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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Engineless aircraft
pick a fight
revisit
glider
sleeping car
2. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
hard up
whistleblower
sleeping car
turn someone off
3. Silence
all ears
slip off
contingency
hear a pin drop
4. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
fighting words
marooned
get caught in traffic jam
keep your hair on
5. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
bathtub
dress to kill
pedastrian crossing
hit the ceeling/roof
6. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
snow job
get caught in traffic jam
repel
7. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
do justice
at loggerheads
shoot the breeze
at a pinch
8. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
make a splash
pedastrian crossing
walker
9. Don't think too much about it
perilous
half-sister-brother
keep your hair on
hold him off
10. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
sleeping car
lets take it outside
gig
all ears
11. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
snow job
play hooky
rainy day
infest
12. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
greasy spoon
measure up
scruffy
13. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
keep something under someone's hat
sell someone short
sleet
at a loss
14. Large boses for household things
lump
gale
hole in the wall
trunks
15. Hood
bonnet
blunt
at a loss
not make head or tail of
16. 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
catch someone's eye
desensitize
sleeping car
flexitime
17. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
contingency
slip off
joking aside
gale
18. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
mum and pop
keep your hair on
kinky
19. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
keep something under someone's hat
not make head or tail of
thaw
snow job
20. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
patio
shake a leg
set sail
to be on sick leave
21. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
doubt his chances
ease up
flexitime
thaw
22. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
shoot off one's mouth
pulled muscle
slush
23. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
desensitize
go into shock
run your tail between your legs
24. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
measure up
go into shock
clothes horse
25. 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
at her wits end
repel
rainy day
even-tempered
26. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
measure up
marooned
braces
27. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at a loss
keep something under someone's hat
at her wits end
snowdrift
28. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
perilous
play hooky
norrow escape
29. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
walker
garment bag
pulled muscle
make a splash
30. Jobless
brag
repel
out of work
at loggerheads
31. Partially melted snow
talk through his hat
slush
pay through the nose
shoot off one's mouth
32. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
set sail
set in stone
perilous
have a memory like a sieve
33. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
ointment
make a splash
all thumbs
at sixes and sevens
34. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
knock the socks off
sprain
slush
at standstill
35. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
hold him off
set in stone
wound up
shoot the breeze
36. Be cheerful and get on with life
set sail
go into shock
raise your spirit
even-tempered
37. A large piece of something without definite shape
at sixes and sevens
kinky
dress to kill
lump
38. 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?
for a song
repel
measure up
wash hand of
39. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
hypochondria
for a song
fighting words
40. 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
pulled muscle
for a song
turn someone off
do justice
41. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
gale
hear a pin drop
for a song
42. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
you and what army
hallowed
jukebox
trunks
43. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
resort to
you and what army
bathtub
jump the gun
44. Depart; set off to sea
at a loss
set sail
ease up
perilous
45. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
shoot the breeze
blunt
at a pinch
at sixes and sevens
46. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
glider
out of work
dress to kill
scruffy
47. Fighting alone
pressed for time
braces
ointment
you and what army
48. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
pressed for time
hit the ceeling/roof
have a memory like a sieve
at standstill
49. Sense of right and wrong
slush
chariot
conscience
pneumonia
50. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
flunk
jukebox
kinky
hard up