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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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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. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
out of work
resort to
hallowed
2. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
teething ring
have a memory like a sieve
rain set in for
3. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
pulled muscle
sell someone short
stranded
knock the socks off
4. Act before the appropriate time.
restless
keep your hair on
wound up
jump the gun
5. 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
all ears
chariot
rainy day
flexitime
6. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
wound up
fighting words
gig
hard up
7. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
sell someone short
gangplank
braces
8. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
wet blanket
hallowed
garment bag
knock the socks off
9. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
at sixes and sevens
chariot
nine to five
10. To quarrel
all thumbs
ointment
pick a fight
wet blanket
11. 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 .......
to be on sick leave
snowdrift
not make head or tail of
ease up
12. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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13. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
shower head
talk through his hat
sleeping car
hypochondria
14. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
glider
stranded
wound up
15. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
gig
ease up
glider
biodegradable
16. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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17. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
raise your spirit
sleeping car
ease up
18. Take off with ease or speed
play hooky
kinky
slip off
joking aside
19. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
out of work
blunt
anti-establishment
at a pinch
20. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
bathtub
pulled muscle
gangplank
thaw
21. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
norrow escape
half-sister-brother
shoot off one's mouth
ticket collector
22. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
turn someone off
braces
oar
gig
23. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
get caught in traffic jam
anti-establishment
to be on sick leave
oar
24. Be cheerful and get on with life
outlaw
raise your spirit
half-sister-brother
nine to five
25. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
teething ring
walker
wound up
pliers
26. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
doubt his chances
bonnet
rainy day
at standstill
27. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
get a move on
nine to five
snowdrift
walker
28. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
glider
shake a leg
jukebox
talk through his hat
29. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
dress to kill
turn someone off
fighting words
teething ring
30. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
talk through his hat
pulled muscle
thaw
pliers
31. Tools to pull apart or twist
out of work
norrow escape
pay through the nose
pliers
32. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
at a pinch
teething ring
revisit
kinky
33. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
run your tail between your legs
brag
outlaw
infest
34. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
revisit
hard up
sleet
even-tempered
35. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
all thumbs
glider
shake a leg
wash hand of
36. Severe cold and fever
dress to kill
stranded
pneumonia
at sixes and sevens
37. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
pressed for time
at sixes and sevens
contingency
keep something under someone's hat
38. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
marooned
hold him off
gangplank
39. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
whistleblower
pedastrian crossing
gale
40. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
turn someone off
not make head or tail of
hit the ceeling/roof
all thumbs
41. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
go into shock
at her wits end
sleet
revisit
42. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
shoot the breeze
hypochondria
teething ring
43. 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
trunks
hold him off
keep something under someone's hat
repel
44. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
snowdrift
all thumbs
bathtub
45. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
gale
perilous
all ears
46. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
jump the gun
pedastrian crossing
anti-establishment
sleet
47. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
biodegradable
revisit
chariot
dress to kill
48. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
rain set in for
gangplank
sleeping car
bonnet
49. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
do justice
ticket collector
set in stone
snowdrift
50. Shocked
go into shock
lump
sell someone short
for a song