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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Making claims without any backup
lets take it outside
hole in the wall
talk through his hat
snow job
2. Dance; hurry
mum and pop
joking aside
get caught in traffic jam
shake a leg
3. A large piece of something without definite shape
do justice
mum and pop
lump
clothes horse
4. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
rainy day
catch someone's eye
fighting words
hold him off
5. Make way through a narrow path
blunt
hit the ceeling/roof
catch someone's eye
funnel
6. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
snowdrift
rain set in for
fighting words
revisit
7. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
wound up
get a move on
oar
have a memory like a sieve
8. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
slush
gangplank
anti-establishment
slip off
9. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
catch someone's eye
at her wits end
sprain
rainy day
10. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
out of work
teething ring
marooned
pick a fight
11. Engineless aircraft
desensitize
do justice
perilous
glider
12. Take off with ease or speed
set in stone
even-tempered
slip off
get a move on
13. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
snowdrift
ointment
desensitize
raise your spirit
14. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
hallowed
for a song
sleet
impeccable
15. Not understand at all.
shoot off one's mouth
porch
not make head or tail of
set sail
16. Make someone bored or repelled.
joking aside
jukebox
turn someone off
even-tempered
17. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
shower head
revisit
keep something under someone's hat
do justice
18. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
measure up
glider
flunk
slush
19. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
get caught in traffic jam
go into shock
thaw
20. Seriously - really - without joking -
hole in the wall
norrow escape
joking aside
get a move on
21. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
sleeping car
hit the ceeling/roof
restless
impeccable
22. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
anti-establishment
set in stone
set sail
23. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
glider
sell someone short
knock the socks off
24. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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25. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
anti-establishment
wet blanket
porch
at loggerheads
26. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
scruffy
at a loss
glider
27. 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
norrow escape
joking aside
flexitime
shower head
28. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
sleeping car
chariot
keep your hair on
hole in the wall
29. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
slush
scruffy
perilous
raise your spirit
30. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
repel
brag
shake a leg
to be on sick leave
31. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
pulled muscle
greasy spoon
walker
out of work
32. Movement blocked by traffic
sleeping car
make a splash
at standstill
get caught in traffic jam
33. Adj. dangerous - risky
all ears
thaw
braces
perilous
34. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
hear a pin drop
jukebox
pressed for time
chariot
35. Severe cold and fever
resort to
gig
pneumonia
play hooky
36. Fighting alone
catch someone's eye
set in stone
you and what army
at her wits end
37. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
repel
infest
revisit
make a splash
38. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gangplank
gale
conscience
lump
39. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
tentative decision
porch
knock the socks off
repel
40. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
snow job
impeccable
nine to five
41. Shocked
resort to
glider
go into shock
knock the socks off
42. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
hold him off
have a memory like a sieve
raise your spirit
43. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
you and what army
pay through the nose
patio
clothes horse
44. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
half-sister-brother
resort to
at a loss
catch someone's eye
45. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
hear a pin drop
kinky
thaw
keep your hair on
46. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
wet blanket
outlaw
snow job
patio
47. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
make a splash
set in stone
play hooky
impeccable
48. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
walker
bonnet
brag
biodegradable
49. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
contingency
revisit
all ears
wet blanket
50. Escape being caught; avoid
at loggerheads
give a slip
whistleblower
all thumbs
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