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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. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
run your tail between your legs
sleeping car
play hooky
brag
2. To quarrel
chariot
jump the gun
snowdrift
pick a fight
3. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
infest
oar
desensitize
chariot
4. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
stranded
nine to five
infest
5. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
hole in the wall
stranded
pick a fight
at a pinch
6. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
run your tail between your legs
walker
greasy spoon
7. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
impeccable
biodegradable
dress to kill
even-tempered
8. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
desensitize
teething ring
jump the gun
thaw
9. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
rainy day
ointment
catch someone's eye
10. Escape being caught; avoid
fighting words
hear a pin drop
turn someone off
give a slip
11. 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
desensitize
bonnet
pliers
pressed for time
12. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
pneumonia
lump
anti-establishment
13. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
hear a pin drop
mum and pop
sleeping car
sprain
14. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
teething ring
at loggerheads
at sixes and sevens
mum and pop
15. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
at a loss
porch
get a move on
16. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
talk through his hat
conscience
hear a pin drop
17. A small dark shop or restaurant
all ears
trunks
hole in the wall
you and what army
18. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
flunk
oar
outlaw
gig
19. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
rain set in for
hallowed
for a song
talk through his hat
20. To treat or represent someone or something good - beautiful etc in a way that is as good as they deserve: The photo doesn't .... her ........ - No words can ...........to the experience. do something such as a test well enough to show your real abili
talk through his hat
turn someone off
porch
do justice
21. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
outlaw
walker
gale
keep something under someone's hat
22. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
pliers
hard up
tentative decision
pressed for time
23. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
walker
set sail
snow job
24. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
sprain
whistleblower
fighting words
measure up
25. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
out of work
bathtub
slush
flunk
26. Pay a high price - pay too much
play hooky
pay through the nose
at her wits end
scruffy
27. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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28. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
pneumonia
at standstill
wash hand of
blunt
29. Engineless aircraft
glider
pay through the nose
hold him off
thaw
30. Shocked
gangplank
go into shock
set sail
pliers
31. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
play hooky
pedastrian crossing
biodegradable
desensitize
32. Let us go outside and fight
knock the socks off
lets take it outside
joking aside
mum and pop
33. Don't think too much about it
hole in the wall
jump the gun
keep your hair on
hypochondria
34. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
funnel
even-tempered
rain set in for
35. Fighting alone
walker
thaw
for a song
you and what army
36. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
out of work
get a move on
not make head or tail of
37. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
all ears
bathtub
gale
pick a fight
38. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
contingency
joking aside
turn someone off
39. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
garment bag
pedastrian crossing
impeccable
anti-establishment
40. Get the ball rolling
snow job
play hooky
sleeping car
get a move on
41. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
gangplank
at sixes and sevens
at her wits end
42. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
snowdrift
hear a pin drop
rain set in for
infest
43. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hypochondria
garment bag
hit the ceeling/roof
rain set in for
44. Take off with ease or speed
oar
slip off
knock the socks off
hard up
45. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
desensitize
play hooky
gangplank
wound up
46. Large boses for household things
bonnet
set sail
hole in the wall
trunks
47. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
thaw
teething ring
all ears
48. 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
revisit
pneumonia
repel
do justice
49. Sense of right and wrong
pedastrian crossing
keep your hair on
bathtub
conscience
50. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
revisit
keep your hair on
knock the socks off
mum and pop