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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. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
all ears
trunks
set in stone
2. 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
clothes horse
snowdrift
repel
pressed for time
3. 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
wet blanket
do justice
pay through the nose
ease up
4. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
lets take it outside
doubt his chances
stranded
gale
5. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
wet blanket
doubt his chances
perilous
funnel
6. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
shake a leg
desensitize
doubt his chances
7. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
contingency
anti-establishment
make a splash
get caught in traffic jam
8. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
hard up
pneumonia
out of work
9. Silence
hear a pin drop
not make head or tail of
sprain
contingency
10. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
mum and pop
at a pinch
gangplank
norrow escape
11. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
brag
flunk
pressed for time
hole in the wall
12. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
whistleblower
dress to kill
ointment
you and what army
13. Cheaply - inexpensively
not make head or tail of
for a song
joking aside
do justice
14. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
pick a fight
pulled muscle
resort to
sprain
15. Making claims without any backup
kinky
bonnet
patio
talk through his hat
16. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
hard up
sell someone short
scruffy
set in stone
17. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
trunks
have a memory like a sieve
at her wits end
wash hand of
18. Jobless
out of work
all thumbs
revisit
at a loss
19. Don't think too much about it
go into shock
garment bag
pliers
keep your hair on
20. Be absent from school without permission
hypochondria
give a slip
mum and pop
play hooky
21. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
catch someone's eye
tentative decision
even-tempered
jukebox
22. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
greasy spoon
fighting words
keep something under someone's hat
23. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
blunt
hit the ceeling/roof
at loggerheads
even-tempered
24. 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
brag
hard up
desensitize
perilous
25. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
mum and pop
chariot
at a loss
set in stone
26. Make someone bored or repelled.
pick a fight
turn someone off
you and what army
at her wits end
27. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
gangplank
keep your hair on
hole in the wall
28. Unfounded fear of being unwell
porch
hypochondria
do justice
lets take it outside
29. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
even-tempered
snowdrift
teething ring
patio
30. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
ointment
walker
blunt
set sail
31. 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
tentative decision
greasy spoon
chariot
for a song
32. Tools to pull apart or twist
hole in the wall
hypochondria
slip off
pliers
33. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
glider
clothes horse
get a move on
at a pinch
34. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
resort to
set in stone
hold him off
pay through the nose
35. Be noticed by someone.
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36. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
pliers
hit the ceeling/roof
wash hand of
37. Depart; set off to sea
walker
set sail
hear a pin drop
mum and pop
38. Large boses for household things
clothes horse
trunks
teething ring
anti-establishment
39. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
to be on sick leave
garment bag
hypochondria
stranded
40. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
porch
biodegradable
norrow escape
impeccable
41. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
clothes horse
shower cap
wound up
42. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
norrow escape
shoot the breeze
glider
43. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
ticket collector
brag
ointment
restless
44. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
walker
ticket collector
sleeping car
whistleblower
45. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
desensitize
tentative decision
porch
conscience
46. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
at standstill
rain set in for
have a memory like a sieve
pliers
47. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
hole in the wall
at sixes and sevens
hypochondria
wash hand of
48. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
set in stone
at sixes and sevens
wash hand of
marooned
49. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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50. Engineless aircraft
glider
talk through his hat
mum and pop
hallowed