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.

& H+ m& W; W3 y# T2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

: m% x5 [- n0 R! o, {4 t( }' A5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
$ I, |0 V# I( \. v6 TIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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. [* @/ `0 Q6 E6, 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
5 N/ s# t. }- z8 ]; JI 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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! ?1 s. S" z- f  W$ i& ^10, after all 到底
6 ^7 n9 d# M# c' J$ U. B4 mA: 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.
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: t1 O& U- e% @" r, L11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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; s) ~; V$ ]; h+ m! n' |) b12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
2 U4 E; A4 l4 d- G+ y9 EI am at your service at any time.
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/ m3 t: J5 Q& ^, ^13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

2 Z1 l5 f7 k8 F  I14, as far as I know 就我所知
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She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
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2 }) d! [& {& \5 D* S; qShe finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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$ P% F! C) b" q" n18, be absorbed in
She 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.
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% ?- s/ t7 ?" R3 A7 z# u20，be attached to 对……有感情
( Y" L7 x" l- T7 BA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
3 r6 l* C" R2 IB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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; n! W& l+ d, S; @9 |21, back up 1) 累积
* t7 l  }; |4 ^% sThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
9 S8 }. s. X" Q2 i5 GI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
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.

, ?& b( Q9 F7 I' l( }; v- g+ H0 B' _24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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25, be hard up for
/ V+ q. @$ @) HI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

7 X( f! T- }1 _' H* o! ~" _2 r27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
  Z' e* i( W1 t/ N, CA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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9 X. [, R2 b0 O) B) G28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

, ]) B) }; t% g) W' g29, 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.