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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Cheaply - inexpensively






2. Engineless aircraft






3. Be cheerful and get on with life






4. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.






5. To be good enough to do a particular job or to reach a particular standard: We'll give you a week's trial in the job to see how you ........... - .......... to - How will the Secretary General ......... to his new responsibilities?






6. Getting too angry






7. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare






8. Shocked






9. Act before the appropriate time.






10. Making claims without any backup






11. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.






12. 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






13. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]






14. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably






15. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid






16. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.






17. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place






18. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)






19. Jobless






20. Get the ball rolling






21. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression






22. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure






23. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information






24. Be noticed by someone.

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25. Make someone bored or repelled.






26. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained






27. Silence






28. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.






29. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing






30. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship






31. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment






32. Make way through a narrow path






33. An implement used to propel or steer a boat






34. 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






35. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n






36. Confused - bewildered - perplexed






37. A cabinet containing an automatic record player






38. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted






39. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -






40. Not understand at all.






41. Seriously - really - without joking -






42. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside






43. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:






44. 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






45. A small dark shop or restaurant






46. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.






47. Tools to pull apart or twist






48. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment






49. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered






50. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive