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.

2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
, ?4 K4 A  r8 Y% x2 vA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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0 D: r1 c: [) a. d4, a matter of time 时间问题
1 s% w( d4 O2 N2 \It is only a matter of time.
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- e8 C+ Z+ E0 |$ i' R5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
1 l: @5 \0 y8 W' HIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

  U5 I  _4 S0 V# ?6, a while back 不久以前

4 Z, z  w  C' `7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
' n: v/ p/ i4 sI 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
( d) m: e' E! y+ zA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
1 ~8 W3 n' q! u) ?5 ?. Q1 y! O0 |B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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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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9 [) [& @/ T4 E, i0 _$ V# w$ h12, 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
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

4 f6 `* y5 P, O. L1 g7 l+ ^14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
9 @- w) d8 @- M1 R1 ~She is at home with problems like this.

. N# {/ [& A  f0 `; @. s16, back out
( k* }, [9 u7 ?$ d/ Q9 U# u! {( e1) 退出
A: 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.

2 C( V$ ~* f: X3 ~17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’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.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.
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1 r6 E5 h/ p( `; \: y  {20，be attached to 对……有感情
( |1 _% ]/ I$ c2 j8 V8 [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.
. I! y( Y6 q4 o* y4 e4 eB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

3 [! G; S9 x9 {" O$ C8 l21, back up 1) 累积
. |, G. H! c: _, d- w& @The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
" H; q+ I" b! p  }I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
" M$ a) v( K- b% K" r- Y2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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The bus is bound for New England.

, a3 O7 |9 d' g& _23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
2 o8 @+ y+ ]* M+ P5 p# @I’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

) @' ?) U* C5 N3 _5 |9 r: D% N25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

8 H5 r" ^. X- c& ]* W* ~5 ^26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
( H0 [" T6 e$ {/ W; W5 eIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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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.

28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

( E* U+ J$ ~3 n29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
& N, C$ [4 Z* d/ P3 xA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

/ k7 v$ L) K2 h( u7 P: H9 `30, break new ground 有了新的突破
1 ]/ _+ F& V# d5 t6 o1 `His architectural design broke new ground in the field.