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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cheaply - inexpensively
fighting words
hole in the wall
chariot
for a song
2. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
jukebox
set sail
hole in the wall
stranded
3. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
gangplank
impeccable
pick a fight
funnel
4. Escape being caught; avoid
braces
give a slip
out of work
raise your spirit
5. Tools to pull apart or twist
glider
measure up
at sixes and sevens
pliers
6. Make someone bored or repelled.
at her wits end
turn someone off
jukebox
snow job
7. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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8. Hood
bonnet
clothes horse
scruffy
catch someone's eye
9. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
gale
sleeping car
pneumonia
anti-establishment
10. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
infest
gangplank
fighting words
you and what army
11. 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
keep your hair on
all ears
desensitize
flunk
12. Getting too angry
rain set in for
teething ring
hit the ceeling/roof
at sixes and sevens
13. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
bonnet
conscience
doubt his chances
14. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
shoot the breeze
brag
marooned
resort to
15. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
hypochondria
talk through his hat
shower head
slip off
16. 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
repel
patio
get caught in traffic jam
all ears
17. 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?
whistleblower
nine to five
rain set in for
measure up
18. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
wet blanket
braces
norrow escape
19. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
slush
get a move on
sleeping car
20. Sense of right and wrong
lump
hard up
conscience
do justice
21. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
at a pinch
shoot the breeze
funnel
keep something under someone's hat
22. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
talk through his hat
even-tempered
norrow escape
pressed for time
23. Be absent from school without permission
hard up
give a slip
play hooky
garment bag
24. 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
ointment
do justice
wash hand of
pressed for time
25. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
clothes horse
hole in the wall
keep something under someone's hat
dress to kill
26. Take off with ease or speed
perilous
walker
shoot off one's mouth
slip off
27. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
hold him off
mum and pop
gig
to be on sick leave
28. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
repel
desensitize
pulled muscle
29. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
gangplank
chariot
patio
hard up
30. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
play hooky
pulled muscle
restless
clothes horse
31. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
hit the ceeling/roof
lets take it outside
porch
32. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
lets take it outside
ointment
wash hand of
pliers
33. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
repel
porch
all thumbs
34. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
make a splash
glider
at her wits end
rainy day
35. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
infest
oar
knock the socks off
brag
36. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
slip off
rainy day
kinky
37. Don't think too much about it
sprain
tentative decision
marooned
keep your hair on
38. Silence
bathtub
perilous
pick a fight
hear a pin drop
39. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
wound up
for a song
walker
shoot off one's mouth
40. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
jukebox
shoot the breeze
impeccable
41. Dance; hurry
funnel
shake a leg
sleeping car
jukebox
42. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
hallowed
pneumonia
anti-establishment
keep your hair on
43. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
gale
fighting words
pliers
44. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
chariot
shake a leg
at a pinch
45. Make way through a narrow path
flunk
funnel
marooned
snowdrift
46. Let us go outside and fight
revisit
lets take it outside
keep something under someone's hat
half-sister-brother
47. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
knock the socks off
oar
rain set in for
pliers
48. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
at loggerheads
revisit
desensitize
49. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
slip off
jukebox
at sixes and sevens
shoot the breeze
50. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
tentative decision
have a memory like a sieve
funnel