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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. O  z( B$ V) O' m  }' b2, a far cry from 相距甚远
' X( ~, n; l4 U  M. KThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

1 ]% {# v3 n+ W' l4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.
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9 n8 k) X  h" [, p4 j5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
% t1 h4 {( Z. q/ G2 Y+ z3 EIf 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

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
5 ]( N5 U) s, j5 v' L. yI was anything but happy about going.

! Q) N6 h; `- \. i9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

  l  G+ L( q4 @9 ~10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
! V1 Y7 U0 L! B7 @B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
1 u/ c* K1 w: d  n0 YOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

1 b2 b8 S2 b; o* i12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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/ G& R' r) r. l! |4 C1 w14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
0 f$ h3 n( [" d  _" {She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
) {" |, |3 U* j# h. _3 V" zB: 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.

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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
  n9 Y6 H* V7 t1 S0 z2 h$ WShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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( P7 e8 S* w& q; f# o20，be attached to 对……有感情
' T/ r+ m6 x" v& D/ CA: 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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5 I0 O& E! n8 d# v. v  o% R% f( K- _The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
6 H( e' Q, t2 Q+ N2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.
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2 b) \6 C# O, ]) A0 L" u- u23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
4 M  D/ K2 K' t0 I2 s2 |; |I’m feeling myself again.

/ n6 m' t' {* [; u5 H3 a24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

# H$ S  D) b) ]: ?* N5 b# \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
3 v. ]& r/ m) @4 g* E3 h  XIn calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
  X) Z8 Y6 H3 G' ~; }3 F6 EA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
* P' x( V. \. \; ~% bB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

7 T; B$ {9 Y* O; u/ |( ~* G28，be stuck 卡住了
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
6 b" {! E- Z& N% ?A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.
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30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.