口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
1 n0 q* f  Z# H8 x+ V! dYou can’t do these chemistry experiments all day long. You certainly need a change of pace.
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7 S, E3 w6 A* `  ~2 r3 H" K2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
" X& y8 Q3 ~6 p3 X2 e# {( DB: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
! i8 p6 Q6 O+ \/ X& ^! _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.

6, a while back 不久以前
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- ~8 l" H/ O/ r5 P7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

: I6 t9 i1 H# c" l" A/ O8, anything but 绝对不
I 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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: |3 `: D9 }! V/ V) i* I& W10, after all 到底
3 }4 c8 h; B4 L. m, Q5 \' `; ~A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
7 P" V4 |- c: y8 F" }B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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4 `  V& {: }( f; {11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

  v. N+ o% D- N6 F, q1 q# `12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
; X' }. m" [+ D) I8 A5 D( mI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

7 y) p" W3 f6 r& w1 Y14, as far as I know 就我所知
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5 C* q2 B  V; P- z, m- X% l# _15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

; g4 Z( M7 P1 ~7 Z3 o! b2 S16, back out
1) 退出
" p. l& J5 s6 Y' T- ^A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
# o0 O! J0 z) K9 y, Y' g( [% j% |6 pB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

7 ]$ O+ z1 r. ^1 I17, be cut out for 天生适合
" U/ r& r- ~/ x- Y+ B/ sI’m not cut out to be a hero.

* V2 w) ]( V" G* s6 O& q7 U' Z18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

; Y4 G# B4 S7 x( J( l' O0 M19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

- y( ^4 ?: J. P) e20，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.
+ ]& n$ B5 X, R0 i) JB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, back up 1) 累积
3 `6 q0 ]) u. p! }# ?( ]The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
/ Z8 N  d$ }2 w1 P  I2 B4 K: M6 G) kI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
" V' S4 \8 ^# h7 k/ R$ O2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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: X$ r- W  z: g  w22, be bound for 到……地方
; [  S- X  H( w7 B: C" J. q9 iThe bus is bound for New England.

8 s! S- y  K1 o% K4 H23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
& c1 v3 C/ n( C+ _) m0 v% JI’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
2 }; {7 w/ |6 ?$ Q& p! bShe was really burned up at the news.
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8 w0 a9 B) E) ]( P1 R25, 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.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
" ?+ Z3 L6 ?( a& ]6 ZA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
0 @" X( I" b1 y1 Z6 J, K; t  AB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
6 X/ k1 o: |3 U2 c) eI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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+ W- I$ z3 E) z7 j* f) F0 n29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
! n' s: c" U6 YB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

! S( g1 \" @9 l" E( V* x: ]( O5 e( F30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.