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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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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. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
glider
at standstill
doubt his chances
do justice
2. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
hold him off
pneumonia
at a loss
wash hand of
3. Pay a high price - pay too much
hear a pin drop
lump
blunt
pay through the nose
4. Be noticed by someone.
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5. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
not make head or tail of
mum and pop
hit the ceeling/roof
lets take it outside
6. Partially melted snow
slush
mum and pop
measure up
ticket collector
7. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
porch
norrow escape
slip off
play hooky
8. Severe cold and fever
hallowed
gale
pneumonia
for a song
9. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
rain set in for
slip off
marooned
10. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
wet blanket
ticket collector
teething ring
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
gig
do justice
teething ring
trunks
12. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
ticket collector
infest
impeccable
sell someone short
13. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
gig
not make head or tail of
pay through the nose
14. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
keep something under someone's hat
walker
mum and pop
15. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
tentative decision
pulled muscle
all thumbs
run your tail between your legs
16. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
half-sister-brother
sell someone short
rainy day
17. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
rain set in for
sleeping car
repel
fighting words
18. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
pulled muscle
whistleblower
at her wits end
outlaw
19. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
impeccable
play hooky
chariot
garment bag
20. Making claims without any backup
talk through his hat
have a memory like a sieve
run your tail between your legs
glider
21. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
at her wits end
have a memory like a sieve
tentative decision
blunt
22. Act before the appropriate time.
conscience
jump the gun
doubt his chances
repel
23. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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24. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
pressed for time
patio
infest
25. Movement blocked by traffic
get caught in traffic jam
flunk
fighting words
not make head or tail of
26. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
snowdrift
patio
bathtub
27. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
walker
sleeping car
flexitime
outlaw
28. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
rain set in for
you and what army
norrow escape
ticket collector
29. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
shoot off one's mouth
infest
pressed for time
measure up
30. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
out of work
get a move on
ointment
pneumonia
31. Hood
half-sister-brother
bonnet
even-tempered
flexitime
32. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
trunks
wound up
run your tail between your legs
oar
33. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
bonnet
at sixes and sevens
wet blanket
34. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
walker
tentative decision
make a splash
35. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
pay through the nose
teething ring
set in stone
oar
36. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
jump the gun
stranded
brag
set in stone
37. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
make a splash
wet blanket
knock the socks off
anti-establishment
38. Seriously - really - without joking -
bonnet
contingency
joking aside
patio
39. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
wash hand of
hard up
sleet
gig
40. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
hole in the wall
pay through the nose
raise your spirit
41. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
slip off
doubt his chances
funnel
infest
42. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
hole in the wall
hear a pin drop
revisit
gale
43. Make way through a narrow path
norrow escape
funnel
biodegradable
catch someone's eye
44. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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45. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
norrow escape
sell someone short
pneumonia
nine to five
46. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
half-sister-brother
shake a leg
rain set in for
garment bag
47. Fighting alone
you and what army
patio
bathtub
garment bag
48. Large boses for household things
sleeping car
at loggerheads
all ears
trunks
49. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
blunt
all ears
marooned
dress to kill
50. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
you and what army
hit the ceeling/roof
do justice