口语习惯用语100 1--30

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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
' N$ ]1 @3 A7 M5 O- e0 a% |/ tThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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' z" Y! \7 F0 Z9 X9 ]* E. ?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.

' [  A9 K* L# t1 f+ H5, 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.

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I was anything but happy about going.
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0 S" }( Z/ I6 {1 e9, 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,
/ Q# b- y$ p+ q$ J6 wB: 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.

& @/ r% z3 v8 ^( u! H2 p3 J12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
" [4 c7 q1 E) `* i0 @$ R. gI am at your service at any time.
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1 a1 i8 l* }% o6 e/ }+ [Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

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+ |' ]0 P5 }# a# H( }  ?+ \( \% XShe is at home with problems like this.

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A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
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' e8 X# S: I7 i7 H. JShe finally backed out of her promise.

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5 X6 Z$ N1 |6 Q- SI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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' y6 z: N! ~& x; ]2 K  @. O18, be absorbed in
! N# g, R7 w# l/ I& v0 x$ ?5 q6 BShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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; D; U7 _0 H8 N7 y6 Y" T6 ~19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
9 Y/ g6 Q4 p  j" gShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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8 V) h7 h" b7 m/ J( }  }20，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.
" j2 Q" V  \8 M1 U& I3 II don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
1 R1 p$ i+ l: Q; F2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
. U6 q6 q8 R8 @3 n+ m9 aThe bus is bound for New England.

/ j9 b- L/ Q+ E# m23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
9 N5 J/ }& ~  r6 e6 m3 MI’m feeling myself again.
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8 D$ _2 a/ [1 `4 i: JShe was really burned up at the news.
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5 L# M* T4 K' C/ S% {, v/ B1 @0 w25, 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
& c6 U  i1 o2 _0 D4 D2 oIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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7 t1 ~8 D. l3 y  H* \27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
8 M- ~; s5 f$ z5 [( d+ wA: 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.
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29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
/ V- ~0 ^+ N# R0 f7 Q- r8 T) jA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
7 d0 q+ i" g1 A! p# i  K. h3 dB: 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.