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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
sell someone short
rain set in for
shower head
run your tail between your legs
2. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
turn someone off
infest
snowdrift
anti-establishment
3. Fighting alone
turn someone off
shoot off one's mouth
keep something under someone's hat
you and what army
4. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
blunt
pay through the nose
impeccable
all ears
5. Jobless
hold him off
out of work
do justice
set in stone
6. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
pay through the nose
flexitime
gangplank
not make head or tail of
7. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
wash hand of
outlaw
have a memory like a sieve
8. Engineless aircraft
repel
shower cap
raise your spirit
glider
9. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
go into shock
joking aside
all thumbs
gangplank
10. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
get caught in traffic jam
gale
gangplank
porch
11. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
at a pinch
pedastrian crossing
pulled muscle
fighting words
12. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
ease up
pneumonia
hard up
go into shock
13. Dance; hurry
at her wits end
slush
sprain
shake a leg
14. 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
funnel
flunk
chariot
flexitime
15. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
rainy day
infest
mum and pop
outlaw
16. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
biodegradable
get a move on
blunt
greasy spoon
17. 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.
ointment
bonnet
gig
infest
18. 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 .......
get caught in traffic jam
ease up
funnel
resort to
19. 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
not make head or tail of
contingency
perilous
20. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
pliers
hold him off
hit the ceeling/roof
blunt
21. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
contingency
gangplank
kinky
mum and pop
22. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
not make head or tail of
rainy day
gangplank
shoot the breeze
23. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
all ears
pulled muscle
at loggerheads
hear a pin drop
24. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
contingency
gale
resort to
wash hand of
25. 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
anti-establishment
desensitize
greasy spoon
resort to
26. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
sleeping car
all thumbs
do justice
27. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
at her wits end
stranded
catch someone's eye
28. 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?
gangplank
measure up
desensitize
at loggerheads
29. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
out of work
at sixes and sevens
jukebox
at a pinch
30. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
sell someone short
lets take it outside
mum and pop
31. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
clothes horse
tentative decision
knock the socks off
all thumbs
32. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
teething ring
slush
walker
even-tempered
33. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
bathtub
half-sister-brother
ticket collector
34. 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
revisit
tentative decision
do justice
ticket collector
35. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
hypochondria
doubt his chances
keep something under someone's hat
36. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
walker
at a loss
jump the gun
pressed for time
37. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
turn someone off
tentative decision
rain set in for
at sixes and sevens
38. Adj. dangerous - risky
chariot
shower cap
catch someone's eye
perilous
39. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
flexitime
whistleblower
snow job
clothes horse
40. Shocked
snowdrift
go into shock
hallowed
slush
41. Take off with ease or speed
repel
slip off
hit the ceeling/roof
braces
42. A small dark shop or restaurant
hole in the wall
get a move on
snowdrift
slush
43. Escape being caught; avoid
wound up
measure up
rainy day
give a slip
44. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
pneumonia
at sixes and sevens
impeccable
45. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
hole in the wall
teething ring
pedastrian crossing
shower cap
46. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
perilous
sprain
thaw
braces
47. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
joking aside
ticket collector
flexitime
fighting words
48. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
ointment
ticket collector
hallowed
get a move on
49. Pay a high price - pay too much
keep something under someone's hat
measure up
pay through the nose
pneumonia
50. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
impeccable
rainy day
flexitime
scruffy