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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
get a move on
get caught in traffic jam
turn someone off
2. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
ease up
scruffy
hard up
3. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
rainy day
pressed for time
pulled muscle
scruffy
4. Be absent from school without permission
at standstill
you and what army
porch
play hooky
5. Fighting alone
you and what army
make a splash
impeccable
perilous
6. Pay a high price - pay too much
lump
at sixes and sevens
pay through the nose
bonnet
7. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
doubt his chances
dress to kill
at loggerheads
at sixes and sevens
8. Act before the appropriate time.
braces
you and what army
jump the gun
sleet
9. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
gangplank
measure up
snow job
10. Tools to pull apart or twist
out of work
resort to
pliers
outlaw
11. Sense of right and wrong
shake a leg
outlaw
jump the gun
conscience
12. To quarrel
ointment
pick a fight
fighting words
ease up
13. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
make a splash
play hooky
greasy spoon
ointment
14. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
sell someone short
stranded
gale
anti-establishment
15. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
kinky
at standstill
set in stone
bonnet
16. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
pressed for time
kinky
all ears
17. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
play hooky
scruffy
wet blanket
impeccable
18. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
ointment
pulled muscle
pedastrian crossing
gale
19. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
get a move on
even-tempered
knock the socks off
repel
20. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
wound up
norrow escape
shoot off one's mouth
at loggerheads
21. Escape being caught; avoid
teething ring
jukebox
joking aside
give a slip
22. Movement blocked by traffic
at her wits end
bonnet
get caught in traffic jam
doubt his chances
23. Silence
bonnet
pulled muscle
have a memory like a sieve
hear a pin drop
24. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
porch
sell someone short
hallowed
25. Make someone bored or repelled.
wash hand of
braces
conscience
turn someone off
26. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
pay through the nose
desensitize
jukebox
oar
27. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
ointment
shower head
revisit
contingency
28. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
kinky
at her wits end
pressed for time
sprain
29. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
gale
bathtub
sleet
catch someone's eye
30. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
biodegradable
flunk
gangplank
mum and pop
31. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
sleet
sleeping car
raise your spirit
pulled muscle
32. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
for a song
shower cap
resort to
catch someone's eye
33. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
all ears
pressed for time
to be on sick leave
ease up
34. Not understand at all.
pliers
not make head or tail of
ticket collector
gangplank
35. Be cheerful and get on with life
pedastrian crossing
biodegradable
pliers
raise your spirit
36. 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
hole in the wall
flexitime
glider
catch someone's eye
37. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
desensitize
set in stone
at a pinch
wash hand of
38. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
teething ring
wound up
shoot off one's mouth
blunt
39. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hit the ceeling/roof
snow job
hard up
hypochondria
40. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
hit the ceeling/roof
sprain
have a memory like a sieve
nine to five
41. 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 .......
keep something under someone's hat
bathtub
ease up
at her wits end
42. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw
snow job
gig
tentative decision
43. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
snow job
have a memory like a sieve
snowdrift
not make head or tail of
44. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
shower cap
impeccable
revisit
45. Making claims without any backup
sprain
talk through his hat
do justice
sleet
46. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
brag
bathtub
to be on sick leave
braces
47. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
braces
run your tail between your legs
out of work
walker
48. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
scruffy
slip off
clothes horse
hole in the wall
49. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
get a move on
measure up
blunt
hold him off
50. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
at sixes and sevens
flunk
blunt
hear a pin drop