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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. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
shoot the breeze
walker
flexitime
2. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
sleet
keep your hair on
jukebox
at standstill
3. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
gale
ointment
sprain
wet blanket
4. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
gangplank
oar
perilous
glider
5. Let us go outside and fight
slip off
lets take it outside
go into shock
keep something under someone's hat
6. 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
lump
at her wits end
clothes horse
7. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
contingency
restless
desensitize
scruffy
8. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
run your tail between your legs
turn someone off
braces
clothes horse
9. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
play hooky
not make head or tail of
even-tempered
snow job
10. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
knock the socks off
do justice
at a loss
mum and pop
11. Adj. dangerous - risky
lets take it outside
ease up
perilous
sprain
12. Movement blocked by traffic
get caught in traffic jam
kinky
hallowed
tentative decision
13. Be noticed by someone.
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14. 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
shoot off one's mouth
oar
desensitize
repel
15. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
ticket collector
braces
pressed for time
16. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
infest
bathtub
biodegradable
resort to
17. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
make a splash
stranded
brag
18. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
shoot the breeze
biodegradable
scruffy
19. Hood
bonnet
make a splash
norrow escape
glider
20. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
funnel
pulled muscle
half-sister-brother
21. 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.
chariot
shower head
at sixes and sevens
infest
22. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
go into shock
revisit
infest
gangplank
23. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
wash hand of
gangplank
stranded
measure up
24. 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 .......
ease up
hold him off
not make head or tail of
thaw
25. Fighting alone
you and what army
at a loss
set sail
trunks
26. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
nine to five
whistleblower
gangplank
thaw
27. Be absent from school without permission
glider
sleet
norrow escape
play hooky
28. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
at a loss
brag
sleet
29. Make someone bored or repelled.
knock the socks off
rainy day
oar
turn someone off
30. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
make a splash
resort to
play hooky
shower cap
31. Escape being caught; avoid
kinky
give a slip
brag
impeccable
32. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
glider
hear a pin drop
pressed for time
shower head
33. Making claims without any backup
hear a pin drop
snowdrift
flexitime
talk through his hat
34. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
at a pinch
even-tempered
hard up
pick a fight
35. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
at a pinch
gale
raise your spirit
for a song
36. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
scruffy
have a memory like a sieve
at a pinch
bonnet
37. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
at her wits end
chariot
gangplank
38. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
dress to kill
impeccable
lets take it outside
at a pinch
39. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
play hooky
all ears
not make head or tail of
give a slip
40. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
jukebox
whistleblower
scruffy
get a move on
41. Dance; hurry
go into shock
shake a leg
wound up
keep something under someone's hat
42. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
gangplank
run your tail between your legs
porch
sprain
43. Getting too angry
flexitime
contingency
get a move on
hit the ceeling/roof
44. Shocked
go into shock
at sixes and sevens
garment bag
outlaw
45. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
raise your spirit
flexitime
out of work
make a splash
46. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
infest
glider
turn someone off
47. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
biodegradable
rain set in for
perilous
48. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
at her wits end
hold him off
jukebox
at a loss
49. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
blunt
snowdrift
pulled muscle
hallowed
50. Seriously - really - without joking -
bathtub
joking aside
tentative decision
mum and pop