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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. Chatter - babble - speak casually
pick a fight
play hooky
shoot the breeze
pulled muscle
2. Depart; set off to sea
whistleblower
to be on sick leave
brag
set sail
3. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
contingency
all thumbs
ticket collector
oar
4. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
all thumbs
set sail
pedastrian crossing
lets take it outside
5. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
infest
knock the socks off
hallowed
6. Make someone bored or repelled.
bonnet
porch
turn someone off
sleeping car
7. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
shower cap
pedastrian crossing
get a move on
8. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
slush
pay through the nose
ointment
gale
9. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
mum and pop
for a song
give a slip
10. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
thaw
at loggerheads
raise your spirit
pay through the nose
11. Movement blocked by traffic
shower head
at her wits end
get caught in traffic jam
pressed for time
12. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
at sixes and sevens
at her wits end
knock the socks off
13. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
repel
slush
sleet
bathtub
14. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
greasy spoon
hole in the wall
flunk
fighting words
15. Fighting alone
nine to five
repel
at a pinch
you and what army
16. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
wet blanket
walker
fighting words
chariot
17. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
hallowed
at her wits end
wash hand of
set sail
18. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
jump the gun
go into shock
gangplank
at a pinch
19. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
at a pinch
gale
sprain
hallowed
20. Engineless aircraft
all ears
glider
biodegradable
sell someone short
21. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
funnel
flexitime
kinky
tentative decision
22. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
pneumonia
oar
mum and pop
all thumbs
23. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
at standstill
porch
keep your hair on
fighting words
24. Unfounded fear of being unwell
do justice
ointment
hypochondria
get caught in traffic jam
25. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
joking aside
restless
walker
26. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
for a song
pulled muscle
trunks
scruffy
27. 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
mum and pop
run your tail between your legs
28. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
make a splash
hallowed
ease up
29. Act before the appropriate time.
turn someone off
conscience
jump the gun
to be on sick leave
30. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
half-sister-brother
pulled muscle
snow job
jump the gun
31. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
chariot
even-tempered
hard up
snowdrift
32. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
at sixes and sevens
slip off
outlaw
conscience
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
blunt
gig
repel
at standstill
34. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
patio
shower head
rain set in for
talk through his hat
35. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
hard up
scruffy
half-sister-brother
not make head or tail of
36. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
at sixes and sevens
ointment
make a splash
sleeping car
37. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
resort to
turn someone off
you and what army
38. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
sleet
rain set in for
sprain
tentative decision
39. Severe cold and fever
keep your hair on
rain set in for
wound up
pneumonia
40. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
you and what army
garment bag
shower cap
braces
41. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
talk through his hat
sleet
at sixes and sevens
42. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
jukebox
bonnet
stranded
doubt his chances
43. To quarrel
hear a pin drop
wash hand of
pick a fight
at standstill
44. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
flunk
whistleblower
gangplank
joking aside
45. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
to be on sick leave
flunk
wound up
half-sister-brother
46. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
fighting words
doubt his chances
lump
47. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
hallowed
at a loss
do justice
ticket collector
48. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
dress to kill
wash hand of
sleet
49. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
wet blanket
lets take it outside
snow job
hallowed
50. A large piece of something without definite shape
rain set in for
lump
pedastrian crossing
catch someone's eye