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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. Let us go outside and fight
to be on sick leave
lets take it outside
hard up
go into shock
2. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
wet blanket
thaw
rainy day
lets take it outside
3. Be cheerful and get on with life
gig
ease up
brag
raise your spirit
4. 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 .......
ease up
blunt
bathtub
funnel
5. Not understand at all.
for a song
doubt his chances
not make head or tail of
revisit
6. Tools to pull apart or twist
shoot off one's mouth
all thumbs
get caught in traffic jam
pliers
7. A small dark shop or restaurant
sell someone short
marooned
hole in the wall
wet blanket
8. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
sprain
gangplank
pressed for time
at a loss
9. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
pick a fight
sleet
whistleblower
flexitime
10. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
set in stone
flunk
infest
gangplank
11. Take off with ease or speed
chariot
outlaw
measure up
slip off
12. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
flunk
bonnet
garment bag
biodegradable
13. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
catch someone's eye
jukebox
mum and pop
clothes horse
14. Cheaply - inexpensively
knock the socks off
go into shock
to be on sick leave
for a song
15. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
trunks
all ears
tentative decision
16. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
fighting words
talk through his hat
norrow escape
dress to kill
17. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
set sail
chariot
ointment
half-sister-brother
18. Escape being caught; avoid
rainy day
pay through the nose
give a slip
shake a leg
19. Silence
play hooky
at a pinch
set in stone
hear a pin drop
20. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
pressed for time
play hooky
bathtub
gale
21. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
chariot
keep your hair on
resort to
stranded
22. Make way through a narrow path
snowdrift
funnel
out of work
joking aside
23. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
hit the ceeling/roof
shower cap
scruffy
24. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
half-sister-brother
make a splash
at loggerheads
25. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
go into shock
pliers
turn someone off
26. Severe cold and fever
pliers
pneumonia
outlaw
fighting words
27. Chatter - babble - speak casually
trunks
lump
sell someone short
shoot the breeze
28. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
porch
set in stone
at her wits end
kinky
29. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
revisit
snow job
brag
hard up
30. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
scruffy
contingency
pulled muscle
not make head or tail of
31. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
talk through his hat
sleet
greasy spoon
gale
32. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
you and what army
brag
hard up
wet blanket
33. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
mum and pop
braces
blunt
patio
34. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
lump
shoot off one's mouth
nine to five
funnel
35. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
mum and pop
chariot
glider
outlaw
36. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
pay through the nose
talk through his hat
all thumbs
scruffy
37. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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38. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
joking aside
get a move on
at standstill
whistleblower
39. Unfounded fear of being unwell
slip off
hypochondria
garment bag
out of work
40. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
wet blanket
brag
greasy spoon
thaw
41. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
stranded
hear a pin drop
rain set in for
42. Sense of right and wrong
set in stone
conscience
pliers
ease up
43. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
ointment
revisit
shower head
hard up
44. Be absent from school without permission
impeccable
gig
thaw
play hooky
45. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
turn someone off
sleeping car
nine to five
shower head
46. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
half-sister-brother
all thumbs
gig
lets take it outside
47. Fighting alone
you and what army
resort to
chariot
at her wits end
48. A large piece of something without definite shape
run your tail between your legs
norrow escape
slush
lump
49. 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
nine to five
all ears
repel
give a slip
50. Get the ball rolling
tentative decision
measure up
get a move on
norrow escape