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 N6 t, P/ I, E$ B; {# N; v3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

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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6, a while back 不久以前

5 q" B% M4 Y0 m4 q: j0 r+ y- ~7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.

6 Y! s! I2 F/ ^$ \8 H9, account for 解释How do you account for it?

10, after all 到底
! o7 L  g! C+ W5 LA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
' d4 Z* p8 B- g% RB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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! G" s; N; o5 x5 u- m- D11, allergic to 对|……过敏
7 V( J# l3 ?, {+ j. l- T1 BOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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2 a% u# O  G  g& y7 p12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
# ]1 R1 e+ [7 bI am at your service at any time.

13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

7 n! T1 Q- b1 I4 W; P14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.

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1) 退出
3 J% E; t0 U/ m7 _A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
/ X$ Y) E7 @' D' X: z) D. NB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She finally backed out of her promise.
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0 b' I- L% T% [3 q$ P17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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; S# {% Q. V# g" p9 R/ x18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

! S; z2 P8 G8 }3 @/ m19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
. H! _9 l2 I4 k2 ZShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

' @/ \# K4 H% \7 h- U* R7 X20，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.

# b' C1 d  |: T" q/ B+ U21, back up 1) 累积
4 W+ C6 M4 V- D! Z3 jThe subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
, z; F+ P6 Q. O& d$ C2 F, r/ `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
4 v  N& t) t  _The bus is bound for New England.

) w" x! v& O" M2 V) r2 j+ R23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.
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+ s8 s+ E1 p3 `+ ^' F24, be burned up 生气
4 [$ B! w* V7 R# TShe was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
; {! V, j8 }3 [9 ?8 b% k: xI’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

  g' ^% c& E& i+ L* [26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
3 }2 a6 a" `3 X  D; C6 c( @" }A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
/ Q2 Q9 P! T+ z$ O8 [B: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
3 w0 P  ^; G' s* ^I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
# U4 C& d" j* M0 DA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
1 ~  j  O8 O3 {5 Y. S0 iB: I think I’ve bitten off more than I can chew.

30, break new ground 有了新的突破
! l4 D& v2 q9 x1 b% C0 k8 uHis architectural design broke new ground in the field.