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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Getting too angry
pressed for time
set in stone
half-sister-brother
hit the ceeling/roof
2. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
slush
hole in the wall
go into shock
3. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
ointment
hit the ceeling/roof
slush
4. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
biodegradable
garment bag
patio
snow job
5. 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
impeccable
glider
revisit
flexitime
6. Don't think too much about it
shower head
clothes horse
keep your hair on
gangplank
7. Silence
funnel
pressed for time
hear a pin drop
at her wits end
8. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
pneumonia
sprain
hypochondria
9. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
you and what army
all ears
contingency
at her wits end
10. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
porch
wash hand of
flunk
infest
11. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
blunt
hole in the wall
pliers
scruffy
12. 1. not definite or certain - and may be changed later SYN provisional OPP definite: I passed on my t...... conclusions to the police. The government is taking t......... steps towards tackling the country's economic problems. 2. done without confiden
kinky
patio
tentative decision
wash hand of
13. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
hypochondria
doubt his chances
turn someone off
conscience
14. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
doubt his chances
greasy spoon
at a pinch
biodegradable
15. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
slip off
anti-establishment
desensitize
ticket collector
16. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
slush
glider
ease up
17. Fighting alone
dress to kill
you and what army
blunt
set in stone
18. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
sleet
braces
sell someone short
anti-establishment
19. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
lets take it outside
joking aside
flexitime
hold him off
20. Be noticed by someone.
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21. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
glider
measure up
hear a pin drop
22. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
tentative decision
thaw
mum and pop
bonnet
23. 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.
get a move on
sleeping car
norrow escape
infest
24. Cheaply - inexpensively
gale
slip off
for a song
hit the ceeling/roof
25. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
desensitize
dress to kill
fighting words
gig
26. Engineless aircraft
for a song
glider
give a slip
ticket collector
27. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
pneumonia
at a pinch
ointment
28. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
shoot the breeze
hypochondria
ointment
doubt his chances
29. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
gale
for a song
shoot the breeze
greasy spoon
30. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
hole in the wall
perilous
clothes horse
ticket collector
31. 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
joking aside
desensitize
jukebox
conscience
32. Adj. dangerous - risky
wash hand of
perilous
revisit
set in stone
33. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
shoot off one's mouth
biodegradable
gig
hear a pin drop
34. Act before the appropriate time.
at sixes and sevens
shower cap
chariot
jump the gun
35. Unfounded fear of being unwell
for a song
marooned
hypochondria
tentative decision
36. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
shake a leg
talk through his hat
sleeping car
37. Be cheerful and get on with life
joking aside
rainy day
raise your spirit
repel
38. Large boses for household things
trunks
sprain
thaw
slush
39. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
pneumonia
sell someone short
hard up
patio
40. A large piece of something without definite shape
stranded
pliers
lump
pay through the nose
41. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
lump
nine to five
shoot the breeze
blunt
42. Make way through a narrow path
hole in the wall
funnel
go into shock
measure up
43. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
scruffy
even-tempered
gig
44. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
desensitize
turn someone off
sell someone short
mum and pop
45. Be absent from school without permission
slip off
play hooky
doubt his chances
at a loss
46. A small dark shop or restaurant
hole in the wall
gig
wet blanket
even-tempered
47. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
brag
pressed for time
for a song
not make head or tail of
48. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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49. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
trunks
contingency
hold him off
out of work
50. Dance; hurry
pliers
shake a leg
keep something under someone's hat
lump