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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
set in stone
all ears
slip off
wet blanket
2. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
flunk
sell someone short
wet blanket
not make head or tail of
3. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
sleet
shoot off one's mouth
marooned
4. 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
teething ring
dress to kill
pick a fight
5. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
out of work
go into shock
pneumonia
contingency
6. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
whistleblower
kinky
chariot
dress to kill
7. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
catch someone's eye
hard up
doubt his chances
get caught in traffic jam
8. Make someone bored or repelled.
outlaw
ease up
turn someone off
scruffy
9. Sense of right and wrong
pick a fight
keep something under someone's hat
conscience
pulled muscle
10. Making claims without any backup
patio
thaw
talk through his hat
impeccable
11. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
porch
greasy spoon
make a splash
pedastrian crossing
12. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
oar
set in stone
bonnet
13. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
hit the ceeling/roof
resort to
hear a pin drop
14. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
set in stone
impeccable
oar
restless
15. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
pick a fight
pedastrian crossing
biodegradable
revisit
16. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
blunt
gale
shoot off one's mouth
desensitize
17. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
kinky
trunks
biodegradable
18. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
fighting words
go into shock
gangplank
19. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
give a slip
gig
get a move on
20. Severe cold and fever
half-sister-brother
make a splash
hold him off
pneumonia
21. Shocked
at loggerheads
go into shock
you and what army
hypochondria
22. Be absent from school without permission
hypochondria
conscience
greasy spoon
play hooky
23. Cheaply - inexpensively
make a splash
for a song
to be on sick leave
rainy day
24. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
hard up
to be on sick leave
sell someone short
for a song
25. Pay a high price - pay too much
flexitime
mum and pop
pay through the nose
perilous
26. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
wet blanket
pliers
joking aside
27. Depart; set off to sea
repel
fighting words
keep your hair on
set sail
28. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
marooned
hard up
walker
all thumbs
29. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
get caught in traffic jam
stranded
revisit
30. To quarrel
knock the socks off
pick a fight
get a move on
hit the ceeling/roof
31. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
porch
pick a fight
to be on sick leave
half-sister-brother
32. Be noticed by someone.
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33. Hood
bonnet
stranded
hold him off
contingency
34. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
impeccable
sleet
trunks
for a song
35. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
you and what army
nine to five
patio
pedastrian crossing
36. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
hole in the wall
snow job
knock the socks off
greasy spoon
37. Take off with ease or speed
patio
repel
slip off
blunt
38. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
shoot off one's mouth
garment bag
snow job
flunk
39. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
mum and pop
marooned
desensitize
chariot
40. A small dark shop or restaurant
kinky
hole in the wall
blunt
play hooky
41. Silence
run your tail between your legs
pulled muscle
hear a pin drop
scruffy
42. Engineless aircraft
sleet
braces
glider
snow job
43. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
turn someone off
biodegradable
slush
44. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
kinky
whistleblower
give a slip
pay through the nose
45. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
kinky
oar
resort to
walker
46. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
all thumbs
pneumonia
sprain
all ears
47. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
rain set in for
wound up
at her wits end
play hooky
48. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
rain set in for
gig
hold him off
stranded
49. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
infest
pay through the nose
sell someone short
all thumbs
50. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
snow job
not make head or tail of
ease up