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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. 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
shower cap
joking aside
repel
hole in the wall
2. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
doubt his chances
pneumonia
for a song
flunk
3. Getting too angry
have a memory like a sieve
run your tail between your legs
glider
hit the ceeling/roof
4. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
rain set in for
gangplank
restless
rainy day
5. Silence
wet blanket
greasy spoon
teething ring
hear a pin drop
6. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
wash hand of
knock the socks off
infest
7. Not understand at all.
get caught in traffic jam
not make head or tail of
outlaw
hole in the wall
8. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
sprain
set in stone
do justice
hold him off
9. Hood
at her wits end
joking aside
bonnet
even-tempered
10. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
gale
at a loss
pay through the nose
11. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
nine to five
norrow escape
hit the ceeling/roof
slush
12. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
blunt
joking aside
wet blanket
gangplank
13. Jobless
out of work
whistleblower
snowdrift
keep something under someone's hat
14. Make way through a narrow path
tentative decision
funnel
porch
at her wits end
15. 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
talk through his hat
wet blanket
lets take it outside
16. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
slush
make a splash
gale
shower head
17. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
anti-establishment
do justice
snowdrift
doubt his chances
18. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
wash hand of
outlaw
have a memory like a sieve
sleet
19. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
lump
clothes horse
chariot
whistleblower
20. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
outlaw
chariot
sell someone short
21. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
snow job
porch
sleeping car
22. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
stranded
thaw
glider
clothes horse
23. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
snowdrift
kinky
at her wits end
set sail
24. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
stranded
scruffy
shower cap
do justice
25. Be noticed by someone.
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26. 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.
stranded
infest
repel
gangplank
27. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
jukebox
nine to five
catch someone's eye
gig
28. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
catch someone's eye
gig
hit the ceeling/roof
nine to five
29. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
knock the socks off
pedastrian crossing
snowdrift
30. Partially melted snow
desensitize
clothes horse
run your tail between your legs
slush
31. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
sleeping car
at her wits end
thaw
biodegradable
32. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
mum and pop
norrow escape
keep your hair on
33. Don't think too much about it
thaw
have a memory like a sieve
all ears
keep your hair on
34. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
lump
joking aside
scruffy
brag
35. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
stranded
desensitize
flunk
36. 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
hit the ceeling/roof
turn someone off
dress to kill
desensitize
37. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
raise your spirit
rainy day
at sixes and sevens
gangplank
38. Unfounded fear of being unwell
at a loss
ticket collector
hypochondria
greasy spoon
39. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
slush
for a song
teething ring
40. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
garment bag
greasy spoon
catch someone's eye
41. Seriously - really - without joking -
hit the ceeling/roof
joking aside
doubt his chances
not make head or tail of
42. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
ease up
marooned
make a splash
43. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gale
braces
perilous
lump
44. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
ease up
infest
flunk
all thumbs
45. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
to be on sick leave
at loggerheads
flexitime
chariot
46. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
ease up
jukebox
infest
brag
47. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
revisit
to be on sick leave
garment bag
sleeping car
48. Make someone bored or repelled.
talk through his hat
turn someone off
out of work
desensitize
49. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
impeccable
catch someone's eye
lets take it outside
hallowed
50. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
biodegradable
sleeping car
pulled muscle
hallowed