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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. Shocked
blunt
slip off
go into shock
brag
2. 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
glider
at a loss
desensitize
flexitime
3. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
resort to
jump the gun
at a loss
gangplank
4. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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5. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
nine to five
sleet
knock the socks off
turn someone off
6. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hypochondria
to be on sick leave
set in stone
doubt his chances
7. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
slip off
shoot off one's mouth
gale
revisit
8. Cheaply - inexpensively
norrow escape
measure up
pick a fight
for a song
9. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
to be on sick leave
patio
resort to
funnel
10. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
pay through the nose
desensitize
chariot
revisit
11. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
slush
hard up
marooned
at her wits end
12. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
gangplank
walker
at a pinch
norrow escape
13. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
pulled muscle
patio
hear a pin drop
14. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
ticket collector
impeccable
talk through his hat
funnel
15. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
rainy day
wet blanket
wound up
pulled muscle
16. Hood
have a memory like a sieve
contingency
bonnet
shower cap
17. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
revisit
gangplank
impeccable
rain set in for
18. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
snow job
turn someone off
pulled muscle
19. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
pick a fight
impeccable
keep your hair on
20. Silence
at sixes and sevens
hear a pin drop
jukebox
do justice
21. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
blunt
hard up
joking aside
for a song
22. Chatter - babble - speak casually
marooned
knock the socks off
nine to five
shoot the breeze
23. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
gale
ease up
restless
24. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
marooned
patio
at standstill
garment bag
25. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
hear a pin drop
all thumbs
resort to
get a move on
26. To quarrel
garment bag
snow job
hypochondria
pick a fight
27. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
rain set in for
jump the gun
ease up
28. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
rainy day
pressed for time
sell someone short
fighting words
29. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
greasy spoon
pedastrian crossing
snowdrift
bathtub
30. Not understand at all.
set in stone
not make head or tail of
slush
lump
31. 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.
desensitize
bathtub
hallowed
infest
32. Seriously - really - without joking -
jukebox
joking aside
at sixes and sevens
marooned
33. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
contingency
at loggerheads
shower head
gangplank
34. A small dark shop or restaurant
hole in the wall
anti-establishment
go into shock
not make head or tail of
35. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
shower cap
give a slip
impeccable
36. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
hit the ceeling/roof
gangplank
to be on sick leave
for a song
37. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
sprain
pedastrian crossing
ticket collector
stranded
38. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
walker
pedastrian crossing
lets take it outside
at loggerheads
39. 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
all thumbs
repel
knock the socks off
40. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
wet blanket
gangplank
gig
41. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
jump the gun
conscience
hard up
42. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
not make head or tail of
for a song
jukebox
porch
43. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
glider
wound up
shower head
44. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
for a song
at loggerheads
pick a fight
keep something under someone's hat
45. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
blunt
do justice
gangplank
desensitize
46. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
shower head
set in stone
you and what army
47. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
conscience
all ears
get a move on
48. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
sleeping car
give a slip
lets take it outside
at sixes and sevens
49. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
pressed for time
glider
at a pinch
50. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
talk through his hat
rainy day
marooned
at her wits end