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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Silence






2. Be cheerful and get on with life






3. 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 .......






4. Make someone bored or repelled.






5. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters

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6. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare






7. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive






8. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer






9. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably






10. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all






11. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground






12. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.






13. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..

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14. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them






15. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.






16. Sense of right and wrong






17. Chatter - babble - speak casually






18. Confused - bewildered - perplexed






19. Partially melted snow






20. Become or cause to become soft or liquid






21. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place






22. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance






23. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping






24. Don't think too much about it






25. Tools to pull apart or twist






26. An implement used to propel or steer a boat






27. Be completely at a loss as to what to do






28. A cabinet containing an automatic record player






29. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.






30. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.






31. Pay a high price - pay too much






32. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension






33. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.






34. Be noticed by someone.

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35. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -






36. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student






37. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression






38. Cheaply - inexpensively






39. Movement blocked by traffic






40. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)






41. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive






42. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement






43. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.






44. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted






45. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts






46. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry






47. Engineless aircraft






48. Not understand at all.






49. Hood






50. Container used to hold water for washing oneself