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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
wet blanket
run your tail between your legs
give a slip
desensitize
2. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shoot the breeze
hallowed
shower head
get caught in traffic jam
3. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
anti-establishment
at her wits end
conscience
4. Escape being caught; avoid
norrow escape
trunks
give a slip
resort to
5. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
shoot off one's mouth
keep something under someone's hat
chariot
6. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
stranded
hallowed
joking aside
porch
7. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
turn someone off
marooned
whistleblower
8. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
resort to
chariot
restless
hallowed
9. Shocked
chariot
ointment
go into shock
all ears
10. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
pressed for time
contingency
dress to kill
perilous
11. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
you and what army
slip off
walker
marooned
12. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
dress to kill
resort to
norrow escape
sell someone short
13. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
get a move on
pedastrian crossing
porch
sprain
14. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
shoot the breeze
shower head
hypochondria
at standstill
15. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
at a pinch
run your tail between your legs
set in stone
resort to
16. Jobless
wound up
you and what army
infest
out of work
17. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
snowdrift
wash hand of
oar
pedastrian crossing
18. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
rainy day
anti-establishment
scruffy
hallowed
19. 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.
perilous
jukebox
infest
chariot
20. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
snowdrift
hit the ceeling/roof
gangplank
desensitize
21. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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22. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
sell someone short
bonnet
snowdrift
trunks
23. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
hole in the wall
contingency
gale
anti-establishment
24. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
pedastrian crossing
joking aside
wet blanket
25. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
sprain
wound up
make a splash
patio
26. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
lump
sleet
brag
pulled muscle
27. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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28. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
hallowed
sleet
flunk
norrow escape
29. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
keep your hair on
shower cap
fighting words
talk through his hat
30. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
glider
repel
hear a pin drop
31. Dance; hurry
bonnet
at a loss
shake a leg
at her wits end
32. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
pedastrian crossing
gangplank
doubt his chances
blunt
33. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
sleeping car
shoot the breeze
greasy spoon
knock the socks off
34. Take off with ease or speed
sleeping car
infest
go into shock
slip off
35. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
shower head
walker
gangplank
for a song
36. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
hallowed
do justice
play hooky
teething ring
37. Be noticed by someone.
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38. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
desensitize
run your tail between your legs
brag
half-sister-brother
39. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
scruffy
snow job
sell someone short
hole in the wall
40. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
oar
at a loss
gig
mum and pop
41. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
whistleblower
make a splash
blunt
clothes horse
42. Chatter - babble - speak casually
jukebox
tentative decision
run your tail between your legs
shoot the breeze
43. Unfounded fear of being unwell
all ears
ticket collector
lets take it outside
hypochondria
44. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
biodegradable
hold him off
you and what army
snowdrift
45. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
thaw
joking aside
give a slip
oar
46. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
desensitize
pneumonia
even-tempered
gale
47. Sense of right and wrong
shoot off one's mouth
hear a pin drop
conscience
hard up
48. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
snowdrift
you and what army
shower cap
whistleblower
49. Seriously - really - without joking -
hit the ceeling/roof
joking aside
flexitime
catch someone's eye
50. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
sell someone short
sleeping car
at a pinch
pressed for time