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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. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
impeccable
brag
rain set in for
snow job
2. Act before the appropriate time.
conscience
sprain
dress to kill
jump the gun
3. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
tentative decision
flexitime
porch
shoot off one's mouth
4. Tools to pull apart or twist
pliers
joking aside
pick a fight
snowdrift
5. Escape being caught; avoid
hold him off
give a slip
oar
hard up
6. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
glider
bonnet
wound up
to be on sick leave
7. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
sprain
pick a fight
gale
dress to kill
8. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
fighting words
biodegradable
lets take it outside
flunk
9. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
hard up
hear a pin drop
tentative decision
10. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
ointment
do justice
bonnet
11. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
at a loss
hear a pin drop
all ears
porch
12. Severe cold and fever
slush
wash hand of
pneumonia
out of work
13. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
run your tail between your legs
lump
patio
at a loss
14. 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
sell someone short
perilous
do justice
teething ring
15. Movement blocked by traffic
out of work
at her wits end
go into shock
get caught in traffic jam
16. Silence
hear a pin drop
whistleblower
get caught in traffic jam
pliers
17. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
pay through the nose
stranded
pneumonia
half-sister-brother
18. To be good enough to do a particular job or to reach a particular standard: We'll give you a week's trial in the job to see how you ........... - .......... to - How will the Secretary General ......... to his new responsibilities?
measure up
scruffy
whistleblower
sell someone short
19. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw
pulled muscle
pressed for time
fighting words
20. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
kinky
catch someone's eye
gale
21. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
blunt
play hooky
sell someone short
sprain
22. To quarrel
shoot off one's mouth
pick a fight
brag
rainy day
23. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
rainy day
give a slip
at her wits end
pneumonia
24. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
shower head
flexitime
play hooky
25. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
fighting words
lump
gangplank
garment bag
26. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
outlaw
perilous
pulled muscle
wet blanket
27. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
impeccable
even-tempered
hallowed
28. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
slush
set sail
bathtub
29. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
doubt his chances
flunk
walker
desensitize
30. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
ticket collector
thaw
snowdrift
31. Large boses for household things
bathtub
trunks
doubt his chances
sell someone short
32. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
hallowed
go into shock
keep your hair on
at standstill
33. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
brag
kinky
at loggerheads
snow job
34. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
snow job
wound up
kinky
doubt his chances
35. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
teething ring
impeccable
get caught in traffic jam
sell someone short
36. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
gangplank
thaw
ticket collector
nine to five
37. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
have a memory like a sieve
pedastrian crossing
do justice
stranded
38. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
snowdrift
at a pinch
to be on sick leave
shoot off one's mouth
39. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
jump the gun
play hooky
jukebox
fighting words
40. Seriously - really - without joking -
sleet
glider
joking aside
slush
41. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
shower cap
sell someone short
pick a fight
42. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
set in stone
sleet
tentative decision
set sail
43. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
hit the ceeling/roof
chariot
do justice
at standstill
44. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
ointment
shake a leg
pedastrian crossing
45. Fighting alone
trunks
at loggerheads
you and what army
lump
46. Don't think too much about it
keep something under someone's hat
keep your hair on
wash hand of
whistleblower
47. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
snowdrift
measure up
norrow escape
clothes horse
48. 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.
snow job
shower cap
infest
talk through his hat
49. Get the ball rolling
not make head or tail of
get a move on
measure up
bonnet
50. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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