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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0 R' p7 p; ~$ X2, a far cry from 相距甚远
The published book is far cry from the early manuscript.

/ b/ K7 W3 J7 R3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
B: and how.

4, a matter of time 时间问题
8 r0 F# q( x7 b$ OIt is only a matter of time.

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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5 }+ C5 q, G5 L3 I6, a while back 不久以前

7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

8, anything but 绝对不
" R4 J9 N7 f% U$ EI was anything but happy about going.
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9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
A: 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.

$ n  s( m" @% J2 r11, allergic to 对|……过敏
Oh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.

* k  ?7 q8 f" D8 V1 t- }% {2 @12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
, S, A. Z7 d5 q4 V3 r0 J, p* a; AI am at your service at any time.

- ~# e0 p" u/ Y; p! S13, around the clock 24小时不停
Martha studied around the clock for management exam.

( g* W' Z# `* p: a2 P* t5 T" z, y/ s14, as far as I know 就我所知
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15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
7 ?5 B; g; g" A+ X$ ?: ]2 u8 NShe is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
) n1 n4 h  _. b+ s& xA: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
B: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
2）不履行
She 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.
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3 t/ @- {6 ]# n7 A' }3 ?* S18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.

19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
' g' I+ \- P" E! ZShe has been addicted to drugs for years.
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/ ?& B! i; g9 M! m20，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.
  d8 n) \! F) e  Q' S4 PB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

21, back up 1) 累积
The subway is running behind schedule, and traffic is backed up for blocks.
I don’t know if we’ll make the 6:30 show.
" _  c7 m7 j# r5 q' z# N8 m2) 支持I’ll back it up.

0 R. R" }8 D9 D9 d5 Y22, be bound for 到……地方
. G" c! i# L8 P' t  s. @4 OThe bus is bound for New England.
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23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

$ m! F3 y- j) O9 S+ e" f24, be burned up 生气
1 {% w' R' ]' O3 ^$ I$ ^! XShe was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
I’m hard up for clothes, but I have a lot of books.

% }: f  c6 l2 U) ~( b, j8 q26, be head and shoulders above 好许多
In calculus, Joe is head and shoulders above his classmates.

0 Y; {- B0 Q+ a' J4 R27，be in the dark 蒙在鼓里
A: Do you have any idea what his notice is about?
% ^7 ^6 K: c% x) N/ cB: I’m as in the dark as you are.
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28，be stuck 卡住了
$ |6 e% v8 S/ N9 `. S- yI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.
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" G9 B1 R6 A7 @3 ~, C- q% `& z29, 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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7 u( s7 D+ R7 f# S5 L" `, Y30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.