口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
4 o9 @5 m# h. s) p9 }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
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
/ C# @. U0 b9 M2 w# x; oA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
; U* {7 o2 i7 ~* ?4 n7 |2 @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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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1 @! m0 D5 ?: @" n1 ^0 y8, anything but 绝对不
6 }% _9 v6 U) X. [- o" O& }I was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

! }2 X, B. g1 i10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
) ~7 P; J" c% k9 W. z, 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.

12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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2 V# I6 B% r/ K% D13, around the clock 24小时不停
6 \2 _& f3 w. QMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

- j+ n3 u5 F; c+ z; q2 r14, 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.
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16, back out
3 a* |( M% O+ z# Z3 P1) 退出
5 @: J; C8 _! L8 |+ P  pA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
% C( t2 ]0 z6 a. b& |, Y' r2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

- ~2 ]4 l( t% x3 T5 A2 L17, be cut out for 天生适合
! ]. t( u  h0 X- }8 u/ t2 XI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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% P5 [$ I7 Y" r4 @( \1 W2 R) `/ m18, be absorbed in
6 y& H; ^: Q$ S; XShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

; w% n* P$ I0 L  I19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
1 \2 B6 R3 [0 \) Z" m* s6 SShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，be attached to 对……有感情
6 u2 E" m& B# J$ m5 O! M& HA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
- M# d. P0 U9 W7 }; I, qB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

: e) |) L; `5 q21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
' B! c# U3 V" E0 n$ PI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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6 {& b0 D4 }' o% g" ~3 }22, be bound for 到……地方
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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24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

" |. n0 h7 D8 ~9 J& v- ]25, 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
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
7 R9 X6 S& k& m7 a, _, }" F9 nB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

" c  u; D1 Q6 t9 B6 T1 B1 e3 _29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
) [# [7 N6 M7 w$ V8 r( W" T# a2 o. wA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

" e- Z( v4 |- |7 }% O; F9 w30, break new ground 有了新的突破
! s" |! w# O+ }. M$ NHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.