA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
. K+ C- F+ U5 F+ a5 n' f, J0 xB: 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.

$ x! a, t# Z- u& \% f5 |29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
' \) M0 S; }9 {A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

% O( k! @) @( V. `. G5 w3 G30, break new ground 有了新的突破
  e+ l4 p  |! _0 ?His architectural design broke new ground in the field.