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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Engineless aircraft
shower head
wet blanket
glider
anti-establishment
2. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
funnel
walker
gale
braces
3. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
shoot the breeze
wound up
slush
sleeping car
4. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
wet blanket
pressed for time
hallowed
ease up
5. Be cheerful and get on with life
hypochondria
catch someone's eye
raise your spirit
hold him off
6. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
repel
joking aside
not make head or tail of
braces
7. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw
glider
ointment
patio
8. 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
garment bag
infest
run your tail between your legs
do justice
9. Sense of right and wrong
shoot the breeze
conscience
stranded
revisit
10. Fighting alone
mum and pop
whistleblower
you and what army
half-sister-brother
11. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
nine to five
resort to
pick a fight
at a pinch
12. Adj. dangerous - risky
wound up
perilous
shake a leg
pay through the nose
13. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
walker
all thumbs
norrow escape
to be on sick leave
14. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
out of work
not make head or tail of
glider
restless
15. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
kinky
rainy day
hallowed
16. 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
rainy day
jukebox
garment bag
17. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
brag
flexitime
knock the socks off
18. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
revisit
kinky
chariot
at standstill
19. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
turn someone off
hypochondria
set in stone
shower head
20. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
gangplank
clothes horse
get caught in traffic jam
oar
21. Be absent from school without permission
shower head
stranded
pulled muscle
play hooky
22. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
biodegradable
perilous
all thumbs
conscience
23. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
shoot off one's mouth
to be on sick leave
give a slip
24. 1. not definite or certain - and may be changed later SYN provisional OPP definite: I passed on my t...... conclusions to the police. The government is taking t......... steps towards tackling the country's economic problems. 2. done without confiden
rain set in for
shower cap
tentative decision
catch someone's eye
25. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
ointment
sell someone short
revisit
pressed for time
26. Large boses for household things
wet blanket
pliers
gangplank
trunks
27. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
lump
sleeping car
snowdrift
anti-establishment
28. Hood
pulled muscle
knock the socks off
raise your spirit
bonnet
29. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
porch
rain set in for
hole in the wall
blunt
30. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
even-tempered
talk through his hat
dress to kill
out of work
31. Take off with ease or speed
teething ring
stranded
slip off
ease up
32. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
ticket collector
set sail
stranded
hard up
33. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
hit the ceeling/roof
jukebox
outlaw
repel
34. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
for a song
talk through his hat
trunks
35. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
rain set in for
scruffy
out of work
at sixes and sevens
36. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
play hooky
doubt his chances
snow job
you and what army
37. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
get a move on
bathtub
run your tail between your legs
38. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
hold him off
sell someone short
have a memory like a sieve
sleet
39. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
contingency
revisit
get a move on
40. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
anti-establishment
hard up
slip off
nine to five
41. Be noticed by someone.
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42. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
shower head
wet blanket
half-sister-brother
glider
43. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
stranded
conscience
do justice
blunt
44. 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
gangplank
flexitime
at a loss
resort to
45. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
give a slip
sprain
at a loss
set in stone
46. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
to be on sick leave
glider
sprain
47. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
to be on sick leave
fighting words
give a slip
get caught in traffic jam
48. Shocked
contingency
impeccable
do justice
go into shock
49. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
at standstill
get a move on
hold him off
50. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
resort to
kinky
sprain
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