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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
sleet
thaw
make a splash
hole in the wall
2. Tools to pull apart or twist
flexitime
pliers
stranded
do justice
3. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
walker
shoot off one's mouth
at a loss
at her wits end
4. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
shake a leg
turn someone off
pedastrian crossing
funnel
5. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
fighting words
wound up
set in stone
6. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
not make head or tail of
pulled muscle
at a pinch
7. Take off with ease or speed
have a memory like a sieve
glider
slip off
rain set in for
8. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
patio
snowdrift
hypochondria
hallowed
9. Cheaply - inexpensively
give a slip
infest
greasy spoon
for a song
10. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
do justice
sell someone short
hit the ceeling/roof
11. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
all ears
jump the gun
get caught in traffic jam
nine to five
12. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
gig
blunt
pedastrian crossing
13. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
rainy day
pulled muscle
resort to
porch
14. Making claims without any backup
norrow escape
marooned
chariot
talk through his hat
15. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
slush
norrow escape
turn someone off
16. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
dress to kill
to be on sick leave
play hooky
chariot
17. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
whistleblower
shoot off one's mouth
sleeping car
at her wits end
18. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
conscience
ticket collector
whistleblower
make a splash
19. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
out of work
revisit
gig
20. Jobless
at a loss
talk through his hat
out of work
pressed for time
21. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
bathtub
at a loss
for a song
hard up
22. Be noticed by someone.
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23. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
lump
sleet
fighting words
all thumbs
24. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
joking aside
chariot
resort to
sprain
25. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
pedastrian crossing
mum and pop
tentative decision
at a pinch
26. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
gale
jump the gun
glider
27. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
keep your hair on
at sixes and sevens
teething ring
contingency
28. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
slush
wound up
run your tail between your legs
set in stone
29. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
set in stone
turn someone off
rain set in for
30. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
shoot off one's mouth
hard up
oar
31. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
contingency
oar
shoot the breeze
32. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
have a memory like a sieve
pulled muscle
pedastrian crossing
rain set in for
33. 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
slush
repel
pay through the nose
have a memory like a sieve
34. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
restless
whistleblower
gangplank
35. 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
scruffy
play hooky
at her wits end
do justice
36. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
keep something under someone's hat
whistleblower
jump the gun
pliers
37. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
talk through his hat
pneumonia
at loggerheads
desensitize
38. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
nine to five
revisit
restless
39. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
trunks
glider
measure up
marooned
40. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
catch someone's eye
pedastrian crossing
teething ring
flexitime
41. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
dress to kill
gale
whistleblower
snow job
42. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
glider
trunks
sell someone short
43. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
at a loss
mum and pop
walker
flunk
44. Let us go outside and fight
at standstill
half-sister-brother
lets take it outside
hear a pin drop
45. Large boses for household things
funnel
ointment
trunks
revisit
46. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
whistleblower
oar
talk through his hat
47. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
gig
revisit
nine to five
even-tempered
48. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
shoot the breeze
at standstill
chariot
49. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
at a loss
measure up
half-sister-brother
hallowed
50. Act before the appropriate time.
snowdrift
bonnet
slip off
jump the gun