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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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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. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
blunt
thaw
brag
contingency
2. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
braces
bathtub
ointment
at sixes and sevens
3. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
norrow escape
braces
raise your spirit
at sixes and sevens
4. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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5. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
catch someone's eye
give a slip
teething ring
for a song
6. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
all ears
brag
clothes horse
gig
7. Jobless
out of work
to be on sick leave
half-sister-brother
even-tempered
8. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
doubt his chances
scruffy
jukebox
to be on sick leave
9. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
snowdrift
pulled muscle
impeccable
rainy day
10. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
shake a leg
revisit
rainy day
shoot the breeze
11. 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.
shoot the breeze
raise your spirit
infest
perilous
12. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
gale
at loggerheads
give a slip
pressed for time
13. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
go into shock
conscience
set in stone
14. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
contingency
conscience
chariot
15. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
even-tempered
sleet
do justice
wet blanket
16. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
give a slip
trunks
joking aside
17. A system in which people work a particular number of hours each week or month - but can change the times at which they start and finish each day
pick a fight
repel
flexitime
joking aside
18. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
clothes horse
knock the socks off
mum and pop
19. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
raise your spirit
at loggerheads
teething ring
snow job
20. 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
clothes horse
jump the gun
desensitize
pedastrian crossing
21. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
teething ring
contingency
desensitize
brag
22. Be noticed by someone.
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23. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
wet blanket
half-sister-brother
hallowed
thaw
24. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
set sail
give a slip
run your tail between your legs
funnel
25. 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?
pliers
for a song
measure up
set in stone
26. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
greasy spoon
whistleblower
clothes horse
all ears
27. 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
shake a leg
repel
sprain
teething ring
28. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
oar
pneumonia
wound up
scruffy
29. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
ointment
knock the socks off
make a splash
keep something under someone's hat
30. Large boses for household things
trunks
sleet
not make head or tail of
doubt his chances
31. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
talk through his hat
rain set in for
keep something under someone's hat
32. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
give a slip
porch
whistleblower
resort to
33. Make someone bored or repelled.
ease up
turn someone off
to be on sick leave
pressed for time
34. Partially melted snow
slush
shake a leg
hold him off
snowdrift
35. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
for a song
shower cap
sprain
talk through his hat
36. Hood
bonnet
have a memory like a sieve
mum and pop
even-tempered
37. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
ticket collector
flunk
hypochondria
mum and pop
38. Unfounded fear of being unwell
talk through his hat
do justice
hypochondria
conscience
39. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
do justice
shower head
at a pinch
40. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
impeccable
set sail
norrow escape
whistleblower
41. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
have a memory like a sieve
whistleblower
at sixes and sevens
42. 1. to work less hard or do something with less energy than before: Just relax and ......... a little. 2. to start doing something less - You should ......... on the whisky. 3. to improve or get less - The snow was .......
gangplank
rainy day
teething ring
ease up
43. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
out of work
anti-establishment
conscience
ointment
44. Seriously - really - without joking -
bathtub
joking aside
shower head
conscience
45. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
at loggerheads
ticket collector
pliers
gale
46. Be cheerful and get on with life
revisit
pay through the nose
resort to
raise your spirit
47. Making claims without any backup
perilous
talk through his hat
shower cap
flunk
48. Sense of right and wrong
rain set in for
conscience
measure up
blunt
49. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
shoot off one's mouth
marooned
walker
biodegradable
50. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
wet blanket
brag
impeccable