口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
/ Q2 O6 e1 c# [0 g- rYou 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
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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/ a" E4 u" N* N* x/ `- |0 T* ]# @3, and how 的确
: q) ?; j$ O- G% _" e7 }9 yA: She’s a good dancer.
% k( ]: G) ?7 cB: and how.

( \1 v1 N! y6 u0 X. z( 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
If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

$ [" c4 j$ m" r& i9 A8, anything but 绝对不
7 j8 r9 _6 Q# K* ]I was anything but happy about going.

0 M0 M4 c$ F1 j8 q/ q5 G& Y9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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9 T- |- U4 i  e: K! R10, after all 到底
8 f5 p9 N1 O8 {  p& P3 r8 JA: 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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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
$ I0 C& c4 r2 E$ m/ sOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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( @% }  |2 m  w4 E5 k/ E' g- o12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
2 P1 h- i3 {& y6 A0 oI am at your service at any time.

- h) @; U$ f# G! \" p/ q* d/ a13, around the clock 24小时不停
% k2 w# Y1 o( e4 H6 RMartha 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
She is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
) i- Z$ g! I# lA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
  A- G1 Z  Q6 H. f- k* J" [B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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# o/ w2 U! L  m& {# k" F6 C18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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) d+ _/ y: [0 I7 Z+ I# j# b19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
; r! a; B/ I. l) T, IShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

9 w( F/ T) F+ Q$ _# f3 x20，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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The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
* ]* O' c( ?: \I 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
  ~1 Q8 ?( t6 k) DThe bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

24, 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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26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
; Q7 [+ C0 c* t, ZIn 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.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
8 U7 m! g3 j% Y; d3 i! s7 ]: uI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

$ X: l2 K, y" K# U29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
8 ~& g# ]+ b1 Y* j+ Z  uA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
# ]* r9 c- p8 k  Z+ s; z; e$ xB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

9 o' t- E% r% l, N' q! g30, break new ground 有了新的突破
4 W, W! I. i$ F; z6 dHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.