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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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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. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
go into shock
nine to five
impeccable
gangplank
2. Large boses for household things
trunks
at a loss
kinky
tentative decision
3. Not understand at all.
go into shock
play hooky
not make head or tail of
shower cap
4. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
nine to five
wash hand of
restless
5. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
ointment
catch someone's eye
doubt his chances
6. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
hold him off
ointment
even-tempered
not make head or tail of
7. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
keep your hair on
resort to
make a splash
8. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
to be on sick leave
kinky
biodegradable
oar
9. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
sprain
shake a leg
gig
stranded
10. Be absent from school without permission
not make head or tail of
kinky
play hooky
gangplank
11. Hood
contingency
jump the gun
repel
bonnet
12. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
chariot
all ears
slush
shake a leg
13. 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
perilous
go into shock
tentative decision
norrow escape
14. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
revisit
desensitize
at loggerheads
clothes horse
15. Partially melted snow
set in stone
jukebox
slush
contingency
16. Severe cold and fever
raise your spirit
bathtub
at sixes and sevens
pneumonia
17. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
kinky
out of work
bathtub
18. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
gangplank
oar
gig
19. Don't think too much about it
rainy day
keep your hair on
pick a fight
for a song
20. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
oar
greasy spoon
porch
set sail
21. Tools to pull apart or twist
snow job
hear a pin drop
brag
pliers
22. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
braces
trunks
pliers
23. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
joking aside
wet blanket
shake a leg
24. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
sell someone short
perilous
revisit
pulled muscle
25. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
teething ring
at sixes and sevens
wet blanket
at a pinch
26. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
patio
shower cap
run your tail between your legs
27. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
fighting words
desensitize
gale
wash hand of
28. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
conscience
infest
pressed for time
thaw
29. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
shoot off one's mouth
teething ring
shoot the breeze
marooned
30. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
knock the socks off
not make head or tail of
whistleblower
marooned
31. Make someone bored or repelled.
perilous
hard up
turn someone off
braces
32. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
at sixes and sevens
oar
at a pinch
gig
33. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
snow job
fighting words
kinky
hallowed
34. 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?
measure up
talk through his hat
oar
glider
35. Fighting alone
jukebox
you and what army
walker
set sail
36. A large piece of something without definite shape
not make head or tail of
gig
lump
slip off
37. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
gig
clothes horse
sell someone short
38. Adj. dangerous - risky
rain set in for
teething ring
sleet
perilous
39. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
hard up
porch
to be on sick leave
fighting words
40. Chatter - babble - speak casually
hear a pin drop
doubt his chances
shoot the breeze
lets take it outside
41. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
greasy spoon
norrow escape
run your tail between your legs
revisit
42. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
at a pinch
pedastrian crossing
raise your spirit
norrow escape
43. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
bathtub
porch
raise your spirit
dress to kill
44. 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
sprain
do justice
repel
hole in the wall
45. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
kinky
hit the ceeling/roof
at her wits end
46. Act before the appropriate time.
porch
walker
chariot
jump the gun
47. Sense of right and wrong
hypochondria
conscience
dress to kill
brag
48. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gig
desensitize
gangplank
glider
49. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
keep something under someone's hat
hole in the wall
funnel
50. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
mum and pop
at a loss
flunk
talk through his hat