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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. Fighting alone
you and what army
repel
all thumbs
dress to kill
2. Be noticed by someone.
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3. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
chariot
ticket collector
get a move on
pressed for time
4. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
lets take it outside
brag
at a loss
5. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
hallowed
braces
set in stone
blunt
6. 1. not definite or certain - and may be changed later SYN provisional OPP definite: I passed on my t...... conclusions to the police. The government is taking t......... steps towards tackling the country's economic problems. 2. done without confiden
marooned
nine to five
tentative decision
shoot off one's mouth
7. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
biodegradable
trunks
repel
8. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
hard up
teething ring
get a move on
9. 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 .......
ease up
repel
sleeping car
norrow escape
10. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
norrow escape
at a loss
keep your hair on
brag
11. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
infest
at standstill
hard up
keep something under someone's hat
12. Unfounded fear of being unwell
shoot the breeze
hypochondria
rain set in for
sprain
13. Shocked
go into shock
sleeping car
oar
walker
14. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
pulled muscle
funnel
at her wits end
half-sister-brother
15. Getting too angry
not make head or tail of
hit the ceeling/roof
snow job
doubt his chances
16. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
fighting words
hole in the wall
wet blanket
17. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
patio
shake a leg
gig
thaw
18. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
at a pinch
mum and pop
do justice
19. To quarrel
wet blanket
not make head or tail of
pick a fight
sprain
20. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
hypochondria
wash hand of
bathtub
infest
21. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
you and what army
slip off
anti-establishment
22. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
scruffy
pick a fight
restless
23. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
sleeping car
wound up
flunk
at sixes and sevens
24. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
all ears
half-sister-brother
pedastrian crossing
garment bag
25. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wet blanket
wash hand of
sell someone short
pedastrian crossing
26. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
make a splash
get caught in traffic jam
norrow escape
27. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
wash hand of
make a splash
all ears
walker
28. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
make a splash
at loggerheads
rainy day
turn someone off
29. Escape being caught; avoid
fighting words
give a slip
glider
wash hand of
30. Act before the appropriate time.
turn someone off
get caught in traffic jam
jump the gun
at a pinch
31. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
run your tail between your legs
play hooky
norrow escape
even-tempered
32. Movement blocked by traffic
ointment
get caught in traffic jam
snowdrift
bonnet
33. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
ointment
garment bag
hallowed
snowdrift
34. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
porch
fighting words
lets take it outside
set sail
35. Tools to pull apart or twist
pliers
fighting words
porch
even-tempered
36. 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
do justice
stranded
fighting words
sleet
37. Be absent from school without permission
keep your hair on
hard up
play hooky
garment bag
38. Be cheerful and get on with life
whistleblower
revisit
raise your spirit
for a song
39. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
nine to five
hypochondria
slip off
resort to
40. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
blunt
make a splash
at sixes and sevens
resort to
41. 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
raise your spirit
hit the ceeling/roof
desensitize
sleet
42. Chatter - babble - speak casually
marooned
snow job
dress to kill
shoot the breeze
43. It is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it - or it makes you feel ill - The smell r........ him. 2. [transitive] to make someone who is attacking you go away - by fighting them: The army was ready to ....... an attack. 3. [transitive] to
bonnet
repel
shoot the breeze
at loggerheads
44. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
shower cap
wound up
gangplank
stranded
45. Hood
hole in the wall
bonnet
all ears
scruffy
46. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
to be on sick leave
wash hand of
shower head
gale
47. Engineless aircraft
hypochondria
glider
wash hand of
talk through his hat
48. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
walker
joking aside
nine to five
snowdrift
49. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
do justice
hard up
have a memory like a sieve
50. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
dress to kill
conscience
kinky
restless