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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. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
norrow escape
clothes horse
desensitize
2. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
set sail
sell someone short
fighting words
3. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
chariot
sprain
pick a fight
hard up
4. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
at a pinch
you and what army
flunk
thaw
5. Chatter - babble - speak casually
walker
hallowed
wash hand of
shoot the breeze
6. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
hard up
gangplank
walker
tentative decision
7. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
jukebox
patio
make a splash
ticket collector
8. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
even-tempered
desensitize
talk through his hat
chariot
9. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
for a song
revisit
clothes horse
porch
10. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
ointment
gangplank
trunks
hit the ceeling/roof
11. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
glider
infest
sprain
12. Make someone bored or repelled.
for a song
turn someone off
jukebox
joking aside
13. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
slip off
shower head
wash hand of
gale
14. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
doubt his chances
catch someone's eye
pulled muscle
turn someone off
15. 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
flexitime
anti-establishment
pay through the nose
16. Pay a high price - pay too much
at loggerheads
at a pinch
pay through the nose
play hooky
17. 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
at her wits end
repel
do justice
braces
18. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
jukebox
you and what army
ease up
all thumbs
19. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
marooned
slip off
restless
fighting words
20. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
hypochondria
jukebox
stranded
bonnet
21. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
snow job
you and what army
conscience
22. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
pressed for time
lump
pick a fight
23. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
shoot the breeze
thaw
wet blanket
24. Partially melted snow
hole in the wall
lump
slush
pedastrian crossing
25. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
out of work
wet blanket
clothes horse
ticket collector
26. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
rainy day
slush
walker
27. Silence
shake a leg
sleet
anti-establishment
hear a pin drop
28. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
sleet
wound up
half-sister-brother
fighting words
29. Severe cold and fever
snowdrift
desensitize
pneumonia
even-tempered
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
gangplank
all ears
do justice
hallowed
31. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
revisit
flunk
resort to
32. Large boses for household things
shake a leg
even-tempered
trunks
slip off
33. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
out of work
at sixes and sevens
braces
34. 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
out of work
brag
conscience
35. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
catch someone's eye
shoot the breeze
rainy day
trunks
36. 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?
measure up
get a move on
clothes horse
snowdrift
37. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
out of work
shower cap
at standstill
teething ring
38. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
teething ring
to be on sick leave
pay through the nose
39. Unfounded fear of being unwell
catch someone's eye
hypochondria
ease up
pneumonia
40. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
walker
biodegradable
knock the socks off
hallowed
41. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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42. To quarrel
half-sister-brother
clothes horse
tentative decision
pick a fight
43. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
pressed for time
brag
porch
talk through his hat
44. Not understand at all.
patio
not make head or tail of
even-tempered
knock the socks off
45. Making claims without any backup
talk through his hat
gangplank
infest
keep your hair on
46. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
at a pinch
run your tail between your legs
thaw
at loggerheads
47. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
snowdrift
stranded
slush
hypochondria
48. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
raise your spirit
shower cap
for a song
ticket collector
49. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
hallowed
even-tempered
knock the socks off
at a pinch
50. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
impeccable
turn someone off
pliers