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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
pressed for time
keep something under someone's hat
pneumonia
run your tail between your legs
2. 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
desensitize
patio
get caught in traffic jam
scruffy
3. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
trunks
blunt
slip off
nine to five
4. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
mum and pop
nine to five
oar
fighting words
5. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
raise your spirit
go into shock
sleeping car
anti-establishment
6. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
go into shock
biodegradable
restless
7. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
give a slip
at standstill
pulled muscle
conscience
8. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
ointment
wound up
do justice
kinky
9. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
chariot
pliers
braces
knock the socks off
10. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
keep your hair on
impeccable
walker
rain set in for
11. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
catch someone's eye
snowdrift
scruffy
repel
12. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
repel
hard up
pay through the nose
shake a leg
13. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
wet blanket
marooned
jump the gun
14. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gale
wash hand of
kinky
garment bag
15. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
oar
sleeping car
garment bag
braces
16. 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
nine to five
play hooky
do justice
at standstill
17. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
catch someone's eye
clothes horse
scruffy
at sixes and sevens
18. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
flexitime
wound up
set in stone
19. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
stranded
at a pinch
have a memory like a sieve
joking aside
20. Fighting alone
hole in the wall
patio
you and what army
gig
21. Let us go outside and fight
raise your spirit
lets take it outside
shower head
ticket collector
22. A small dark shop or restaurant
bathtub
knock the socks off
hole in the wall
ticket collector
23. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
bathtub
hold him off
perilous
24. Tools to pull apart or twist
sleeping car
repel
pliers
at her wits end
25. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
glider
perilous
catch someone's eye
26. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
gangplank
jukebox
shake a leg
pedastrian crossing
27. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
perilous
contingency
sleeping car
stranded
28. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
ointment
restless
sleet
nine to five
29. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
go into shock
out of work
sprain
at loggerheads
30. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
lump
outlaw
get caught in traffic jam
31. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
snowdrift
teething ring
all ears
gangplank
32. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
pulled muscle
joking aside
at sixes and sevens
restless
33. Take off with ease or speed
brag
flunk
at standstill
slip off
34. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
oar
infest
contingency
doubt his chances
35. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
at a loss
chariot
trunks
at a pinch
36. Silence
nine to five
blunt
flunk
hear a pin drop
37. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
at loggerheads
even-tempered
thaw
make a splash
38. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
at standstill
pneumonia
sleet
bathtub
39. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
porch
keep your hair on
hole in the wall
40. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
to be on sick leave
marooned
funnel
resort to
41. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
mum and pop
doubt his chances
hallowed
42. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
catch someone's eye
give a slip
rainy day
shower cap
43. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
brag
snowdrift
get a move on
44. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
measure up
perilous
patio
tentative decision
45. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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46. A large piece of something without definite shape
contingency
keep your hair on
repel
lump
47. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
hold him off
pulled muscle
at a loss
ticket collector
48. Unfounded fear of being unwell
catch someone's eye
pick a fight
measure up
hypochondria
49. Large boses for household things
desensitize
have a memory like a sieve
scruffy
trunks
50. Engineless aircraft
glider
make a splash
desensitize
gale