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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
knock the socks off
greasy spoon
you and what army
half-sister-brother
2. Movement blocked by traffic
get caught in traffic jam
talk through his hat
repel
biodegradable
3. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
walker
desensitize
anti-establishment
chariot
4. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
ease up
flunk
do justice
have a memory like a sieve
5. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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6. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
set sail
snowdrift
half-sister-brother
slip off
7. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
pedastrian crossing
make a splash
kinky
give a slip
8. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
jukebox
funnel
norrow escape
hallowed
9. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
snowdrift
conscience
biodegradable
bathtub
10. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
make a splash
knock the socks off
lets take it outside
11. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
hear a pin drop
give a slip
sprain
hallowed
12. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
pliers
at standstill
you and what army
13. Be cheerful and get on with life
hallowed
make a splash
set sail
raise your spirit
14. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at standstill
joking aside
at her wits end
pliers
15. Adj. dangerous - risky
doubt his chances
perilous
blunt
have a memory like a sieve
16. Make way through a narrow path
conscience
funnel
even-tempered
lets take it outside
17. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
jump the gun
revisit
porch
infest
18. Chatter - babble - speak casually
get caught in traffic jam
shoot the breeze
raise your spirit
bonnet
19. Depart; set off to sea
shower head
set sail
norrow escape
pneumonia
20. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
hard up
at standstill
at her wits end
out of work
21. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
garment bag
have a memory like a sieve
lets take it outside
22. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
brag
pressed for time
hear a pin drop
23. Hood
restless
give a slip
pick a fight
bonnet
24. Getting too angry
run your tail between your legs
sleeping car
for a song
hit the ceeling/roof
25. Seriously - really - without joking -
kinky
at standstill
joking aside
desensitize
26. Fighting alone
slush
at a loss
nine to five
you and what army
27. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
porch
shoot off one's mouth
marooned
mum and pop
28. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
doubt his chances
gangplank
kinky
dress to kill
29. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
whistleblower
rain set in for
gangplank
wash hand of
30. Sense of right and wrong
lets take it outside
rain set in for
set in stone
conscience
31. 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 .......
ease up
hole in the wall
bathtub
hypochondria
32. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
catch someone's eye
do justice
hold him off
stranded
33. Don't think too much about it
at standstill
keep your hair on
talk through his hat
for a song
34. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
jukebox
talk through his hat
doubt his chances
knock the socks off
35. Unfounded fear of being unwell
make a splash
hypochondria
slip off
norrow escape
36. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
doubt his chances
at a loss
have a memory like a sieve
flunk
37. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
pedastrian crossing
gale
ease up
pick a fight
38. Tools to pull apart or twist
ticket collector
pliers
hear a pin drop
shoot off one's mouth
39. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
slip off
blunt
jump the gun
to be on sick leave
40. 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
scruffy
repel
have a memory like a sieve
at standstill
41. Silence
stranded
hear a pin drop
contingency
pay through the nose
42. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
walker
sprain
impeccable
tentative decision
43. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
turn someone off
sell someone short
to be on sick leave
44. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
revisit
all ears
hold him off
run your tail between your legs
45. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
do justice
patio
talk through his hat
flunk
46. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
give a slip
sprain
even-tempered
47. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
hard up
pressed for time
run your tail between your legs
gale
48. Let us go outside and fight
patio
porch
thaw
lets take it outside
49. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
snowdrift
at sixes and sevens
desensitize
greasy spoon
50. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
shoot off one's mouth
clothes horse
even-tempered
wash hand of