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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2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
& G1 [8 @9 J4 K* X' h8 fB: and how.

1 h9 e4 D" a* A2 E/ Y" z4, 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
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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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- T7 @2 P& f& l( ^+ \! G  x9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
: P  n6 {6 M- Z! ^+ QA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
7 u, d" |& [& Q9 D; {& KOh 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
1 H; o. A2 z6 k: N% |) ~# \I am at your service at any time.
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/ t8 \1 ~1 E# O- N) ~13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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# {6 I! z2 Z; T14, as far as I know 就我所知

" `6 c6 s$ S8 R" H15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
  e/ s% J9 L0 [7 E2 L. e& MShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
$ R+ |8 m) y4 a$ o1 |  z1) 退出
+ |" ]! t! `* C/ G  lA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
/ X/ `# L/ [7 zB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
' ^; b0 h# z5 F3 {/ u+ O# C# g2 V8 a2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

$ u: B) e+ F( \! Y17, be cut out for 天生适合
' Z) w3 _8 D1 X1 c4 l, R  `8 P' }9 XI’m not cut out to be a hero.

3 u3 k: Y7 g0 J# B# w' |3 C/ B5 u18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

8 r0 ~% _1 J7 ?7 P  ^0 {/ l+ Z% k19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
8 _+ F" B( S! Q( ?9 O! HShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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20，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.
4 ?/ Y3 q+ t) w6 t+ e# RB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

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4 i* B9 e+ ]  QThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
. p# r/ Q. y% ^4 I' L$ V# ]+ U2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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. v7 ?' U0 N+ I2 x  K7 t& V0 {0 @The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
% }  H) v0 I3 e9 HI’m feeling myself again.
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: y& }0 d* v$ L9 x6 A/ N9 P/ e24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
* e  a5 ]2 x3 W7 a3 ]4 a4 R" RI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
, u+ I/ s5 G, `! ^& u5 m6 wIn 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?
9 L5 r& }3 c5 a5 D  Y" vB: 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.
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29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
A: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
  K: |4 e- x' ]8 {0 t, rB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
/ |  W  I. J3 a8 e- ]8 p  L) nHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.