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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Be noticed by someone.
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2. 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?
at loggerheads
measure up
desensitize
whistleblower
3. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
lets take it outside
gangplank
walker
blunt
4. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
rainy day
biodegradable
brag
raise your spirit
5. Partially melted snow
keep your hair on
slush
out of work
shoot off one's mouth
6. Pay a high price - pay too much
make a splash
pay through the nose
rainy day
ease up
7. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
give a slip
restless
conscience
pulled muscle
8. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sleet
sell someone short
teething ring
rainy day
9. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
rainy day
measure up
pedastrian crossing
10. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
thaw
biodegradable
turn someone off
set sail
11. Silence
hear a pin drop
outlaw
biodegradable
out of work
12. Getting too angry
rainy day
infest
hit the ceeling/roof
run your tail between your legs
13. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
at a loss
doubt his chances
set in stone
shake a leg
14. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
pressed for time
pick a fight
even-tempered
chariot
15. Engineless aircraft
funnel
lump
glider
hold him off
16. Making claims without any backup
greasy spoon
jump the gun
talk through his hat
slush
17. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
ointment
flunk
walker
half-sister-brother
18. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
restless
pneumonia
conscience
anti-establishment
19. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
at a pinch
blunt
talk through his hat
hard up
20. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
pulled muscle
rainy day
ticket collector
knock the socks off
21. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
all ears
sleeping car
do justice
get caught in traffic jam
22. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
joking aside
resort to
porch
stranded
23. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
chariot
at sixes and sevens
out of work
24. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
set sail
patio
bonnet
flunk
25. Don't think too much about it
hold him off
sell someone short
doubt his chances
keep your hair on
26. 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
whistleblower
pneumonia
patio
27. Escape being caught; avoid
lump
give a slip
gangplank
biodegradable
28. 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.
repel
even-tempered
infest
porch
29. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
wet blanket
all ears
hypochondria
30. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
restless
trunks
wash hand of
31. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
shower cap
talk through his hat
gig
hypochondria
32. Be absent from school without permission
to be on sick leave
play hooky
at her wits end
give a slip
33. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
pedastrian crossing
bathtub
walker
measure up
34. Tools to pull apart or twist
pliers
norrow escape
bathtub
pay through the nose
35. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
play hooky
pay through the nose
at sixes and sevens
36. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
slush
hard up
wet blanket
doubt his chances
37. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
at a loss
gangplank
clothes horse
shoot off one's mouth
38. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
flexitime
greasy spoon
pedastrian crossing
39. Not understand at all.
at her wits end
not make head or tail of
have a memory like a sieve
flexitime
40. To quarrel
half-sister-brother
sell someone short
conscience
pick a fight
41. 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
give a slip
hold him off
do justice
make a splash
42. A small dark shop or restaurant
sell someone short
nine to five
mum and pop
hole in the wall
43. 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
half-sister-brother
get caught in traffic jam
turn someone off
flexitime
44. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw
hypochondria
whistleblower
keep your hair on
45. Chatter - babble - speak casually
slush
shoot the breeze
flexitime
not make head or tail of
46. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
at loggerheads
sleeping car
out of work
47. Make way through a narrow path
lump
funnel
for a song
at her wits end
48. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
rainy day
at loggerheads
make a splash
thaw
49. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
pick a fight
at a loss
norrow escape
measure up
50. Be cheerful and get on with life
outlaw
get a move on
you and what army
raise your spirit
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