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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. 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
walker
go into shock
do justice
sleeping car
2. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
lets take it outside
blunt
flexitime
sell someone short
3. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
restless
pick a fight
braces
all thumbs
4. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
contingency
ointment
snow job
clothes horse
5. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
norrow escape
kinky
snowdrift
6. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
catch someone's eye
run your tail between your legs
gale
pedastrian crossing
7. Cheaply - inexpensively
at loggerheads
all thumbs
brag
for a song
8. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
have a memory like a sieve
hear a pin drop
hold him off
9. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
ticket collector
biodegradable
hold him off
all ears
10. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
contingency
ointment
knock the socks off
hear a pin drop
11. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
wash hand of
pulled muscle
thaw
revisit
12. 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
repel
kinky
wash hand of
brag
13. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
resort to
brag
gangplank
get caught in traffic jam
14. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
dress to kill
give a slip
conscience
outlaw
15. Engineless aircraft
garment bag
glider
snowdrift
fighting words
16. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
all thumbs
thaw
out of work
scruffy
17. A small dark shop or restaurant
funnel
oar
resort to
hole in the wall
18. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
walker
sleeping car
clothes horse
dress to kill
19. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
rainy day
have a memory like a sieve
lets take it outside
give a slip
20. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
garment bag
impeccable
sleeping car
walker
21. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
glider
shoot off one's mouth
resort to
22. A large piece of something without definite shape
hold him off
pulled muscle
lump
run your tail between your legs
23. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
contingency
biodegradable
do justice
out of work
24. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
do justice
whistleblower
teething ring
gig
25. Shocked
go into shock
gig
out of work
not make head or tail of
26. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
run your tail between your legs
gangplank
talk through his hat
shower head
27. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
shoot the breeze
doubt his chances
sleeping car
pneumonia
28. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
run your tail between your legs
set sail
shoot off one's mouth
hallowed
29. 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 .......
braces
ease up
wash hand of
shoot off one's mouth
30. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
get caught in traffic jam
wash hand of
at standstill
infest
31. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
jump the gun
run your tail between your legs
flexitime
ticket collector
32. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
outlaw
stranded
to be on sick leave
lets take it outside
33. Act before the appropriate time.
marooned
jump the gun
norrow escape
wound up
34. Be noticed by someone.
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35. Severe cold and fever
norrow escape
wound up
shoot off one's mouth
pneumonia
36. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
thaw
gangplank
greasy spoon
anti-establishment
37. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
fighting words
flunk
blunt
pliers
38. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
resort to
catch someone's eye
pressed for time
wash hand of
39. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
conscience
bathtub
pay through the nose
jukebox
40. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
stranded
fighting words
shake a leg
jump the gun
41. To quarrel
dress to kill
norrow escape
keep your hair on
pick a fight
42. Unfounded fear of being unwell
kinky
hypochondria
at sixes and sevens
whistleblower
43. Sense of right and wrong
sleet
conscience
biodegradable
teething ring
44. Large boses for household things
turn someone off
trunks
hallowed
walker
45. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
kinky
hard up
biodegradable
46. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
make a splash
slush
get caught in traffic jam
patio
47. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
at sixes and sevens
patio
tentative decision
ease up
48. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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49. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
at a loss
set in stone
thaw
50. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
at loggerheads
rainy day
have a memory like a sieve
fighting words