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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
patio
half-sister-brother
pulled muscle
go into shock
2. Silence
brag
funnel
hear a pin drop
all ears
3. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
shoot the breeze
pneumonia
snow job
clothes horse
4. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
greasy spoon
talk through his hat
ointment
gangplank
5. Take off with ease or speed
outlaw
garment bag
wash hand of
slip off
6. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
gig
perilous
hole in the wall
7. Be absent from school without permission
flunk
play hooky
marooned
sprain
8. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
wound up
restless
scruffy
brag
9. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
give a slip
pay through the nose
sell someone short
snow job
10. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
dress to kill
shower cap
glider
whistleblower
11. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
at a pinch
chariot
ointment
play hooky
12. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
gangplank
hard up
ointment
anti-establishment
13. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
pressed for time
clothes horse
fighting words
half-sister-brother
14. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
pneumonia
rain set in for
norrow escape
15. Act before the appropriate time.
bathtub
pedastrian crossing
walker
jump the gun
16. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
fighting words
kinky
at her wits end
perilous
17. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw
gangplank
flunk
brag
18. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
wet blanket
have a memory like a sieve
resort to
hole in the wall
19. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
all ears
play hooky
at a loss
stranded
20. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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21. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
keep your hair on
wash hand of
revisit
22. Partially melted snow
slush
greasy spoon
doubt his chances
biodegradable
23. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
give a slip
sleeping car
all thumbs
24. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
pressed for time
at loggerheads
snow job
revisit
25. Make someone bored or repelled.
anti-establishment
all ears
repel
turn someone off
26. Jobless
even-tempered
scruffy
out of work
gangplank
27. Severe cold and fever
have a memory like a sieve
bonnet
pneumonia
make a splash
28. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
ointment
stranded
get a move on
29. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
snowdrift
sleeping car
snow job
shoot the breeze
30. Hood
give a slip
pulled muscle
bonnet
pick a fight
31. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
get caught in traffic jam
you and what army
flexitime
rainy day
32. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
at her wits end
gale
shoot off one's mouth
go into shock
33. A small dark shop or restaurant
sprain
resort to
hole in the wall
have a memory like a sieve
34. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
shower cap
garment bag
conscience
35. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
shower head
thaw
revisit
for a song
36. 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.
anti-establishment
dress to kill
infest
pneumonia
37. Be cheerful and get on with life
set sail
patio
norrow escape
raise your spirit
38. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
keep your hair on
bathtub
thaw
greasy spoon
39. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
sell someone short
half-sister-brother
gangplank
40. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
anti-establishment
sell someone short
greasy spoon
stranded
41. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
turn someone off
all ears
greasy spoon
42. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
gig
dress to kill
ease up
bonnet
43. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
funnel
hear a pin drop
wash hand of
rainy day
44. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
porch
raise your spirit
get caught in traffic jam
45. Getting too angry
conscience
catch someone's eye
hit the ceeling/roof
teething ring
46. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
shoot the breeze
shower cap
all thumbs
wet blanket
47. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
wet blanket
brag
doubt his chances
garment bag
48. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
even-tempered
hit the ceeling/roof
anti-establishment
at a pinch
49. Get the ball rolling
sleeping car
at a loss
get a move on
trunks
50. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
at loggerheads
jukebox
norrow escape