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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
even-tempered
pressed for time
hold him off
keep your hair on
2. Don't think too much about it
shoot the breeze
keep your hair on
snowdrift
catch someone's eye
3. Jobless
slip off
out of work
flexitime
shake a leg
4. Movement blocked by traffic
gale
get caught in traffic jam
thaw
at sixes and sevens
5. Large boses for household things
trunks
perilous
pliers
norrow escape
6. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
measure up
ticket collector
oar
whistleblower
7. Cheaply - inexpensively
conscience
hold him off
for a song
gale
8. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
play hooky
even-tempered
wound up
whistleblower
9. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
pedastrian crossing
even-tempered
joking aside
kinky
10. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
pliers
sell someone short
stranded
not make head or tail of
11. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
joking aside
gale
porch
12. Making claims without any backup
sleeping car
wash hand of
talk through his hat
set in stone
13. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
make a splash
gig
porch
14. Not understand at all.
stranded
not make head or tail of
pneumonia
have a memory like a sieve
15. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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16. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
rainy day
mum and pop
wash hand of
funnel
17. 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
perilous
knock the socks off
thaw
do justice
18. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
wet blanket
patio
pay through the nose
gangplank
19. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
ease up
jukebox
sell someone short
knock the socks off
20. 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
sleet
slush
nine to five
flexitime
21. A large piece of something without definite shape
ticket collector
lump
wound up
shake a leg
22. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
flexitime
restless
impeccable
you and what army
23. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
hallowed
slush
infest
24. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
perilous
repel
all ears
at loggerheads
25. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
impeccable
snowdrift
pick a fight
get caught in traffic jam
26. 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.
rain set in for
ticket collector
contingency
infest
27. Be cheerful and get on with life
flexitime
raise your spirit
you and what army
slip off
28. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
all thumbs
ticket collector
raise your spirit
29. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
lump
gangplank
at a pinch
30. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
ease up
braces
shoot off one's mouth
norrow escape
31. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
half-sister-brother
turn someone off
shower head
not make head or tail of
32. Hood
set sail
bonnet
hole in the wall
trunks
33. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
whistleblower
gangplank
play hooky
34. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
porch
glider
impeccable
35. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
raise your spirit
clothes horse
blunt
at a loss
36. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
hard up
jump the gun
shower head
37. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
garment bag
hold him off
keep something under someone's hat
walker
38. Make way through a narrow path
nine to five
pneumonia
funnel
at her wits end
39. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
even-tempered
dress to kill
gangplank
40. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
gig
funnel
set sail
41. Unfounded fear of being unwell
wet blanket
resort to
trunks
hypochondria
42. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw
lets take it outside
raise your spirit
wash hand of
43. Be noticed by someone.
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44. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
pay through the nose
pressed for time
half-sister-brother
scruffy
45. Sense of right and wrong
glider
get caught in traffic jam
chariot
conscience
46. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
brag
make a splash
flexitime
lump
47. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
at sixes and sevens
do justice
norrow escape
talk through his hat
48. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
hit the ceeling/roof
nine to five
porch
49. To quarrel
ease up
pick a fight
pedastrian crossing
talk through his hat
50. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
at sixes and sevens
hole in the wall
at her wits end
resort to