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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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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. Act before the appropriate time.
bonnet
rain set in for
jump the gun
marooned
2. Movement blocked by traffic
for a song
norrow escape
at sixes and sevens
get caught in traffic jam
3. 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
walker
to be on sick leave
do justice
tentative decision
4. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
chariot
gangplank
shower head
fighting words
5. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
marooned
sleet
sleeping car
half-sister-brother
6. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
scruffy
wet blanket
bonnet
gale
7. Unfounded fear of being unwell
set in stone
hypochondria
tentative decision
gale
8. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
at standstill
wet blanket
lets take it outside
revisit
9. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
pick a fight
bathtub
oar
patio
10. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
11. Dance; hurry
to be on sick leave
hit the ceeling/roof
shake a leg
outlaw
12. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
not make head or tail of
rain set in for
have a memory like a sieve
gale
13. Not understand at all.
all thumbs
hold him off
rain set in for
not make head or tail of
14. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
contingency
blunt
greasy spoon
15. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
biodegradable
doubt his chances
make a splash
sleet
16. Let us go outside and fight
sleeping car
lets take it outside
anti-establishment
hit the ceeling/roof
17. Be noticed by someone.
18. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
flexitime
set in stone
you and what army
19. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
greasy spoon
shower cap
sleeping car
sell someone short
20. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
hit the ceeling/roof
lump
stranded
thaw
21. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
to be on sick leave
hallowed
blunt
sleeping car
22. 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.
out of work
pick a fight
infest
even-tempered
23. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
make a splash
even-tempered
lets take it outside
thaw
24. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
kinky
clothes horse
lump
marooned
25. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
raise your spirit
hit the ceeling/roof
get caught in traffic jam
ticket collector
26. Escape being caught; avoid
restless
resort to
give a slip
rain set in for
27. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
pedastrian crossing
rainy day
snow job
to be on sick leave
28. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
make a splash
pneumonia
snowdrift
29. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
bathtub
marooned
sleet
kinky
30. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
wet blanket
sprain
chariot
teething ring
31. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
lets take it outside
make a splash
lump
at sixes and sevens
32. Jobless
braces
raise your spirit
give a slip
out of work
33. Pay a high price - pay too much
hit the ceeling/roof
pay through the nose
sleet
blunt
34. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
bathtub
gig
joking aside
35. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
hard up
oar
gale
stranded
36. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
at loggerheads
pressed for time
sell someone short
wet blanket
37. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
at a pinch
impeccable
walker
knock the socks off
38. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
set sail
ointment
contingency
39. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
you and what army
hypochondria
wash hand of
clothes horse
40. 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 .......
pneumonia
patio
anti-establishment
ease up
41. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
play hooky
walker
porch
hit the ceeling/roof
42. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
give a slip
porch
patio
43. Chatter - babble - speak casually
kinky
revisit
shoot the breeze
patio
44. 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
flunk
desensitize
sleet
revisit
45. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
at standstill
desensitize
at her wits end
46. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
all ears
jukebox
hard up
raise your spirit
47. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
bathtub
shower cap
hypochondria
knock the socks off
48. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
chariot
hallowed
resort to
pulled muscle
49. Silence
hear a pin drop
pressed for time
you and what army
pliers
50. Take off with ease or speed
sprain
clothes horse
talk through his hat
slip off