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
0 }5 D" S% l7 r3 j, xThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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+ k4 m6 u# i0 j) m- Q8 e2 V3, and how 的确
$ O) K6 G6 S  t, i4 `A: She’s a good dancer.
# _' j% h5 e" e/ [, p2 fB: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

. @  }) ?  a& F6 |: @3 {! [* ?5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
# S; O! q7 H6 T* }If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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6, a while back 不久以前
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. q9 `5 s, ?* p0 c- c7 \7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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& ]7 g8 h# q$ C7 ?+ N8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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3 t1 A- w& T9 z/ z% u9 a* l2 r9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
/ Z/ y8 {- u% D2 w8 S6 B7 m  G7 ?A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
; g' W4 X: \$ d+ ~/ EB: 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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& ?& n) s2 T4 {. A12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
. K3 {  B0 t" |" y6 u- O' ^" PI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
; _! _7 V' `; I+ }5 l$ c; HMartha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知

15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

  r" }: T% t. C4 C( e16, back out
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A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
+ v2 w/ u: M* e$ D( aB: 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.

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
" `6 d: @" |( @4 EShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
+ n, l% o9 o8 X2 a6 q. B! MA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
- F# F! O) T' yB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
/ b4 x" c8 _# A9 X0 {, c% X6 ]4 oI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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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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! \2 P: v4 R3 M" |24, be burned up 生气
4 U1 H# d1 V+ ~# aShe was really burned up at the news.
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, d6 C3 H- V, x* s* S25, be hard up for
' F# e; _+ z! i) r' D& e- `$ kI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.
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0 h* L+ ~  _' T4 I26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
) b0 \7 L5 |6 t& bIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
  z% C9 [8 L% F8 n. `( n% @6 YA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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/ F& _+ {3 ~0 s& @28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

( w7 M% Y' }' T1 t: U' w# n8 A29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
  A3 q% |9 _- o1 G* o, QA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

0 j1 V  q! Q  ]9 G30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.