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
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

3, and how 的确
% c/ k3 N: C- b$ j5 I. w! QA: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

  V! K+ i* Q9 C& L+ _  ]4, a matter of time 时间问题
It is only a matter of time.

5, a phone call away 一个电话之远
& `" w: j7 `7 t+ V+ VIf you need my help, do let me know. Just remember I am a phone call away.

6, a while back 不久以前

% [7 v- M, G" z7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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" }% I6 {& d3 z- h8, anything but 绝对不
6 n2 \9 `2 U3 t* x. Q3 DI was anything but happy about going.

9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
) s# G: l3 k! C" J- O, j$ Q$ q$ pA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
- a7 {5 ~2 l+ N% C4 C- Q& N- IB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh 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 Y" y0 d/ n0 O# O; V: {I am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.
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6 V4 P( }: x! m5 c8 y6 R: |. {14, as far as I know 就我所知

8 G5 C/ H' J) d2 p6 A15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

16, back out
9 P4 b4 n2 F2 \, E0 F1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
; `8 p& g; d# H" w: \2 [0 e) _B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
) d( k% X; E. O! a8 h/ Q% oShe finally backed out of her promise.

4 N$ y- W4 t" N17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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, {2 R" O* T  S5 ^" {$ [8 c0 @18, be absorbed in
* B% F' S* k8 K+ `& \+ S$ \9 z' HShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

, T8 G; ^! L( K$ P* Q19, 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.

+ x# Y, [$ ]9 r% a% Z21, back up 1) 累积
$ l. F' k9 V8 ^6 ^The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
4 h4 U$ B. ^5 g, T: t9 HI don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
  ]+ O+ y' }( b* e2) 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
( S  s  j% Y: w9 K* sI’m feeling myself again.

9 Y! c; b7 [( ?: U+ M/ @4 m24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
; Q" }2 i0 Z5 e/ ^! ^7 B7 I! hI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.
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& f# N& F% |( ~0 y* v+ |1 S  e27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
0 m3 p" R8 g: m; J6 x' I! nA: 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
I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

# f6 ]( _2 n, }2 A, G29, 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.

7 h3 c+ F9 c, y  A2 B3 p! j30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.