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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
all thumbs
do justice
half-sister-brother
2. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
brag
set in stone
pressed for time
kinky
3. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
jump the gun
snowdrift
desensitize
rainy day
4. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
pick a fight
rainy day
fighting words
5. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
biodegradable
at standstill
thaw
impeccable
6. 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
tentative decision
gale
do justice
at a loss
7. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
gig
contingency
all thumbs
hard up
8. Shocked
go into shock
play hooky
all thumbs
infest
9. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
pedastrian crossing
contingency
bathtub
gig
10. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
pressed for time
whistleblower
slush
flunk
11. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
have a memory like a sieve
snowdrift
sell someone short
12. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
jump the gun
flexitime
doubt his chances
hypochondria
13. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
patio
infest
sprain
14. Severe cold and fever
jukebox
pneumonia
sleeping car
hear a pin drop
15. Hood
bonnet
oar
thaw
get a move on
16. Take off with ease or speed
catch someone's eye
wet blanket
hit the ceeling/roof
slip off
17. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
kinky
resort to
shake a leg
jump the gun
18. Unfounded fear of being unwell
pedastrian crossing
patio
pay through the nose
hypochondria
19. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
pick a fight
restless
ease up
20. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
revisit
at standstill
jukebox
at sixes and sevens
21. Making claims without any backup
get a move on
ticket collector
pliers
talk through his hat
22. A large piece of something without definite shape
kinky
flexitime
contingency
lump
23. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
get a move on
garment bag
marooned
bathtub
24. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
scruffy
conscience
clothes horse
mum and pop
25. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
all ears
outlaw
teething ring
patio
26. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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27. Not understand at all.
resort to
repel
not make head or tail of
shower head
28. Movement blocked by traffic
have a memory like a sieve
pedastrian crossing
perilous
get caught in traffic jam
29. Jobless
knock the socks off
out of work
sprain
at a loss
30. A small dark shop or restaurant
marooned
pick a fight
restless
hole in the wall
31. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
at loggerheads
fighting words
catch someone's eye
glider
32. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
joking aside
play hooky
brag
33. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
chariot
shower cap
slip off
34. Depart; set off to sea
sleeping car
wet blanket
brag
set sail
35. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
revisit
hallowed
kinky
gale
36. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
pulled muscle
snowdrift
desensitize
dress to kill
37. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
greasy spoon
contingency
chariot
rainy day
38. To quarrel
whistleblower
pick a fight
get a move on
scruffy
39. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
perilous
do justice
wound up
rainy day
40. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
dress to kill
raise your spirit
bonnet
scruffy
41. Act before the appropriate time.
contingency
wet blanket
shake a leg
jump the gun
42. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
gig
fighting words
keep something under someone's hat
oar
43. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
snowdrift
walker
set in stone
snow job
44. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
go into shock
half-sister-brother
tentative decision
at her wits end
45. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
glider
outlaw
sleet
pedastrian crossing
46. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
get caught in traffic jam
pressed for time
joking aside
hold him off
47. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
turn someone off
play hooky
snow job
at a pinch
48. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
braces
even-tempered
talk through his hat
revisit
49. Fighting alone
glider
at a loss
jukebox
you and what army
50. Silence
shower cap
conscience
hear a pin drop
nine to five