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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. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
slush
revisit
blunt
desensitize
2. Let us go outside and fight
run your tail between your legs
pulled muscle
lets take it outside
play hooky
3. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
raise your spirit
bathtub
whistleblower
set in stone
4. 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
keep something under someone's hat
get caught in traffic jam
whistleblower
5. 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 .......
funnel
shoot off one's mouth
ease up
keep your hair on
6. Escape being caught; avoid
revisit
give a slip
flexitime
talk through his hat
7. Tools to pull apart or twist
patio
pneumonia
keep your hair on
pliers
8. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
keep something under someone's hat
even-tempered
glider
9. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
catch someone's eye
shoot the breeze
garment bag
norrow escape
10. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
shoot the breeze
at sixes and sevens
get caught in traffic jam
brag
11. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
at sixes and sevens
keep something under someone's hat
restless
12. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
gangplank
braces
at loggerheads
joking aside
13. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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14. Get the ball rolling
at standstill
snowdrift
get a move on
make a splash
15. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
set sail
resort to
not make head or tail of
snowdrift
16. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
nine to five
contingency
brag
hallowed
17. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
turn someone off
rainy day
norrow escape
half-sister-brother
18. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
gangplank
conscience
walker
chariot
19. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
repel
biodegradable
shoot off one's mouth
20. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
gangplank
clothes horse
shower head
get caught in traffic jam
21. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
marooned
shower cap
gangplank
22. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
sprain
measure up
sleet
half-sister-brother
23. Making claims without any backup
talk through his hat
patio
at sixes and sevens
not make head or tail of
24. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
set sail
at a pinch
pulled muscle
chariot
25. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
gig
sleet
at a loss
measure up
26. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
hit the ceeling/roof
hard up
patio
biodegradable
27. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
hole in the wall
get caught in traffic jam
hit the ceeling/roof
set in stone
28. Engineless aircraft
gangplank
kinky
perilous
glider
29. Jobless
out of work
greasy spoon
wound up
impeccable
30. Seriously - really - without joking -
hypochondria
lump
joking aside
fighting words
31. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
lump
slip off
contingency
knock the socks off
32. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
give a slip
all ears
infest
33. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
pulled muscle
pedastrian crossing
walker
34. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
braces
porch
raise your spirit
at a pinch
35. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
shake a leg
snowdrift
out of work
36. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
hole in the wall
have a memory like a sieve
porch
shoot the breeze
37. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
blunt
at standstill
pliers
snowdrift
38. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
stranded
hit the ceeling/roof
gangplank
shake a leg
39. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
pliers
trunks
run your tail between your legs
infest
40. Severe cold and fever
slip off
gangplank
pneumonia
knock the socks off
41. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
gangplank
pick a fight
all ears
go into shock
42. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
oar
out of work
ease up
wound up
43. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
at a loss
porch
mum and pop
rain set in for
44. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
get caught in traffic jam
hit the ceeling/roof
doubt his chances
at a loss
45. Shocked
raise your spirit
go into shock
anti-establishment
set sail
46. Hood
shake a leg
all ears
pick a fight
bonnet
47. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
sleet
gig
ease up
set sail
48. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
thaw
sell someone short
desensitize
shower head
49. Make someone bored or repelled.
turn someone off
ointment
at a loss
run your tail between your legs
50. If insects - rats etc ..... a place - there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage - be ............ with something - The kitchen was ......with cockroaches.
raise your spirit
shoot the breeze
infest
have a memory like a sieve