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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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1. 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.
catch someone's eye
infest
gangplank
do justice
2. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
greasy spoon
wash hand of
lump
shower head
3. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
at a loss
wound up
run your tail between your legs
contingency
4. Escape being caught; avoid
all thumbs
norrow escape
give a slip
anti-establishment
5. 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 .......
get caught in traffic jam
hole in the wall
at sixes and sevens
ease up
6. Fighting alone
greasy spoon
you and what army
pedastrian crossing
keep your hair on
7. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
you and what army
scruffy
half-sister-brother
8. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
contingency
fighting words
braces
hit the ceeling/roof
9. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
at her wits end
gangplank
doubt his chances
10. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
ticket collector
knock the socks off
make a splash
pulled muscle
11. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
clothes horse
raise your spirit
ointment
pneumonia
12. Unfounded fear of being unwell
tentative decision
hypochondria
pulled muscle
stranded
13. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
brag
garment bag
at loggerheads
greasy spoon
14. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
blunt
clothes horse
hit the ceeling/roof
porch
15. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
anti-establishment
at sixes and sevens
snow job
mum and pop
16. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
set in stone
kinky
get a move on
17. Severe cold and fever
mum and pop
pneumonia
gangplank
you and what army
18. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
give a slip
shake a leg
shower cap
outlaw
19. Movement blocked by traffic
snowdrift
contingency
flunk
get caught in traffic jam
20. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
set sail
make a splash
stranded
lump
21. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
anti-establishment
for a song
doubt his chances
22. Be absent from school without permission
shower cap
hear a pin drop
play hooky
turn someone off
23. Sense of right and wrong
nine to five
do justice
braces
conscience
24. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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25. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
lets take it outside
at standstill
repel
pulled muscle
26. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
run your tail between your legs
sleeping car
sell someone short
27. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
give a slip
gangplank
brag
slip off
28. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
have a memory like a sieve
marooned
chariot
hard up
29. Let us go outside and fight
sell someone short
brag
lets take it outside
flunk
30. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
porch
hypochondria
whistleblower
sell someone short
31. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
perilous
marooned
glider
flunk
32. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
anti-establishment
at loggerheads
snowdrift
knock the socks off
33. Pay a high price - pay too much
wet blanket
whistleblower
garment bag
pay through the nose
34. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
brag
get a move on
at sixes and sevens
biodegradable
35. Cheaply - inexpensively
keep something under someone's hat
shoot off one's mouth
fighting words
for a song
36. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
pliers
sleet
sell someone short
37. Large boses for household things
tentative decision
shoot off one's mouth
do justice
trunks
38. A small dark shop or restaurant
sprain
hole in the wall
kinky
norrow escape
39. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
at a pinch
catch someone's eye
pay through the nose
chariot
40. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
mum and pop
at loggerheads
gangplank
fighting words
41. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
oar
greasy spoon
ease up
42. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
revisit
oar
wash hand of
43. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
make a splash
half-sister-brother
talk through his hat
44. Jobless
flexitime
out of work
revisit
lets take it outside
45. Make someone bored or repelled.
tentative decision
at sixes and sevens
turn someone off
jump the gun
46. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
marooned
wet blanket
pedastrian crossing
47. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
hallowed
mum and pop
gangplank
biodegradable
48. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
pedastrian crossing
all thumbs
fighting words
hold him off
49. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
shower head
scruffy
rainy day
sell someone short
50. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
flunk
brag
braces
doubt his chances