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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. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
get caught in traffic jam
sleeping car
rain set in for
2. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
perilous
hear a pin drop
blunt
mum and pop
3. Jobless
sprain
shower head
out of work
go into shock
4. Act before the appropriate time.
scruffy
jump the gun
pay through the nose
pressed for time
5. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
at a pinch
dress to kill
pulled muscle
6. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
clothes horse
shower cap
tentative decision
resort to
7. Engineless aircraft
glider
wash hand of
marooned
restless
8. Make way through a narrow path
gig
funnel
glider
repel
9. Large boses for household things
lets take it outside
trunks
ease up
revisit
10. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
shoot off one's mouth
pulled muscle
porch
ticket collector
11. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
set in stone
have a memory like a sieve
sleeping car
even-tempered
12. A large piece of something without definite shape
bathtub
lump
pedastrian crossing
hear a pin drop
13. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
knock the socks off
whistleblower
all ears
dress to kill
14. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
pliers
knock the socks off
hold him off
snow job
15. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
doubt his chances
sprain
outlaw
wet blanket
16. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
ticket collector
impeccable
shower cap
keep your hair on
17. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
stranded
all ears
anti-establishment
teething ring
18. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
impeccable
resort to
pedastrian crossing
bonnet
19. Adj. dangerous - risky
conscience
keep something under someone's hat
go into shock
perilous
20. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
blunt
pick a fight
sell someone short
snowdrift
21. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shower head
outlaw
at a pinch
at standstill
22. Silence
measure up
snowdrift
shoot off one's mouth
hear a pin drop
23. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
infest
get a move on
even-tempered
glider
24. 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?
repel
measure up
hit the ceeling/roof
dress to kill
25. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
pliers
you and what army
teething ring
blunt
26. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
pressed for time
not make head or tail of
hallowed
shower head
27. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
teething ring
kinky
set sail
half-sister-brother
28. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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29. Make someone bored or repelled.
keep something under someone's hat
desensitize
turn someone off
get caught in traffic jam
30. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
turn someone off
set in stone
pressed for time
at sixes and sevens
31. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
jukebox
bonnet
blunt
have a memory like a sieve
32. Be noticed by someone.
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33. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
shower head
out of work
marooned
34. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
rainy day
at sixes and sevens
braces
scruffy
35. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
get a move on
at a pinch
clothes horse
all ears
36. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
blunt
hole in the wall
half-sister-brother
37. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
for a song
shower head
ease up
all thumbs
38. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
restless
flexitime
pay through the nose
sell someone short
39. 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
pulled muscle
tentative decision
flunk
walker
40. Don't think too much about it
brag
shake a leg
resort to
keep your hair on
41. Depart; set off to sea
pulled muscle
set sail
rain set in for
out of work
42. Cheaply - inexpensively
jump the gun
flexitime
hole in the wall
for a song
43. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
hold him off
wash hand of
at her wits end
shoot the breeze
44. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gale
pneumonia
impeccable
norrow escape
45. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
glider
stranded
rain set in for
get caught in traffic jam
46. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
dress to kill
knock the socks off
shoot the breeze
garment bag
47. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
conscience
have a memory like a sieve
jump the gun
48. Sense of right and wrong
biodegradable
keep your hair on
conscience
fighting words
49. 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
turn someone off
run your tail between your legs
fighting words
50. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
conscience
rainy day
funnel