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
7 ]. ]0 B8 A  Y0 c2 E. RThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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9 c: m; ^: }0 G& b3 \  h" E' _3, and how 的确
; `0 i1 p9 S$ M. iA: 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
+ j1 D# o# A9 }1 J4 ^; }If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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0 _" u; d, {/ Q) q7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
; C6 ^8 o; j+ M& ^; EI was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
' @4 ^" a) `) ~/ z( |  _' tB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
6 P' X6 u8 _5 c" h1 POh 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
% _1 a) C( y$ e$ B3 @4 W; dI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
" }- l  C! `+ O; l, J" L+ K- aMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

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

16, back out
9 j& P2 w! W% m9 q1 N5 s5 |1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
# A6 d4 S0 d! W' o2 D# o! hB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
5 }9 E$ w- K) _, M& y9 @" n' D1 R2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
. l/ A/ |) X# w5 O0 i4 NI’m not cut out to be a hero.

3 I. W; M% w' H3 }18, be absorbed in
; R1 l1 s+ u2 c# c6 qShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

! K: a. e6 i3 ~- ^19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She 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.
B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
5 w# ~( x0 g# _$ x/ Y+ nI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

" d" U8 i9 Z# N3 f+ {5 z, N22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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She was really burned up at the news.

% ]. v) a& ?6 \- N+ p25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
. u! `# B, r4 x1 F- t9 E  e- I. _  [In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

3 @2 Y9 A9 z1 r0 B0 H0 ^! l27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
8 Y' d& [$ t0 V5 U# FA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
9 w& O. E4 x% D5 H' CI 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.
1 C+ t* o6 V7 T9 j& m1 lB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
8 d+ m! u1 Y- K# o' iHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.