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.
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( Y+ ]" K' V- \; j  P3, and how 的确
5 ~7 P1 ]6 Z( v$ g2 D2 \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.

/ _8 _+ J/ n8 v) o5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
+ e0 j/ X% Y. H; X8 v1 u+ G1 q; FIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.
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, \2 [* J5 V" ~$ d6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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8, anything but 绝对不
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) g  e* h; v6 B* z) V9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

3 I9 R1 F4 J/ u10, after all 到底
A: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
2 K( p& c- M: B/ g9 zB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

* `' R, X7 K5 n& w7 h" K5 i11, 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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8 Y8 U9 V7 k1 m2 b12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
I am at your service at any time.

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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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9 w5 e' ^5 G7 r15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
% ~# B/ e% C+ z2 Q4 nShe is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
1) 退出
8 }+ R& F4 V8 K) Y  c: u) _! B. XA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2 g" {3 `+ ?9 F2 t2）不履行
0 \; @  U% l# f% B. W0 k" a! TShe finally backed out of her promise.
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17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.

18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

4 H2 [  I. A+ P+ @19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
' z$ a# r* S/ L# {3 ?/ n- t+ e* UShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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) H0 \3 x: V! Q) J( d0 Q4 R20，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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21, back up 1) 累积
2 i% `) w' }3 L4 F# y0 H% X: uThe 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.

22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

+ f! [8 R, g  Q& D) [) d23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
+ C& {! f8 G3 f# ^1 _7 aI’m feeling myself again.

3 [# _+ V9 r$ n4 u24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.
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) G! O+ T' l1 [0 I# C' D$ X25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

/ |4 p6 w* ]) G/ @26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
& x0 d6 y  R2 uIn 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?
B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

& G, Q3 {1 N: T5 h7 f28，be stuck 卡住了
) }" \/ v/ k& b$ C6 tI 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.
B: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.