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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Getting too angry
at sixes and sevens
hit the ceeling/roof
clothes horse
garment bag
2. Be cheerful and get on with life
do justice
bathtub
set in stone
raise your spirit
3. Engineless aircraft
glider
scruffy
oar
pliers
4. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
get a move on
half-sister-brother
lets take it outside
pedastrian crossing
5. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
conscience
snow job
garment bag
whistleblower
6. Silence
garment bag
set in stone
clothes horse
hear a pin drop
7. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
to be on sick leave
sleet
glider
hear a pin drop
8. Seriously - really - without joking -
clothes horse
joking aside
out of work
set in stone
9. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
marooned
biodegradable
garment bag
fighting words
10. Large boses for household things
flexitime
gangplank
fighting words
trunks
11. 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
do justice
flexitime
for a song
gig
12. Take off with ease or speed
glider
blunt
resort to
slip off
13. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
at a loss
fighting words
knock the socks off
ticket collector
14. Get the ball rolling
whistleblower
pliers
get a move on
hold him off
15. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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16. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
all thumbs
kinky
resort to
pliers
17. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
outlaw
revisit
brag
at her wits end
18. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
half-sister-brother
talk through his hat
glider
19. To quarrel
pick a fight
set in stone
restless
wet blanket
20. Let us go outside and fight
pressed for time
stranded
lets take it outside
revisit
21. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
lump
anti-establishment
shoot off one's mouth
set sail
22. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
go into shock
sleeping car
do justice
greasy spoon
23. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
at standstill
braces
gig
snowdrift
24. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
whistleblower
chariot
contingency
rain set in for
25. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
rainy day
chariot
rain set in for
26. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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27. Fighting alone
set in stone
hypochondria
glider
you and what army
28. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
lets take it outside
bonnet
whistleblower
perilous
29. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
glider
at a loss
wash hand of
biodegradable
30. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
turn someone off
hear a pin drop
snowdrift
31. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
bathtub
at sixes and sevens
brag
funnel
32. 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
dress to kill
tentative decision
run your tail between your legs
shower cap
33. 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
do justice
whistleblower
hard up
all thumbs
34. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
sprain
set in stone
get a move on
pneumonia
35. Chatter - babble - speak casually
blunt
brag
ticket collector
shoot the breeze
36. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
hallowed
blunt
resort to
catch someone's eye
37. Adj. dangerous - risky
teething ring
perilous
kinky
set in stone
38. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
brag
doubt his chances
all ears
catch someone's eye
39. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
make a splash
shower cap
hold him off
brag
40. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
rainy day
hallowed
flunk
gig
41. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
slip off
scruffy
at a pinch
jukebox
42. A small dark shop or restaurant
perilous
lets take it outside
run your tail between your legs
hole in the wall
43. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
flexitime
brag
hallowed
44. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
you and what army
ticket collector
tentative decision
make a splash
45. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
give a slip
revisit
set in stone
garment bag
46. Be noticed by someone.
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47. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
porch
lets take it outside
hypochondria
48. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
slush
desensitize
rain set in for
clothes horse
49. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
slip off
repel
at sixes and sevens
out of work
50. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
sprain
glider
garment bag
oar