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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) H# ^& `% Y4 {+ ?  E2, a far cry from 相距甚远
  q0 t( H8 V) B5 ~4 iThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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' R* I( r7 Z+ ~% k# O3, 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.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
# P* v6 x$ g- ~0 [8 K5 T4 XIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

6, a while back 不久以前

6 E  i5 p- ^5 y0 ^: M6 P& O7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
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.

11, 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; `. [* Q0 h- E( u12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
! o. f8 D/ P& F9 X3 HMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

14, as far as I know 就我所知
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8 N5 {7 {% x2 j6 S15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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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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& S! s0 F) }) F% mShe finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
7 P' A, n2 t, {( L( }4 ^I’m not cut out to be a hero.

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( p6 q1 Y2 P7 `  w: I( PShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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4 H2 ?) _3 _* L2 N& s# E3 G19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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4 ]4 ]2 S8 P# J% m! T% \; H20，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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' r7 g, \" m7 c' P3 x, x21, 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.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

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0 v) o8 l! `% [The bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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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.

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

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A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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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
* j4 B6 T9 ^" W1 D9 yA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
1 f4 a# O( U! w& W  N: d2 cB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

# X4 ]: ?+ O% C. f; G1 L30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.