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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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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. 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
set in stone
flexitime
measure up
revisit
2. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
slush
blunt
turn someone off
3. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
scruffy
glider
at a loss
4. Act before the appropriate time.
teething ring
jump the gun
wound up
gale
5. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
have a memory like a sieve
hallowed
glider
rain set in for
6. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
to be on sick leave
hard up
clothes horse
greasy spoon
7. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
play hooky
braces
rainy day
contingency
8. Fighting alone
run your tail between your legs
you and what army
make a splash
get caught in traffic jam
9. Jobless
anti-establishment
out of work
jukebox
jump the gun
10. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
flexitime
slush
do justice
11. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
pick a fight
braces
half-sister-brother
12. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
brag
at her wits end
pulled muscle
you and what army
13. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
snow job
for a song
sell someone short
shoot the breeze
14. Movement blocked by traffic
ointment
hole in the wall
norrow escape
get caught in traffic jam
15. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
have a memory like a sieve
sell someone short
patio
you and what army
16. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
kinky
outlaw
flunk
half-sister-brother
17. Shocked
set sail
snowdrift
go into shock
pay through the nose
18. Adj. dangerous - risky
impeccable
perilous
get caught in traffic jam
braces
19. Be absent from school without permission
clothes horse
play hooky
stranded
rainy day
20. A large piece of something without definite shape
contingency
lump
ease up
bathtub
21. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
at her wits end
all ears
snow job
22. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
not make head or tail of
pressed for time
ointment
hard up
23. Hood
bonnet
gangplank
not make head or tail of
porch
24. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
shoot off one's mouth
knock the socks off
norrow escape
wash hand of
25. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
snowdrift
even-tempered
wet blanket
braces
26. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
play hooky
all ears
make a splash
teething ring
27. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
pulled muscle
ease up
gale
28. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
hole in the wall
thaw
sleeping car
gale
29. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
set in stone
jukebox
whistleblower
set sail
30. 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
porch
pay through the nose
desensitize
glider
31. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
play hooky
jukebox
run your tail between your legs
clothes horse
32. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
wound up
sleeping car
porch
lets take it outside
33. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
repel
flexitime
gangplank
pressed for time
34. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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35. Making claims without any backup
wash hand of
all ears
stranded
talk through his hat
36. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
porch
hallowed
resort to
ointment
37. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
slush
trunks
funnel
38. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
walker
shake a leg
gale
shower head
39. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
pneumonia
norrow escape
snow job
funnel
40. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
snow job
bonnet
all thumbs
jukebox
41. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
not make head or tail of
pulled muscle
kinky
restless
42. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
shoot the breeze
stranded
gig
sleet
43. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
knock the socks off
desensitize
pay through the nose
44. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
make a splash
repel
rainy day
play hooky
45. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
conscience
get a move on
blunt
shower head
46. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
gale
half-sister-brother
fighting words
set in stone
47. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
hear a pin drop
garment bag
lets take it outside
gangplank
48. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
hard up
doubt his chances
make a splash
at loggerheads
49. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
slip off
joking aside
rainy day
50. 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 .......
hallowed
ease up
braces
knock the socks off