口语习惯用语100 1--30

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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.

- P* l( A2 z/ y1 t7 q: ~2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

9 B3 H  p* P5 j4 L- t3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.
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* m; p  G0 `' [7 r9 b& q1 D4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

( C( a5 ?7 s! G' |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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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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3 I. |/ j2 r4 Z; o* i9 ?1 q9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
& D5 O) r% |) cA: 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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0 N! J0 j- x9 \: E1 a. S11, allergic to 对|……过敏
' q1 B& G# Q, D# L$ z/ MOh 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
& B3 e7 [" Z$ ?, q' o+ mI am at your service at any time.
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13, around the clock 24小时不停
& D. f, y& J. ~! @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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5 q6 T/ R1 ]. [0 f  P15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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9 H- K2 t% S& r- \# y+ S- J( f16, back out
1) 退出
# I: Z' ~% g' V5 @2 d9 H$ s- fA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
: W0 V0 |. D9 X! k0 fB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
- q- |6 x' k3 [. z% U# E, Q2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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1 P4 T/ K+ Z  M" f% F17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

# z5 g1 z/ i( \4 [18, be absorbed in
  g; S2 Y* S% \- y' Y1 B+ \She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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" Z  G7 V: v& q9 w: ^9 x19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
4 v- G' @& J" t# X% O0 ]; GShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

20，be attached to 对……有感情
! d; D4 C! {2 v+ GA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
, g. `" C# y) m- O' QB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
" C4 a, w/ B8 `5 KThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
! v- m9 c: `; G# @. GI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

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
: d) [* Q5 q$ T7 b2 w! z* T3 ?% KI’m feeling myself again.
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/ J6 m$ r" Z; [/ R: d& H& L24, be burned up 生气
  C7 E+ Y8 q: k% cShe 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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  X6 a4 J  T& X0 J! A26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

5 L$ Q) a  `5 T27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
% a' I- A  d' {A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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6 S7 l& W" t( G: N6 Q; s28，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
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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0 u/ w0 w  {$ X6 h# k" E30, break new ground 有了新的突破
4 i4 g* v9 U& j( i5 R/ p" xHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.