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.
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  J: J6 r  C) Z4 w3 N: m3, and how 的确
+ d& d2 c6 |1 ~' X3 u, mA: She’s a good dancer.
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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.

6, a while back 不久以前
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7，all along 一直I knew it all along.
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4 a( s- s! M  R6 u7 f( b% P* ^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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10, after all 到底
9 T7 {4 q( H8 m# J( a7 AA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
$ r  T' Q/ e# g) x; O; YB: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.
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11, allergic to 对|……过敏
7 o  _" q. s) ]/ pOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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2 G4 S: U+ w& P% `12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
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.

14, as far as I know 就我所知
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She is at home with problems like this.
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2 O2 v8 U& N9 E. r16, back out
( K) \7 i: d4 D2 w0 b1) 退出
A: Wasn’t Bert supposed to sing tonight?
$ {4 q" k8 w: @( tB: Yes, but he backed out at last minute
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She finally backed out of her promise.
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$ k7 G- ~' j% o* S7 m5 h' {2 b17, be cut out for 天生适合
I’m not cut out to be a hero.
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' z3 v( b6 V: ~6 @18, be absorbed in
6 _% R  P( r# }1 t/ v7 `% K, ~# {) WShe has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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. H+ n5 h" c6 @/ S19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
She has been addicted to drugs for years.

1 a1 Z# Z. |; P  F: p1 B- A9 G20，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.
; r9 b4 S5 J$ u& S: WB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.

0 S8 J5 i! J/ M; _2 s8 ?( Y1 v8 g, [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.
5 M6 c0 K; V  P9 `: q/ E2) 支持I’ll back it up.
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. \2 ?7 A* q! _22, be bound for 到……地方
The bus is bound for New England.

/ h- L4 H6 Y) u! w" p23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

) ]: u* [0 A8 n# g1 m* O24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

" t4 E* b$ J+ U0 F3 Z9 X# t25, 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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& L; _# p: z0 I; O8 U4 @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.
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I can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
& U" r$ ]) q; F5 W. gA: I hear you’re taking an advanced physics course this semester.
9 f2 P6 u5 k' J9 T3 g8 zB: 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
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.