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.
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# q: T6 d$ Z% K! a0 P5 j2, a far cry from 相距甚远
+ I% p. i$ g* }. o/ i" dThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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* l" n) `% [& @4, a matter of time 时间问题
8 h9 N0 d, H, r9 z' _It is only a matter of time.

( G4 r0 B, C. ?- ]5 u5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
4 h# Z8 N) ^( q5 FIf 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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

0 J: ?; s6 i& Z* z5 r8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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$ @& i$ Z0 I  w/ |2 J1 a; |9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

& c: L: u# y, A# y! M10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
/ k: p( ~+ f2 b$ }& f: |B: 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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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
- N6 r2 j# {7 U9 O: p+ k5 a7 H3 RI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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; w) G: k7 Q+ |14, as far as I know 就我所知

5 a. l' j4 C0 D5 ~' M+ ]15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
% E% z8 r' R0 f; B. r6 M  ~She is at home with problems like this.
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- q, }" L' R% O9 p+ z% U16, back out
1) 退出
: ^# X  {& A5 q, E  KA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
" ?6 a9 c5 \: {1 [. k; ]B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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# c' s7 W7 Q1 O$ `7 ~' y. j17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

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She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
, ]' V( D  D5 v2 ^! l7 M6 J, rShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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: x7 M& T/ {& A& U, ]0 qA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
/ ?0 s# f9 v' iB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
; d9 X; _7 ]! F5 G2 U; v; M* WI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
: ?* n4 B) n, e7 x) a, y6 j2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
6 @8 _+ F* Q0 f& `0 sThe bus is bound for New England.

0 m; {" F4 N+ T. [. H4 _1 z2 T23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

/ b6 [5 r# y$ j# F! }# P24, be burned up 生气
4 g) \/ t8 e; l7 Z& Q6 @9 n" |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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. y& `+ o# S7 k1 l+ C- R5 a26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
% A6 r* c1 j: Y0 ]1 eA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
* s) D* C! R8 \( i% U# e% d( @B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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; X; T: o  X  M) j" U- h2 P  T28，be stuck 卡住了
- V0 Q9 A6 ~2 Q2 i" LI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

" A9 Y% K  u- d4 f# H: c  B29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: 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.