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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
run your tail between your legs
wash hand of
scruffy
turn someone off
2. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
snow job
at loggerheads
at a pinch
repel
3. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
turn someone off
set sail
flunk
fighting words
4. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
knock the socks off
nine to five
slip off
funnel
5. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
rainy day
run your tail between your legs
nine to five
ointment
6. Make someone bored or repelled.
lump
hear a pin drop
turn someone off
hypochondria
7. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
patio
mum and pop
rain set in for
8. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
at a loss
outlaw
oar
patio
9. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
shoot off one's mouth
hole in the wall
chariot
10. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
desensitize
sell someone short
shower head
doubt his chances
11. Escape being caught; avoid
blunt
give a slip
rain set in for
you and what army
12. Not understand at all.
rain set in for
garment bag
not make head or tail of
snow job
13. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
get caught in traffic jam
stranded
norrow escape
14. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
hypochondria
bathtub
rainy day
anti-establishment
15. Movement blocked by traffic
brag
ticket collector
get caught in traffic jam
gig
16. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
hard up
hypochondria
at loggerheads
17. Tools to pull apart or twist
hit the ceeling/roof
bonnet
pliers
hallowed
18. Take off with ease or speed
to be on sick leave
slip off
braces
sleet
19. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
talk through his hat
hallowed
wash hand of
hole in the wall
20. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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21. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
shower cap
stranded
wash hand of
give a slip
22. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
even-tempered
anti-establishment
hypochondria
gangplank
23. A small dark shop or restaurant
walker
slush
contingency
hole in the wall
24. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
thaw
gale
rainy day
25. A system in which people work a particular number of hours each week or month - but can change the times at which they start and finish each day
mum and pop
ointment
flexitime
all thumbs
26. Unfounded fear of being unwell
flunk
oar
run your tail between your legs
hypochondria
27. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
jump the gun
norrow escape
hole in the wall
pulled muscle
28. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
marooned
snowdrift
gangplank
thaw
29. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
keep your hair on
thaw
wound up
dress to kill
30. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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31. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
for a song
hypochondria
ticket collector
sleeping car
32. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
talk through his hat
at loggerheads
rainy day
33. Let us go outside and fight
set sail
joking aside
at her wits end
lets take it outside
34. To treat or represent someone or something good - beautiful etc in a way that is as good as they deserve: The photo doesn't .... her ........ - No words can ...........to the experience. do something such as a test well enough to show your real abili
glider
jukebox
do justice
funnel
35. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
pneumonia
pulled muscle
snowdrift
contingency
36. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
half-sister-brother
gale
teething ring
measure up
37. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
flexitime
out of work
porch
go into shock
38. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
kinky
clothes horse
revisit
sell someone short
39. Be absent from school without permission
slip off
play hooky
hit the ceeling/roof
wound up
40. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
joking aside
gangplank
at her wits end
anti-establishment
41. Silence
glider
snowdrift
wash hand of
hear a pin drop
42. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
nine to five
braces
pressed for time
rainy day
43. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shoot off one's mouth
contingency
outlaw
shower head
44. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
blunt
norrow escape
hole in the wall
shoot off one's mouth
45. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
garment bag
get caught in traffic jam
anti-establishment
pressed for time
46. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
pneumonia
shake a leg
scruffy
wash hand of
47. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
repel
braces
contingency
lump
48. Engineless aircraft
at loggerheads
brag
bonnet
glider
49. Large boses for household things
funnel
desensitize
trunks
snowdrift
50. Partially melted snow
you and what army
slush
shake a leg
clothes horse