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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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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. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
lump
keep your hair on
at sixes and sevens
sprain
2. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
keep something under someone's hat
sleeping car
sleet
perilous
3. 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 .......
flexitime
ease up
lump
pick a fight
4. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
make a splash
hole in the wall
shower head
turn someone off
5. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
clothes horse
snow job
lets take it outside
pedastrian crossing
6. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
out of work
keep your hair on
outlaw
for a song
7. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
garment bag
rain set in for
jukebox
pliers
8. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
sleet
bathtub
rain set in for
greasy spoon
9. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
desensitize
all ears
pedastrian crossing
restless
10. Act before the appropriate time.
even-tempered
run your tail between your legs
snow job
jump the gun
11. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
hallowed
gangplank
have a memory like a sieve
at standstill
12. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
give a slip
rainy day
jukebox
set in stone
13. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
get caught in traffic jam
kinky
half-sister-brother
whistleblower
14. Cheaply - inexpensively
patio
lets take it outside
at a loss
for a song
15. Pay a high price - pay too much
norrow escape
shower head
pay through the nose
to be on sick leave
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
at a pinch
bathtub
do justice
measure up
17. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
ticket collector
at standstill
fighting words
impeccable
18. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
greasy spoon
hear a pin drop
trunks
19. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
slush
garment bag
ticket collector
at a pinch
20. To be good enough to do a particular job or to reach a particular standard: We'll give you a week's trial in the job to see how you ........... - .......... to - How will the Secretary General ......... to his new responsibilities?
hard up
biodegradable
measure up
pneumonia
21. 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.
infest
doubt his chances
pneumonia
jukebox
22. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
blunt
repel
keep something under someone's hat
23. Depart; set off to sea
hit the ceeling/roof
revisit
slip off
set sail
24. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
bonnet
knock the socks off
gangplank
all ears
25. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
anti-establishment
slush
you and what army
26. Fighting alone
you and what army
outlaw
brag
rainy day
27. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
at a loss
thaw
bathtub
wash hand of
28. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
revisit
snow job
gangplank
sprain
29. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
kinky
joking aside
all thumbs
mum and pop
30. To quarrel
sell someone short
hit the ceeling/roof
thaw
pick a fight
31. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
slip off
hit the ceeling/roof
gangplank
make a splash
32. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
impeccable
contingency
fighting words
33. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
catch someone's eye
measure up
funnel
resort to
34. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
whistleblower
patio
slush
to be on sick leave
35. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
brag
do justice
have a memory like a sieve
36. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
even-tempered
wash hand of
desensitize
at a loss
37. Take off with ease or speed
scruffy
pliers
slip off
chariot
38. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
whistleblower
pliers
gig
for a song
39. Silence
go into shock
hear a pin drop
do justice
anti-establishment
40. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
bonnet
hypochondria
bathtub
41. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
hear a pin drop
play hooky
at sixes and sevens
all ears
42. 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
chariot
flexitime
turn someone off
patio
43. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
wash hand of
mum and pop
play hooky
44. Make someone bored or repelled.
hard up
turn someone off
shower head
to be on sick leave
45. Escape being caught; avoid
greasy spoon
blunt
give a slip
sleeping car
46. 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
slush
anti-establishment
all thumbs
repel
47. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
for a song
hole in the wall
shower cap
snowdrift
48. Unfounded fear of being unwell
out of work
hypochondria
brag
hold him off
49. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
dress to kill
repel
all ears
biodegradable
50. Partially melted snow
slush
thaw
snowdrift
catch someone's eye