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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
shake a leg
norrow escape
gale
brag
2. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
jump the gun
chariot
greasy spoon
scruffy
3. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
jump the gun
hypochondria
tentative decision
4. 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
do justice
doubt his chances
flunk
have a memory like a sieve
5. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
braces
ointment
marooned
whistleblower
6. Be cheerful and get on with life
all ears
raise your spirit
pay through the nose
nine to five
7. Get the ball rolling
repel
mum and pop
go into shock
get a move on
8. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
mum and pop
get a move on
even-tempered
9. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
even-tempered
oar
bonnet
clothes horse
10. Pay a high price - pay too much
pulled muscle
pay through the nose
biodegradable
at her wits end
11. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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12. Take off with ease or speed
blunt
stranded
slip off
restless
13. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
set sail
to be on sick leave
nine to five
14. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
pressed for time
pay through the nose
braces
15. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
turn someone off
all thumbs
teething ring
desensitize
16. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
shower cap
shake a leg
pay through the nose
jukebox
17. Make someone bored or repelled.
ointment
sell someone short
turn someone off
set in stone
18. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
turn someone off
snow job
conscience
sleeping car
19. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
doubt his chances
joking aside
hear a pin drop
shower cap
20. Engineless aircraft
mum and pop
hard up
half-sister-brother
glider
21. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
pressed for time
not make head or tail of
do justice
22. Escape being caught; avoid
doubt his chances
give a slip
at sixes and sevens
slip off
23. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
flexitime
outlaw
have a memory like a sieve
desensitize
24. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
shake a leg
pedastrian crossing
perilous
25. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
doubt his chances
bonnet
revisit
bathtub
26. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
at loggerheads
all thumbs
wet blanket
kinky
27. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
go into shock
greasy spoon
braces
hard up
28. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
walker
ointment
porch
at a pinch
29. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
jukebox
wet blanket
contingency
not make head or tail of
30. 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
get a move on
wash hand of
desensitize
braces
31. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
all ears
pay through the nose
half-sister-brother
give a slip
32. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
at a pinch
conscience
hold him off
33. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
wash hand of
even-tempered
shoot the breeze
play hooky
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
shower cap
flexitime
porch
talk through his hat
35. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
brag
set in stone
trunks
keep something under someone's hat
36. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
hold him off
knock the socks off
dress to kill
stranded
37. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
lets take it outside
all ears
impeccable
braces
38. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
anti-establishment
nine to five
even-tempered
hard up
39. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
set sail
at standstill
shoot the breeze
pedastrian crossing
40. Adj. dangerous - risky
rainy day
perilous
porch
hard up
41. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
wet blanket
kinky
knock the socks off
42. Movement blocked by traffic
pneumonia
ticket collector
get caught in traffic jam
lump
43. 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
at a loss
hit the ceeling/roof
tentative decision
play hooky
44. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
garment bag
slip off
glider
45. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
contingency
hole in the wall
gig
gangplank
46. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
hear a pin drop
run your tail between your legs
hypochondria
biodegradable
47. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
pliers
norrow escape
scruffy
ticket collector
48. 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
hole in the wall
anti-establishment
ticket collector
49. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
to be on sick leave
patio
sprain
snowdrift
50. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
mum and pop
even-tempered
chariot
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