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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
shake a leg
conscience
all ears
2. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
at loggerheads
kinky
norrow escape
3. Jobless
repel
measure up
out of work
wound up
4. 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
doubt his chances
flexitime
gale
joking aside
5. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
pressed for time
slush
nine to five
ointment
6. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
do justice
pedastrian crossing
play hooky
measure up
7. Unfounded fear of being unwell
snowdrift
hypochondria
wound up
at standstill
8. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
get a move on
jukebox
at a loss
9. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
blunt
pneumonia
have a memory like a sieve
jukebox
10. 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
hold him off
pay through the nose
gig
do justice
11. Escape being caught; avoid
hit the ceeling/roof
give a slip
ointment
restless
12. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
jump the gun
rain set in for
hear a pin drop
13. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
kinky
gale
give a slip
half-sister-brother
14. Don't think too much about it
marooned
keep something under someone's hat
keep your hair on
catch someone's eye
15. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
outlaw
lets take it outside
teething ring
16. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
pressed for time
knock the socks off
all ears
greasy spoon
17. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
gale
porch
oar
slush
18. Tools to pull apart or twist
get a move on
funnel
not make head or tail of
pliers
19. 1. to work less hard or do something with less energy than before: Just relax and ......... a little. 2. to start doing something less - You should ......... on the whisky. 3. to improve or get less - The snow was .......
conscience
ease up
give a slip
shoot the breeze
20. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
snow job
biodegradable
anti-establishment
21. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
pay through the nose
get a move on
snowdrift
walker
22. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
outlaw
pneumonia
doubt his chances
sell someone short
23. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
oar
hit the ceeling/roof
pulled muscle
nine to five
24. Make someone bored or repelled.
get caught in traffic jam
turn someone off
wash hand of
rainy day
25. Be cheerful and get on with life
ointment
thaw
porch
raise your spirit
26. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
infest
jukebox
mum and pop
talk through his hat
27. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
turn someone off
rainy day
clothes horse
28. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
you and what army
get a move on
wound up
restless
29. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
oar
gale
resort to
30. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
contingency
stranded
make a splash
shower cap
31. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
pick a fight
jukebox
set sail
32. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
at standstill
at her wits end
anti-establishment
knock the socks off
33. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
joking aside
to be on sick leave
all thumbs
slush
34. Sense of right and wrong
dress to kill
rain set in for
conscience
turn someone off
35. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
wet blanket
marooned
go into shock
36. To make someone react less strongly to something by making them become used to it - ......... somebody to something - Does TV ........ people to violence? — d.........zation
wash hand of
wet blanket
nine to five
desensitize
37. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
jukebox
marooned
garment bag
38. If insects - rats etc ..... a place - there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage - be ............ with something - The kitchen was ......with cockroaches.
oar
pressed for time
infest
rainy day
39. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
have a memory like a sieve
sleet
glider
shoot off one's mouth
40. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
talk through his hat
pulled muscle
stranded
walker
41. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
resort to
get a move on
not make head or tail of
wound up
42. Adj. dangerous - risky
tentative decision
desensitize
perilous
greasy spoon
43. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
bonnet
have a memory like a sieve
kinky
pick a fight
44. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
shower head
garment bag
infest
tentative decision
45. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
joking aside
hold him off
anti-establishment
tentative decision
46. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
make a splash
marooned
revisit
snowdrift
47. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
keep something under someone's hat
glider
at loggerheads
clothes horse
48. Make way through a narrow path
scruffy
funnel
desensitize
pick a fight
49. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
sleeping car
raise your spirit
impeccable
at a pinch
50. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
blunt
at a pinch
greasy spoon
give a slip