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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 soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
desensitize
flunk
ointment
tentative decision
2. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
catch someone's eye
pedastrian crossing
hear a pin drop
talk through his hat
3. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
teething ring
marooned
stranded
dress to kill
4. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
joking aside
nine to five
walker
sleet
5. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
contingency
all ears
snow job
sell someone short
6. Escape being caught; avoid
jukebox
shoot off one's mouth
run your tail between your legs
give a slip
7. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
mum and pop
porch
resort to
jump the gun
8. Adj. dangerous - risky
resort to
braces
perilous
wet blanket
9. A small dark shop or restaurant
conscience
shoot off one's mouth
hole in the wall
at a pinch
10. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
pressed for time
mum and pop
gig
oar
11. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
pressed for time
resort to
all ears
set in stone
12. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
at a loss
to be on sick leave
wet blanket
go into shock
13. Pay a high price - pay too much
pick a fight
pay through the nose
blunt
slip off
14. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
catch someone's eye
keep something under someone's hat
marooned
run your tail between your legs
15. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
outlaw
pressed for time
gangplank
garment bag
16. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
biodegradable
lets take it outside
desensitize
17. Engineless aircraft
shake a leg
gangplank
flunk
glider
18. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
whistleblower
at her wits end
marooned
chariot
19. Severe cold and fever
slush
pneumonia
bathtub
hypochondria
20. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
sprain
norrow escape
infest
to be on sick leave
21. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
lets take it outside
catch someone's eye
at a pinch
give a slip
22. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
jump the gun
pedastrian crossing
impeccable
23. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
flunk
measure up
marooned
impeccable
24. Chatter - babble - speak casually
stranded
shower cap
dress to kill
shoot the breeze
25. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
all thumbs
at her wits end
doubt his chances
get a move on
26. To quarrel
all ears
pick a fight
at loggerheads
shoot the breeze
27. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
norrow escape
at sixes and sevens
patio
sprain
28. Movement blocked by traffic
perilous
you and what army
at sixes and sevens
get caught in traffic jam
29. Unfounded fear of being unwell
nine to five
pneumonia
rain set in for
hypochondria
30. Shocked
play hooky
walker
keep something under someone's hat
go into shock
31. Depart; set off to sea
all thumbs
tentative decision
set sail
gig
32. 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.
have a memory like a sieve
infest
sprain
doubt his chances
33. A large piece of something without definite shape
at a pinch
snowdrift
lump
bonnet
34. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
impeccable
scruffy
lump
knock the socks off
35. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
hole in the wall
chariot
slush
36. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
do justice
pressed for time
flexitime
run your tail between your legs
37. 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
slush
turn someone off
all thumbs
do justice
38. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
gale
joking aside
even-tempered
repel
39. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
at a loss
anti-establishment
doubt his chances
set in stone
40. Get the ball rolling
hit the ceeling/roof
hallowed
fighting words
get a move on
41. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
hold him off
catch someone's eye
thaw
outlaw
42. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
lump
gig
kinky
43. Making claims without any backup
trunks
snow job
funnel
talk through his hat
44. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
glider
hypochondria
at loggerheads
chariot
45. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
flexitime
sell someone short
at standstill
46. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
for a song
oar
porch
teething ring
47. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
pay through the nose
anti-establishment
biodegradable
outlaw
48. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
scruffy
norrow escape
walker
gangplank
49. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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50. Make way through a narrow path
run your tail between your legs
clothes horse
anti-establishment
funnel