口语习惯用语100 1--30

connie

1，a change of pace 节奏变换
# ^( V2 N, D$ |& }2 h; G5 YYou 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
% e2 }/ S7 i$ e* c  X2 [- FThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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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
If you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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: J* E$ @" d9 W! [6, a while back 不久以前

; C. N6 U: V* N# E7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
' s; M0 W- g- A/ z. y6 f0 G: mI was anything but happy about going.

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,
/ s0 g. u: ^& ~; R$ T0 {' _7 BB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

3 m- l  |1 o" o, `$ T" @$ F1 G11, 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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1 l+ I' Y. @0 N* H12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.
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( i' l- h/ F& p  q13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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14, as far as I know 就我所知
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# ~+ H7 O6 M# V# L15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
, K" l- t" C* \, V9 i" A3 }/ oShe is at home with problems like this.

  T! I1 a. _- P( }# l16, back out
1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
* i3 `7 @4 Z9 R( wB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
9 `0 \0 _8 M0 S2 a* I& c# {She finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
1 D' A$ c( u5 ~  Z/ `! OI’m not cut out to be a hero.

* S8 ~: L) ]0 |18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

% x+ k/ B/ v- s1 y19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
, l/ g: {. [( m1 f8 y2 fShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

" {# `. Z: t" B, B- A) ]) `7 w4 X9 [3 r20，be attached to 对……有感情
+ K: b% }' E: m" p; Z& nA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
8 x! j4 E, W* `3 N$ f" EB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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* a* }8 V; u7 t4 c- h' T21, back up 1) 累积
$ d" a) S  ]1 ?( v1 rThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
+ p, x9 t# f; V- ]' _) P3 R1 z/ cI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

' _; Q# u0 g, c22, be bound for 到……地方
1 ?  y+ r+ u/ Z( v% W( JThe bus is bound for New England.
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' V( H- n" L+ T# i& p- e3 O23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
# |" u/ a- a" @. ~I’m feeling myself again.
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24, be burned up 生气
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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" M6 ?* m% n" Z' S+ U0 V( o0 X26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
& U; G, Y; s! c$ b) @3 u  ]; [In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
* O, ]5 i6 @/ k% ~$ Q3 l  b% ZA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

9 d6 v, w4 v/ N2 r5 I2 G28，be stuck 卡住了
# ]5 D" o0 P6 ZI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
' ?, @2 o! Y7 c4 P! @3 ZA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

- @. H$ i6 ~+ \; P' D- }! E5 w30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.