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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. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
raise your spirit
go into shock
pedastrian crossing
have a memory like a sieve
2. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
ease up
set sail
sell someone short
dress to kill
3. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
ointment
pressed for time
nine to five
rainy day
4. 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
desensitize
sell someone short
hole in the wall
brag
5. Make someone bored or repelled.
keep your hair on
hard up
outlaw
turn someone off
6. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
porch
at her wits end
wash hand of
7. Be cheerful and get on with life
set sail
pressed for time
raise your spirit
sleeping car
8. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
norrow escape
sprain
greasy spoon
shower head
9. 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
sprain
give a slip
tentative decision
turn someone off
10. Making claims without any backup
at sixes and sevens
blunt
all thumbs
talk through his hat
11. Dance; hurry
snow job
shake a leg
braces
pick a fight
12. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
lets take it outside
hold him off
marooned
rain set in for
13. Be noticed by someone.
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14. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
sleeping car
pulled muscle
set in stone
marooned
15. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
wash hand of
sprain
for a song
gale
16. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
jump the gun
impeccable
joking aside
contingency
17. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
garment bag
revisit
oar
shower cap
18. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
kinky
flexitime
ticket collector
19. Fighting alone
give a slip
for a song
pliers
you and what army
20. Movement blocked by traffic
talk through his hat
greasy spoon
get caught in traffic jam
turn someone off
21. Unfounded fear of being unwell
bonnet
hypochondria
blunt
funnel
22. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
tentative decision
blunt
revisit
all ears
23. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
braces
shower cap
shower head
sell someone short
24. Depart; set off to sea
resort to
norrow escape
set sail
sell someone short
25. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
have a memory like a sieve
catch someone's eye
gig
shake a leg
26. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
keep something under someone's hat
infest
shower cap
27. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
contingency
at loggerheads
knock the socks off
for a song
28. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
infest
trunks
rainy day
29. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
garment bag
keep something under someone's hat
all thumbs
wound up
30. Shocked
shower head
shower cap
clothes horse
go into shock
31. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
snowdrift
set in stone
marooned
outlaw
32. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
pneumonia
you and what army
brag
ointment
33. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
resort to
lump
get a move on
flunk
34. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
run your tail between your legs
snowdrift
infest
set in stone
35. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
at a pinch
repel
restless
gale
36. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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37. Make way through a narrow path
go into shock
funnel
wound up
run your tail between your legs
38. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
sell someone short
hold him off
conscience
bathtub
39. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
bonnet
turn someone off
hit the ceeling/roof
40. A small dark shop or restaurant
ointment
do justice
joking aside
hole in the wall
41. 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
sprain
slush
do justice
make a splash
42. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
gale
snow job
rainy day
at loggerheads
43. Get the ball rolling
bonnet
hear a pin drop
get a move on
kinky
44. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
at a loss
pick a fight
marooned
45. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
set in stone
ease up
repel
46. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
shoot off one's mouth
whistleblower
talk through his hat
47. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
bathtub
jump the gun
pulled muscle
outlaw
48. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
at her wits end
at a pinch
resort to
49. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
catch someone's eye
fighting words
flunk
50. Engineless aircraft
slush
glider
bonnet
raise your spirit