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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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1. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
catch someone's eye
patio
walker
2. Silence
teething ring
jukebox
turn someone off
hear a pin drop
3. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
get a move on
hypochondria
shower head
all ears
4. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
biodegradable
pulled muscle
thaw
hear a pin drop
5. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
even-tempered
garment bag
sell someone short
6. Tools to pull apart or twist
half-sister-brother
pliers
do justice
snowdrift
7. Depart; set off to sea
outlaw
set sail
at a pinch
shake a leg
8. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
trunks
sprain
dress to kill
infest
9. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
norrow escape
at a pinch
flunk
whistleblower
10. 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
anti-establishment
funnel
out of work
11. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
restless
garment bag
dress to kill
desensitize
12. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
patio
infest
hard up
13. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
pay through the nose
wet blanket
sell someone short
snowdrift
14. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
gangplank
revisit
stranded
keep something under someone's hat
15. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
hold him off
get caught in traffic jam
impeccable
shoot the breeze
16. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
keep your hair on
even-tempered
perilous
jukebox
17. Get the ball rolling
run your tail between your legs
pay through the nose
at loggerheads
get a move on
18. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
restless
ticket collector
snowdrift
tentative decision
19. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
rain set in for
play hooky
keep your hair on
doubt his chances
20. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
fighting words
gangplank
restless
braces
21. Making claims without any backup
flunk
dress to kill
talk through his hat
make a splash
22. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
hold him off
mum and pop
wound up
ointment
23. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
ointment
hold him off
outlaw
24. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
set in stone
measure up
ticket collector
25. Sense of right and wrong
half-sister-brother
jump the gun
norrow escape
conscience
26. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
slip off
gale
nine to five
biodegradable
27. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
talk through his hat
jukebox
sleet
hypochondria
28. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
shoot the breeze
glider
give a slip
29. Fighting alone
at a loss
you and what army
at sixes and sevens
sell someone short
30. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
shoot the breeze
sleeping car
all thumbs
gig
31. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
flexitime
knock the socks off
pedastrian crossing
oar
32. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
conscience
shoot off one's mouth
clothes horse
wash hand of
33. Pay a high price - pay too much
raise your spirit
half-sister-brother
pick a fight
pay through the nose
34. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
resort to
outlaw
pressed for time
35. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
go into shock
ticket collector
not make head or tail of
give a slip
36. Escape being caught; avoid
measure up
walker
do justice
give a slip
37. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
at sixes and sevens
wound up
nine to five
38. Make way through a narrow path
gangplank
funnel
teething ring
chariot
39. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
hole in the wall
pneumonia
rainy day
keep your hair on
40. Make someone bored or repelled.
fighting words
turn someone off
teething ring
do justice
41. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
blunt
tentative decision
brag
42. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
ease up
talk through his hat
hallowed
garment bag
43. 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
at a loss
shoot off one's mouth
do justice
biodegradable
44. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
impeccable
funnel
sleeping car
dress to kill
45. Shocked
marooned
go into shock
flunk
play hooky
46. 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
oar
restless
flexitime
do justice
47. Cheaply - inexpensively
get caught in traffic jam
even-tempered
set in stone
for a song
48. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
sleeping car
at a loss
lump
all ears
49. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
wet blanket
sprain
hallowed
patio
50. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
porch
keep something under someone's hat
go into shock
shoot off one's mouth