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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Don't think too much about it
joking aside
wound up
keep your hair on
bonnet
2. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
gale
walker
jukebox
tentative decision
3. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
shake a leg
snowdrift
gig
pneumonia
4. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
hold him off
garment bag
norrow escape
ticket collector
5. Silence
gangplank
hear a pin drop
lets take it outside
doubt his chances
6. Tools to pull apart or twist
brag
pliers
at her wits end
joking aside
7. Make someone bored or repelled.
shake a leg
play hooky
catch someone's eye
turn someone off
8. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
pedastrian crossing
slush
bonnet
9. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
have a memory like a sieve
scruffy
sell someone short
wash hand of
10. Pay a high price - pay too much
at loggerheads
pay through the nose
pedastrian crossing
perilous
11. 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?
get a move on
flexitime
snow job
measure up
12. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
flexitime
dress to kill
all ears
funnel
13. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
not make head or tail of
thaw
jump the gun
impeccable
14. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
at a loss
blunt
pedastrian crossing
to be on sick leave
15. Be noticed by someone.
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16. 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
ointment
funnel
at loggerheads
17. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
pay through the nose
revisit
rainy day
raise your spirit
18. Get the ball rolling
thaw
get a move on
play hooky
knock the socks off
19. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
wet blanket
have a memory like a sieve
sleet
20. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
wash hand of
chariot
pressed for time
braces
21. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
revisit
set sail
ointment
22. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
pulled muscle
get caught in traffic jam
sleet
have a memory like a sieve
23. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
marooned
at sixes and sevens
out of work
24. It is so unpleasant that you do not want to be near it - or it makes you feel ill - The smell r........ him. 2. [transitive] to make someone who is attacking you go away - by fighting them: The army was ready to ....... an attack. 3. [transitive] to
perilous
lets take it outside
conscience
repel
25. Hood
stranded
bonnet
biodegradable
walker
26. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
gig
keep something under someone's hat
hear a pin drop
27. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
pressed for time
joking aside
wound up
at a pinch
28. To quarrel
gangplank
pick a fight
jukebox
not make head or tail of
29. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
run your tail between your legs
greasy spoon
slush
30. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
shoot the breeze
contingency
pressed for time
outlaw
31. Making claims without any backup
anti-establishment
lets take it outside
talk through his hat
tentative decision
32. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
sprain
gangplank
slush
33. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
jukebox
have a memory like a sieve
sprain
walker
34. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
scruffy
outlaw
measure up
impeccable
35. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
gangplank
sell someone short
thaw
36. A small dark shop or restaurant
for a song
hard up
hole in the wall
tentative decision
37. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
fighting words
garment bag
clothes horse
jump the gun
38. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
contingency
snow job
shower cap
hypochondria
39. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
pick a fight
ease up
blunt
40. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
shoot the breeze
thaw
kinky
have a memory like a sieve
41. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
conscience
funnel
restless
hear a pin drop
42. Chatter - babble - speak casually
keep something under someone's hat
clothes horse
sell someone short
shoot the breeze
43. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
keep your hair on
pedastrian crossing
pneumonia
flexitime
44. 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
perilous
sell someone short
tentative decision
repel
45. 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.
infest
clothes horse
biodegradable
brag
46. Not understand at all.
impeccable
shake a leg
not make head or tail of
doubt his chances
47. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
at a loss
bonnet
make a splash
48. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
revisit
patio
rainy day
doubt his chances
49. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
whistleblower
resort to
flunk
50. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
desensitize
pay through the nose
ointment