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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
restless
contingency
at loggerheads
lets take it outside
2. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
infest
anti-establishment
patio
teething ring
3. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
clothes horse
for a song
snow job
garment bag
4. 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
catch someone's eye
hold him off
desensitize
hole in the wall
5. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
repel
at loggerheads
contingency
6. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
pliers
porch
impeccable
all ears
7. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
whistleblower
clothes horse
even-tempered
thaw
8. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
contingency
norrow escape
ease up
hold him off
9. Jobless
get caught in traffic jam
out of work
set in stone
wound up
10. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
oar
hallowed
thaw
11. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
at standstill
teething ring
gale
to be on sick leave
12. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
sprain
fighting words
hear a pin drop
doubt his chances
13. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
keep something under someone's hat
have a memory like a sieve
even-tempered
sleeping car
14. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
shoot off one's mouth
hole in the wall
stranded
15. Adj. dangerous - risky
pliers
pick a fight
ease up
perilous
16. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
snowdrift
pay through the nose
rain set in for
impeccable
17. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
glider
walker
conscience
snow job
18. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
snowdrift
at her wits end
ticket collector
perilous
19. Make way through a narrow path
revisit
at sixes and sevens
conscience
funnel
20. Make someone bored or repelled.
resort to
snow job
turn someone off
out of work
21. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
lump
nine to five
snowdrift
scruffy
22. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
at a pinch
wet blanket
set sail
pulled muscle
23. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
porch
at standstill
doubt his chances
biodegradable
24. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
shower head
set in stone
raise your spirit
braces
25. 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 .......
flexitime
knock the socks off
ease up
infest
26. Act before the appropriate time.
make a splash
jump the gun
teething ring
wound up
27. Be noticed by someone.
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28. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
oar
nine to five
turn someone off
hole in the wall
29. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
make a splash
braces
biodegradable
flunk
30. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
pulled muscle
hypochondria
anti-establishment
31. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
brag
outlaw
sleet
whistleblower
32. 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
at sixes and sevens
give a slip
have a memory like a sieve
flexitime
33. 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
repel
shower cap
glider
get caught in traffic jam
34. 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?
conscience
bathtub
measure up
shower head
35. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
rainy day
hold him off
run your tail between your legs
half-sister-brother
36. Getting too angry
oar
shower head
hit the ceeling/roof
glider
37. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
wound up
get caught in traffic jam
kinky
38. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
for a song
gig
sleeping car
lets take it outside
39. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
gig
all ears
jump the gun
at her wits end
40. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
revisit
biodegradable
slush
41. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
gig
chariot
flunk
garment bag
42. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
at sixes and sevens
tentative decision
ticket collector
43. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
lump
dress to kill
catch someone's eye
chariot
44. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
slush
revisit
oar
porch
45. Shocked
gangplank
rainy day
turn someone off
go into shock
46. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
slip off
porch
keep your hair on
47. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
teething ring
gangplank
get caught in traffic jam
48. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
joking aside
kinky
whistleblower
49. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
repel
run your tail between your legs
lump
50. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
scruffy
wound up
resort to
gig
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