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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. Severe cold and fever
conscience
pneumonia
resort to
at a loss
2. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
jump the gun
ease up
snowdrift
perilous
3. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
funnel
measure up
at loggerheads
teething ring
4. Make someone bored or repelled.
patio
restless
desensitize
turn someone off
5. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
pliers
impeccable
snowdrift
even-tempered
6. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
shoot off one's mouth
pulled muscle
wound up
clothes horse
7. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
wound up
at standstill
garment bag
pressed for time
8. Sense of right and wrong
get a move on
pressed for time
conscience
patio
9. To quarrel
knock the socks off
keep something under someone's hat
to be on sick leave
pick a fight
10. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
impeccable
sleet
snowdrift
set sail
11. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
at sixes and sevens
wet blanket
shower cap
outlaw
12. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
teething ring
trunks
shower head
bathtub
13. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
rainy day
bonnet
flunk
14. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
flunk
porch
dress to kill
15. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
flunk
hard up
perilous
wash hand of
16. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
at sixes and sevens
gangplank
marooned
trunks
17. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
hole in the wall
raise your spirit
resort to
at sixes and sevens
18. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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19. Engineless aircraft
slip off
wet blanket
glider
rainy day
20. Take off with ease or speed
mum and pop
you and what army
slip off
repel
21. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
keep your hair on
restless
go into shock
22. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
brag
chariot
garment bag
outlaw
23. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
biodegradable
anti-establishment
you and what army
even-tempered
24. 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
flexitime
keep your hair on
braces
all ears
25. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
turn someone off
impeccable
nine to five
greasy spoon
26. Act before the appropriate time.
funnel
talk through his hat
jump the gun
have a memory like a sieve
27. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
pneumonia
half-sister-brother
at a pinch
rainy day
28. Making claims without any backup
play hooky
talk through his hat
ease up
dress to kill
29. Large boses for household things
trunks
patio
anti-establishment
set sail
30. Get the ball rolling
have a memory like a sieve
get a move on
hole in the wall
funnel
31. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
sell someone short
greasy spoon
flunk
gangplank
32. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
kinky
all thumbs
set sail
hard up
33. Depart; set off to sea
blunt
contingency
hold him off
set sail
34. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
infest
sleet
sell someone short
gangplank
35. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
raise your spirit
shoot the breeze
chariot
36. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
shoot off one's mouth
marooned
dress to kill
37. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
hit the ceeling/roof
resort to
joking aside
slush
38. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
raise your spirit
pneumonia
clothes horse
at her wits end
39. Pay a high price - pay too much
fighting words
talk through his hat
snow job
pay through the nose
40. Movement blocked by traffic
hear a pin drop
get caught in traffic jam
outlaw
make a splash
41. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
set in stone
repel
kinky
impeccable
42. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
turn someone off
rainy day
at loggerheads
at a pinch
43. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
impeccable
keep something under someone's hat
pedastrian crossing
44. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
measure up
porch
contingency
ticket collector
45. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
gangplank
doubt his chances
pressed for time
at a pinch
46. Getting too angry
pneumonia
gale
all thumbs
hit the ceeling/roof
47. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
repel
at her wits end
knock the socks off
biodegradable
48. Partially melted snow
measure up
at standstill
dress to kill
slush
49. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
wet blanket
scruffy
pressed for time
you and what army
50. To make someone react less strongly to something by making them become used to it - ......... somebody to something - Does TV ........ people to violence? — d.........zation
desensitize
blunt
lets take it outside
porch