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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Chatter - babble - speak casually
restless
shoot the breeze
have a memory like a sieve
do justice
2. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
restless
chariot
shoot the breeze
joking aside
3. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
bathtub
not make head or tail of
knock the socks off
4. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
ointment
perilous
impeccable
clothes horse
5. To quarrel
mum and pop
hold him off
pick a fight
oar
6. Make someone bored or repelled.
braces
even-tempered
turn someone off
glider
7. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
go into shock
run your tail between your legs
marooned
8. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
play hooky
desensitize
pedastrian crossing
shake a leg
9. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
keep your hair on
get a move on
walker
pliers
10. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
bonnet
pulled muscle
revisit
all ears
11. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
jump the gun
sleet
jukebox
gig
12. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw
even-tempered
shower cap
lump
13. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
half-sister-brother
contingency
outlaw
sell someone short
14. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
anti-establishment
at a loss
contingency
have a memory like a sieve
15. Pay a high price - pay too much
resort to
funnel
pay through the nose
infest
16. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
patio
jump the gun
contingency
hard up
17. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
measure up
whistleblower
pulled muscle
greasy spoon
18. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
wet blanket
restless
at a pinch
snowdrift
19. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
lump
hypochondria
at a loss
brag
20. Fighting alone
gangplank
pay through the nose
walker
you and what army
21. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
gig
all thumbs
chariot
22. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
keep something under someone's hat
mum and pop
knock the socks off
catch someone's eye
23. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
get a move on
glider
hypochondria
half-sister-brother
24. Be noticed by someone.
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25. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
slip off
ointment
jukebox
at loggerheads
26. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
slush
funnel
braces
gangplank
27. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
jukebox
walker
do justice
run your tail between your legs
28. Severe cold and fever
out of work
greasy spoon
pneumonia
shake a leg
29. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
shake a leg
sleet
slush
resort to
30. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
set in stone
pneumonia
impeccable
31. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
repel
at her wits end
ointment
32. Act before the appropriate time.
snowdrift
jump the gun
pliers
all ears
33. 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.
infest
hold him off
tentative decision
snowdrift
34. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
ease up
kinky
keep your hair on
brag
35. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
at sixes and sevens
sell someone short
keep something under someone's hat
pay through the nose
36. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
doubt his chances
perilous
shoot off one's mouth
rain set in for
37. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
sprain
at a pinch
repel
pulled muscle
38. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
flexitime
revisit
slush
doubt his chances
39. It is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it - or it makes you feel ill - The smell r........ him. 2. [transitive] to make someone who is attacking you go away - by fighting them: The army was ready to ....... an attack. 3. [transitive] to
get a move on
repel
shake a leg
sleeping car
40. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
hear a pin drop
conscience
play hooky
41. Be absent from school without permission
rain set in for
play hooky
slip off
trunks
42. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
keep your hair on
gig
have a memory like a sieve
snow job
43. Unfounded fear of being unwell
outlaw
hypochondria
snow job
nine to five
44. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
pay through the nose
set in stone
porch
keep something under someone's hat
45. 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
at a loss
out of work
flexitime
at sixes and sevens
46. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
rain set in for
set sail
hallowed
nine to five
47. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
wash hand of
doubt his chances
marooned
knock the socks off
48. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
snowdrift
at her wits end
even-tempered
for a song
49. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
stranded
sell someone short
funnel
wash hand of
50. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
keep your hair on
go into shock
ointment
sleet