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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. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
gale
all ears
at sixes and sevens
all thumbs
2. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
to be on sick leave
restless
chariot
at sixes and sevens
3. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
measure up
dress to kill
gangplank
4. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
joking aside
anti-establishment
knock the socks off
raise your spirit
5. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
fighting words
give a slip
pneumonia
6. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
bathtub
hear a pin drop
gangplank
oar
7. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
outlaw
measure up
jukebox
8. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
bathtub
hold him off
snow job
pressed for time
9. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
make a splash
fighting words
porch
10. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
shoot the breeze
even-tempered
kinky
11. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
hit the ceeling/roof
to be on sick leave
at standstill
turn someone off
12. Make someone bored or repelled.
jukebox
marooned
turn someone off
shower head
13. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
infest
wet blanket
keep something under someone's hat
gangplank
14. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
flexitime
at her wits end
norrow escape
walker
15. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
flexitime
clothes horse
ticket collector
braces
16. Sense of right and wrong
half-sister-brother
conscience
catch someone's eye
marooned
17. 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 .......
gangplank
for a song
ease up
talk through his hat
18. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
clothes horse
snow job
fighting words
stranded
19. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
resort to
set in stone
rain set in for
sleeping car
20. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
pliers
hole in the wall
walker
contingency
21. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
glider
kinky
gangplank
outlaw
22. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
hear a pin drop
at her wits end
gangplank
23. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
garment bag
walker
brag
rainy day
24. Large boses for household things
revisit
snowdrift
walker
trunks
25. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
do justice
biodegradable
play hooky
wound up
26. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
rainy day
turn someone off
oar
restless
27. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
ticket collector
wound up
bathtub
lets take it outside
28. 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
hard up
thaw
braces
flexitime
29. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
slush
greasy spoon
garment bag
have a memory like a sieve
30. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
at sixes and sevens
braces
get a move on
porch
31. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
shoot off one's mouth
pliers
all thumbs
walker
32. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
infest
stranded
hallowed
sell someone short
33. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
ease up
pneumonia
jump the gun
fighting words
34. To quarrel
have a memory like a sieve
pick a fight
raise your spirit
trunks
35. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
contingency
knock the socks off
porch
36. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
shower cap
braces
shake a leg
37. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
whistleblower
make a splash
kinky
bathtub
38. 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.
restless
infest
you and what army
snow job
39. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
to be on sick leave
biodegradable
get a move on
rainy day
40. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
snowdrift
talk through his hat
catch someone's eye
sleet
41. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
hear a pin drop
glider
even-tempered
jukebox
42. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
norrow escape
wet blanket
knock the socks off
43. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
pedastrian crossing
talk through his hat
hole in the wall
snowdrift
44. Hood
gale
measure up
bonnet
set in stone
45. Not understand at all.
kinky
measure up
not make head or tail of
lump
46. Escape being caught; avoid
go into shock
doubt his chances
wet blanket
give a slip
47. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
you and what army
sprain
patio
pay through the nose
48. Pay a high price - pay too much
sleet
pay through the nose
fighting words
do justice
49. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
lets take it outside
have a memory like a sieve
rain set in for
porch
50. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
shake a leg
patio
hold him off
scruffy