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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
hear a pin drop
wound up
at standstill
funnel
2. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
contingency
lets take it outside
to be on sick leave
all thumbs
3. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
gale
garment bag
bonnet
4. Unfounded fear of being unwell
for a song
hypochondria
to be on sick leave
get caught in traffic jam
5. 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
resort to
flexitime
gale
slip off
6. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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7. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
gangplank
all thumbs
sleet
glider
8. Movement blocked by traffic
slush
get caught in traffic jam
make a splash
revisit
9. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
catch someone's eye
half-sister-brother
snowdrift
you and what army
10. To quarrel
pick a fight
patio
impeccable
walker
11. 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
kinky
do justice
shoot off one's mouth
hear a pin drop
12. Pay a high price - pay too much
hard up
chariot
wet blanket
pay through the nose
13. Partially melted snow
sell someone short
lump
slush
repel
14. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
sprain
contingency
gale
set in stone
15. Silence
bathtub
go into shock
pulled muscle
hear a pin drop
16. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
have a memory like a sieve
wash hand of
give a slip
ticket collector
17. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
contingency
mum and pop
hypochondria
patio
18. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
turn someone off
at sixes and sevens
patio
19. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
shoot the breeze
greasy spoon
play hooky
sleet
20. If insects - rats etc ..... a place - there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage - be ............ with something - The kitchen was ......with cockroaches.
at loggerheads
infest
hallowed
patio
21. 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
fighting words
run your tail between your legs
pay through the nose
22. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
anti-establishment
rainy day
resort to
snowdrift
23. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
give a slip
mum and pop
go into shock
set sail
24. Be absent from school without permission
marooned
play hooky
gangplank
funnel
25. 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?
keep something under someone's hat
measure up
norrow escape
walker
26. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
biodegradable
sleeping car
contingency
measure up
27. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
biodegradable
have a memory like a sieve
sprain
brag
28. 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 .......
flexitime
ease up
snowdrift
marooned
29. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
gig
hallowed
whistleblower
pick a fight
30. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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31. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
wet blanket
snow job
gangplank
ointment
32. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
for a song
greasy spoon
get a move on
33. Don't think too much about it
at sixes and sevens
keep your hair on
set sail
play hooky
34. Depart; set off to sea
impeccable
hole in the wall
brag
set sail
35. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
funnel
gangplank
lets take it outside
hallowed
36. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
you and what army
give a slip
set in stone
patio
37. Act before the appropriate time.
wound up
chariot
jump the gun
repel
38. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
pliers
braces
dress to kill
wet blanket
39. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
hear a pin drop
slush
shower cap
gangplank
40. Tools to pull apart or twist
pliers
joking aside
conscience
hold him off
41. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
trunks
talk through his hat
flunk
thaw
42. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
lets take it outside
rain set in for
go into shock
to be on sick leave
43. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
keep something under someone's hat
infest
at loggerheads
scruffy
44. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
hole in the wall
marooned
doubt his chances
45. Dance; hurry
teething ring
hold him off
shake a leg
make a splash
46. Sense of right and wrong
half-sister-brother
blunt
conscience
have a memory like a sieve
47. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
at sixes and sevens
trunks
at standstill
48. Chatter - babble - speak casually
pneumonia
impeccable
revisit
shoot the breeze
49. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
hit the ceeling/roof
funnel
doubt his chances
50. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
doubt his chances
knock the socks off
kinky
hard up