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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
biodegradable
wound up
pressed for time
resort to
2. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
lump
snowdrift
run your tail between your legs
3. Movement blocked by traffic
get caught in traffic jam
flunk
gig
gangplank
4. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
flunk
braces
wet blanket
5. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
restless
you and what army
mum and pop
wash hand of
6. Making claims without any backup
have a memory like a sieve
even-tempered
oar
talk through his hat
7. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
pneumonia
braces
hypochondria
rain set in for
8. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
pressed for time
out of work
clothes horse
oar
9. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
run your tail between your legs
bonnet
shower cap
repel
10. Make way through a narrow path
hear a pin drop
biodegradable
hypochondria
funnel
11. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
do justice
for a song
mum and pop
12. Getting too angry
set sail
wet blanket
pressed for time
hit the ceeling/roof
13. Sense of right and wrong
glider
conscience
braces
at a loss
14. 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
set sail
all thumbs
dress to kill
repel
15. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
rainy day
conscience
resort to
stranded
16. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
at a loss
for a song
marooned
17. Adj. dangerous - risky
rain set in for
shake a leg
restless
perilous
18. Silence
at her wits end
hear a pin drop
keep something under someone's hat
shoot off one's mouth
19. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
keep something under someone's hat
flunk
half-sister-brother
tentative decision
20. Hood
get a move on
glider
mum and pop
bonnet
21. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
at sixes and sevens
even-tempered
you and what army
braces
22. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
out of work
gig
gale
23. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
pedastrian crossing
at a loss
all thumbs
set sail
24. 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 .......
rainy day
repel
ease up
give a slip
25. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
resort to
mum and pop
perilous
gangplank
26. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
rain set in for
pulled muscle
dress to kill
27. To quarrel
shower cap
pick a fight
clothes horse
give a slip
28. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
wash hand of
to be on sick leave
at a loss
scruffy
29. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
kinky
bathtub
revisit
30. Jobless
keep your hair on
walker
thaw
out of work
31. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
fighting words
at standstill
whistleblower
impeccable
32. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
shoot off one's mouth
lets take it outside
hallowed
chariot
33. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
mum and pop
hole in the wall
sprain
at a loss
34. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
jukebox
dress to kill
perilous
walker
35. Engineless aircraft
shake a leg
glider
jump the gun
revisit
36. Tools to pull apart or twist
pressed for time
shoot the breeze
pliers
infest
37. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
pliers
sleet
blunt
infest
38. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
give a slip
at a pinch
at sixes and sevens
run your tail between your legs
39. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
wound up
ointment
shower head
shoot off one's mouth
40. Unfounded fear of being unwell
at her wits end
even-tempered
hypochondria
jump the gun
41. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
nine to five
pliers
ointment
42. Dance; hurry
gig
keep your hair on
shake a leg
hit the ceeling/roof
43. 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
pneumonia
catch someone's eye
flexitime
not make head or tail of
44. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
shoot off one's mouth
brag
bonnet
gale
45. 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
resort to
shoot the breeze
desensitize
hallowed
46. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
sell someone short
walker
ticket collector
mum and pop
47. A large piece of something without definite shape
blunt
catch someone's eye
lump
lets take it outside
48. Large boses for household things
you and what army
keep your hair on
repel
trunks
49. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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50. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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