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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Make way through a narrow path
half-sister-brother
wound up
funnel
snowdrift
2. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
all ears
hear a pin drop
rainy day
3. Act before the appropriate time.
pedastrian crossing
rainy day
thaw
jump the gun
4. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
scruffy
at a loss
out of work
joking aside
5. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
restless
scruffy
blunt
doubt his chances
6. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
play hooky
wash hand of
wound up
gangplank
7. Get the ball rolling
norrow escape
marooned
get a move on
stranded
8. 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?
repel
hole in the wall
measure up
patio
9. Sense of right and wrong
fighting words
conscience
chariot
wash hand of
10. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
flexitime
sleet
fighting words
even-tempered
11. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
biodegradable
all ears
knock the socks off
shoot off one's mouth
12. Movement blocked by traffic
resort to
get caught in traffic jam
pliers
turn someone off
13. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
wet blanket
snowdrift
you and what army
hold him off
14. Engineless aircraft
hypochondria
greasy spoon
glider
sleeping car
15. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
gale
braces
hallowed
turn someone off
16. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
sleet
clothes horse
restless
stranded
17. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
mum and pop
porch
fighting words
marooned
18. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
even-tempered
shoot off one's mouth
sleet
19. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
glider
sell someone short
not make head or tail of
bathtub
20. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
at sixes and sevens
stranded
snowdrift
rain set in for
21. 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
impeccable
tentative decision
sleet
wet blanket
22. Adj. dangerous - risky
snowdrift
tentative decision
perilous
pedastrian crossing
23. Jobless
play hooky
gig
stranded
out of work
24. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
greasy spoon
half-sister-brother
lump
thaw
25. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
clothes horse
anti-establishment
get caught in traffic jam
26. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
slip off
pulled muscle
clothes horse
gangplank
27. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
shake a leg
clothes horse
mum and pop
bonnet
28. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
doubt his chances
all thumbs
shower cap
29. Take off with ease or speed
restless
clothes horse
slip off
knock the socks off
30. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
revisit
walker
patio
31. Depart; set off to sea
do justice
set sail
lump
hard up
32. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
to be on sick leave
pressed for time
tentative decision
33. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
teething ring
marooned
thaw
joking aside
34. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
pulled muscle
go into shock
oar
hypochondria
35. 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
ointment
shoot the breeze
flexitime
scruffy
36. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
make a splash
at a pinch
not make head or tail of
37. 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
gale
clothes horse
flexitime
38. Dance; hurry
joking aside
gangplank
shake a leg
conscience
39. Seriously - really - without joking -
hard up
joking aside
at standstill
marooned
40. Escape being caught; avoid
lump
give a slip
pulled muscle
pick a fight
41. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
walker
flexitime
gig
sleet
42. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
greasy spoon
revisit
pedastrian crossing
make a splash
43. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
set sail
sprain
shower cap
44. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
wound up
pedastrian crossing
resort to
garment bag
45. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
teething ring
have a memory like a sieve
knock the socks off
resort to
46. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
get a move on
snowdrift
hallowed
shower cap
47. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
go into shock
set in stone
at standstill
48. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shower head
teething ring
marooned
all ears
49. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
raise your spirit
ticket collector
shake a leg
thaw
50. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
give a slip
nine to five
contingency
hypochondria