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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • 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






2. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all






3. Act before the appropriate time.






4. Confused - bewildered - perplexed






5. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek






6. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -






7. Get the ball rolling






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?






9. Sense of right and wrong






10. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid






11. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.






12. Movement blocked by traffic






13. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind






14. Engineless aircraft






15. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____






16. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably






17. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.






18. Chatter - babble - speak casually






19. Container used to hold water for washing oneself






20. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance






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






22. Adj. dangerous - risky






23. Jobless






24. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them






25. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted






26. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship






27. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant






28. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled






29. Take off with ease or speed






30. Boast - exaggerate about oneself






31. Depart; set off to sea






32. Pay a high price - pay too much






33. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place






34. An implement used to propel or steer a boat






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






36. A large piece of something without definite shape






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






38. Dance; hurry






39. Seriously - really - without joking -






40. Escape being caught; avoid






41. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n






42. Road crossing for those traveling by foot






43. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.






44. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.






45. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information






46. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered






47. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement






48. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.






49. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets






50. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.