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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3, and how 的确
A: She’s a good dancer.
  W7 N4 h( s% A& K# k8 tB: and how.

9 X! b1 S% E6 h: t$ c# t4, a matter of time 时间问题
! k, |6 D. Y& i# I+ W6 s& SIt 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

& @/ f8 w% `  |/ u7，all along 一直I knew it all along.

% \1 e1 t" j3 {8 O+ N" ]8, anything but 绝对不
I was anything but happy about going.
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& L8 d. f- \0 {" D# c# ]9, account for 解释How do you account for it?
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10, after all 到底
' s3 f9 d% d% g# nA: I’ve just seen the X-rays and your teeth look just fine,
; K7 @* u) R2 }# B/ S. _0 {B: I see. Then there is nothing to worry about after all.

11, allergic to 对|……过敏
* y6 w. \3 T2 f+ [3 r% @8 W: dOh man! Something in this room is making my eyes itch. I must be allergic to something.
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, y2 [+ U5 n: U+ m12, at sb’s service 愿为某人服务
9 Z3 ?% T8 [( q5 s4 d8 wI 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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5 f+ C, P  a7 z& o- Z14, as far as I know 就我所知

! M- M8 n  o( h! O% T1 U6 \15，at home with 对…..很熟悉
She is at home with problems like this.
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16, back out
1) 退出
A: 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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* ^5 I3 ~2 f3 _# W7 K17, be cut out for 天生适合
! s; a$ {6 {3 t- i1 ?: II’m not cut out to be a hero.

1 [- g, G3 B9 e" \. a$ `18, be absorbed in
She has been absorbed in a horror fiction. I can’t tear her away.
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9 |6 l) w2 u" ]* V0 a19, be addicted to 对……上瘾
1 L: F- F/ V. \4 lShe has been addicted to drugs for years.

8 C. i) K! M: U; p20，be attached to 对……有感情
+ M& L7 F0 e$ UA: I’m amazed that you are still driving that old car of yours. I thought you would have  gotten rid of it years ago.
- T: ]4 Z) E5 c8 K- tB: It runs well and I’ve actually been quite attached to it.
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  B* B; Q; {+ r- t( o! J- L21, 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.
2) 支持I’ll back it up.

* }/ v) f" k* d3 Y& c$ Q7 z22, be bound for 到……地方
' R! h: y& j6 eThe bus is bound for New England.
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1 e5 d3 r# m/ T  u  n  W& U$ o- b23, be (feel) myself 找到自我
I’m feeling myself again.

24, be burned up 生气
She was really burned up at the news.

25, be hard up for
/ U& q( q9 Y2 kI’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
3 r' c+ d2 y7 r  g+ A& V% bIn 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?
( x* P  e; u; hB: I’m as in the dark as you are.

28，be stuck 卡住了
4 z+ Q/ Z. a' K' w3 YI can’t get this window open. It’s stuck.

29, bite off more than one can chew. 贪多嚼不烂
1 v: k* o- N- d, ZA: 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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$ M. O1 u, I" i8 g# H% I30, break new ground 有了新的突破
His architectural design broke new ground in the field.