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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
walker
hold him off
gangplank
tentative decision
2. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
garment bag
sleet
braces
oar
3. 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
infest
braces
norrow escape
4. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
pressed for time
ticket collector
slip off
sleeping car
5. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
trunks
hard up
snowdrift
flunk
6. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shake a leg
at sixes and sevens
fighting words
shoot the breeze
7. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
gig
make a splash
shake a leg
at standstill
8. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
for a song
kinky
slip off
thaw
9. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
norrow escape
hit the ceeling/roof
lump
resort to
10. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
pliers
walker
pulled muscle
hypochondria
11. Cheaply - inexpensively
resort to
dress to kill
not make head or tail of
for a song
12. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
greasy spoon
set sail
pneumonia
brag
13. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
shoot the breeze
gale
jukebox
biodegradable
14. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
keep something under someone's hat
whistleblower
pulled muscle
rainy day
15. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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17. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
whistleblower
snow job
slip off
at a loss
18. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
keep something under someone's hat
make a splash
hypochondria
clothes horse
19. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
at a pinch
bathtub
gig
20. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
get caught in traffic jam
at a pinch
even-tempered
make a splash
21. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
bonnet
sleeping car
shower head
pay through the nose
22. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
hard up
shower cap
snow job
restless
23. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
pick a fight
sleeping car
trunks
24. Shocked
sleeping car
raise your spirit
go into shock
flexitime
25. A large piece of something without definite shape
pedastrian crossing
wet blanket
lump
thaw
26. Not understand at all.
funnel
half-sister-brother
not make head or tail of
shower cap
27. Making claims without any backup
jukebox
talk through his hat
give a slip
restless
28. Tools to pull apart or twist
stranded
pick a fight
pulled muscle
pliers
29. Large boses for household things
run your tail between your legs
raise your spirit
trunks
nine to five
30. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
lets take it outside
restless
at a pinch
porch
31. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
even-tempered
kinky
to be on sick leave
at her wits end
32. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
shower cap
joking aside
gangplank
pulled muscle
33. Engineless aircraft
thaw
brag
at sixes and sevens
glider
34. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
blunt
shower cap
even-tempered
revisit
35. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
get caught in traffic jam
at her wits end
sell someone short
36. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
patio
get a move on
sleet
slip off
37. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
gig
impeccable
mum and pop
chariot
38. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
run your tail between your legs
kinky
joking aside
39. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
rain set in for
dress to kill
gale
at her wits end
40. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
oar
chariot
pliers
shake a leg
41. To quarrel
sleet
pulled muscle
pick a fight
give a slip
42. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
even-tempered
keep something under someone's hat
at a pinch
set in stone
43. 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 .......
revisit
keep something under someone's hat
pay through the nose
ease up
44. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
at standstill
norrow escape
hallowed
garment bag
45. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
wash hand of
teething ring
bathtub
patio
46. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
perilous
mum and pop
wash hand of
clothes horse
47. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
perilous
raise your spirit
play hooky
garment bag
48. Depart; set off to sea
rainy day
at a pinch
measure up
set sail
49. Silence
doubt his chances
hear a pin drop
scruffy
resort to
50. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
contingency
shake a leg
nine to five
doubt his chances