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.
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; Q2 Y) }7 F8 A, c2, a far cry from 相距甚远
- v# n% o1 o2 BThe published book is far cry from the early manuscript.
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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
9 I+ s+ p& G  PB: and how.

, `6 K+ J, c/ @4 ?' m# D4, 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
6 L1 K' u4 H+ z: g( S$ m- TIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

) c) r$ \" ~" B8 q9 ^6, a while back 不久以前

0 t- [7 m* A; {2 ~4 j  a. Q% {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.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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/ I& t1 k" e7 f9 ?10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
2 L4 _/ K7 ]3 _, FB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

2 B. }2 m6 f; B7 Q8 Y7 S11, 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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12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

8 |4 p3 V( K$ h9 l4 q1 y# r13, around the clock 24小时不停
* j' e; j+ K% `2 o, f; bMartha studied around the clock for management exam.

5 k  k' P0 X3 _5 M4 q# {  Z14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
7 ?" x5 A7 Q& e3 ]: A, v8 AShe is at home with problems like this.
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! v  r4 l5 |4 A* B0 n3 f# }16, back out
2 h  m6 v9 D" }) Z2 [) p9 _1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
0 e# y% M3 s. U4 w8 k/ hB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
3 f2 ^' F; p9 f+ o0 C2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.

17, be cut out for 天生适合
: M7 m; E" H! OI’m not cut out to be a hero.
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18, be absorbed in
; u, {8 D5 G- lShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

; T8 c; ]: U7 Z+ {1 P. S5 e% o19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
; z5 ]* c$ p$ o7 p( m9 \She has been addicted to drugs for years.

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.
3 C" Y+ l# Y  n0 ]B: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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; q7 g! c. ^. i. ?% XThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
2) 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.

23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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7 {9 i  [2 F6 `) {' a24, 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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26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
1 O9 `5 j7 k  l5 XA: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

& K  w3 S" n) K; H$ Y4 T& v28，be stuck 卡住了
0 ~9 x5 m  J) {) R7 n6 v2 [! CI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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* {- A. B8 e: y- F" l7 y29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
5 c3 n' a. K1 }$ y' zA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
( u' |. B3 H7 y" |* `! lB: 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
) v) t- Z& [& L* G: x* v  A3 O, sHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.