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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
nine to five
fighting words
mum and pop
2. Fighting alone
fighting words
make a splash
you and what army
snowdrift
3. 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.
infest
nine to five
out of work
set in stone
4. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
snow job
perilous
braces
ointment
5. 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
conscience
pressed for time
anti-establishment
6. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
infest
marooned
outlaw
make a splash
7. Tools to pull apart or twist
pliers
norrow escape
doubt his chances
patio
8. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
gangplank
mum and pop
flunk
9. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
pedastrian crossing
snow job
teething ring
repel
10. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
walker
rainy day
garment bag
pliers
11. Getting too angry
rainy day
hit the ceeling/roof
doubt his chances
half-sister-brother
12. Be cheerful and get on with life
hold him off
go into shock
desensitize
raise your spirit
13. Act before the appropriate time.
out of work
gangplank
jump the gun
get a move on
14. Depart; set off to sea
bonnet
give a slip
set sail
mum and pop
15. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
wet blanket
revisit
hold him off
blunt
16. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
porch
biodegradable
get caught in traffic jam
17. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
tentative decision
snowdrift
thaw
go into shock
18. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
walker
measure up
at a pinch
sleeping car
19. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
trunks
ointment
go into shock
20. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
snow job
even-tempered
teething ring
impeccable
21. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
get a move on
slush
porch
measure up
22. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
funnel
all ears
rainy day
23. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
restless
ointment
all thumbs
oar
24. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
slip off
make a splash
sell someone short
dress to kill
25. Make way through a narrow path
half-sister-brother
do justice
all thumbs
funnel
26. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
for a song
fighting words
biodegradable
flunk
27. 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 .......
stranded
ticket collector
ease up
glider
28. Cheaply - inexpensively
thaw
blunt
for a song
brag
29. Get the ball rolling
you and what army
make a splash
set in stone
get a move on
30. 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
walker
blunt
brag
do justice
31. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
even-tempered
greasy spoon
at a loss
sell someone short
32. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
pressed for time
brag
teething ring
blunt
33. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
funnel
outlaw
talk through his hat
give a slip
34. Be absent from school without permission
make a splash
play hooky
ointment
trunks
35. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
gangplank
walker
knock the socks off
hole in the wall
36. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
infest
talk through his hat
make a splash
hallowed
37. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
patio
desensitize
hallowed
ticket collector
38. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
rainy day
sleeping car
set sail
39. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
all ears
for a song
sleet
shower cap
40. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
teething ring
porch
scruffy
restless
41. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
you and what army
brag
walker
snow job
42. Chatter - babble - speak casually
sprain
glider
shoot the breeze
slip off
43. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
shower head
get a move on
to be on sick leave
flunk
44. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
shoot the breeze
all thumbs
snowdrift
45. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
to be on sick leave
ticket collector
norrow escape
play hooky
46. Large boses for household things
wash hand of
hallowed
trunks
hold him off
47. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
get caught in traffic jam
teething ring
pedastrian crossing
glider
48. Seriously - really - without joking -
knock the socks off
stranded
joking aside
pressed for time
49. Severe cold and fever
lump
at loggerheads
bathtub
pneumonia
50. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
shake a leg
lump
gangplank
all thumbs