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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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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. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
norrow escape
contingency
all thumbs
jump the gun
2. Make way through a narrow path
make a splash
outlaw
funnel
blunt
3. Getting too angry
jump the gun
hit the ceeling/roof
make a splash
oar
4. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
slip off
shower head
thaw
5. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
doubt his chances
desensitize
even-tempered
6. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
ointment
slush
at sixes and sevens
rainy day
7. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
dress to kill
garment bag
wet blanket
do justice
8. Not understand at all.
half-sister-brother
resort to
not make head or tail of
norrow escape
9. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
out of work
desensitize
kinky
10. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
hallowed
do justice
have a memory like a sieve
at standstill
11. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
contingency
knock the socks off
scruffy
pay through the nose
12. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
bonnet
sell someone short
lets take it outside
run your tail between your legs
13. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
set sail
get a move on
wound up
fighting words
14. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
anti-establishment
mum and pop
resort to
15. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
to be on sick leave
for a song
all ears
anti-establishment
16. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
sleeping car
outlaw
whistleblower
sell someone short
17. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
restless
slip off
greasy spoon
slush
18. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hypochondria
repel
fighting words
measure up
19. Make someone bored or repelled.
turn someone off
raise your spirit
get caught in traffic jam
outlaw
20. Adj. dangerous - risky
sprain
jukebox
hole in the wall
perilous
21. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
all ears
not make head or tail of
ticket collector
biodegradable
22. Engineless aircraft
sleet
restless
get a move on
glider
23. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
do justice
shower head
wash hand of
restless
24. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
biodegradable
hallowed
walker
25. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
knock the socks off
sleeping car
to be on sick leave
hypochondria
26. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
rain set in for
lets take it outside
braces
gale
27. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
clothes horse
scruffy
all ears
hold him off
28. 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
snowdrift
desensitize
jump the gun
keep your hair on
29. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
hallowed
bathtub
even-tempered
thaw
30. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
for a song
rain set in for
flunk
mum and pop
31. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
rain set in for
for a song
pulled muscle
32. Cheaply - inexpensively
oar
trunks
for a song
anti-establishment
33. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
shake a leg
hole in the wall
stranded
34. Chatter - babble - speak casually
turn someone off
shoot the breeze
hold him off
stranded
35. 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.
pedastrian crossing
joking aside
infest
catch someone's eye
36. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
joking aside
sleeping car
set in stone
marooned
37. Let us go outside and fight
go into shock
lets take it outside
get a move on
flexitime
38. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
hit the ceeling/roof
lets take it outside
sprain
39. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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40. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
all ears
set in stone
fighting words
pay through the nose
41. Be noticed by someone.
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42. A small dark shop or restaurant
fighting words
ticket collector
hole in the wall
pedastrian crossing
43. Tools to pull apart or twist
measure up
bonnet
set in stone
pliers
44. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
ointment
jump the gun
sleeping car
45. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
you and what army
jump the gun
restless
46. Large boses for household things
dress to kill
trunks
joking aside
garment bag
47. Be absent from school without permission
turn someone off
get a move on
jump the gun
play hooky
48. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
shoot off one's mouth
braces
wet blanket
49. Dance; hurry
gangplank
half-sister-brother
shake a leg
doubt his chances
50. 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
gig
wash hand of
at her wits end
repel