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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
shake a leg
funnel
snow job
rainy day
2. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
get a move on
at standstill
hypochondria
conscience
3. Silence
hear a pin drop
porch
gig
keep something under someone's hat
4. Be absent from school without permission
go into shock
do justice
catch someone's eye
play hooky
5. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
make a splash
at standstill
shake a leg
hard up
6. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
desensitize
have a memory like a sieve
contingency
7. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
ointment
scruffy
gale
jump the gun
8. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
bonnet
biodegradable
knock the socks off
brag
9. A small dark shop or restaurant
oar
hole in the wall
glider
greasy spoon
10. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
sprain
you and what army
garment bag
ointment
11. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
set sail
at her wits end
at a loss
give a slip
12. Engineless aircraft
glider
greasy spoon
at loggerheads
scruffy
13. Fighting alone
hard up
have a memory like a sieve
kinky
you and what army
14. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
ease up
shower cap
impeccable
rainy day
15. Shocked
garment bag
marooned
go into shock
scruffy
16. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
knock the socks off
run your tail between your legs
flunk
restless
17. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
turn someone off
sleet
outlaw
pneumonia
18. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
conscience
mum and pop
marooned
funnel
19. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
porch
half-sister-brother
at standstill
sleet
20. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
resort to
wash hand of
hypochondria
conscience
21. Jobless
kinky
out of work
all thumbs
sleet
22. Not understand at all.
get a move on
shower head
chariot
not make head or tail of
23. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
wound up
at standstill
chariot
24. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
talk through his hat
run your tail between your legs
raise your spirit
gig
25. Be cheerful and get on with life
turn someone off
raise your spirit
rain set in for
ointment
26. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
oar
hear a pin drop
even-tempered
snow job
27. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
revisit
at a pinch
slush
pneumonia
28. Be noticed by someone.
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29. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
keep something under someone's hat
ointment
outlaw
do justice
30. Getting too angry
shake a leg
gangplank
jump the gun
hit the ceeling/roof
31. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
whistleblower
snowdrift
gangplank
gig
32. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
clothes horse
marooned
braces
whistleblower
33. 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
flunk
walker
porch
34. Seriously - really - without joking -
hallowed
whistleblower
joking aside
go into shock
35. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
chariot
clothes horse
dress to kill
36. Dance; hurry
chariot
hear a pin drop
shake a leg
ticket collector
37. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
hit the ceeling/roof
jukebox
shoot the breeze
at a pinch
38. 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 loss
nine to five
do justice
lump
39. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
pulled muscle
turn someone off
chariot
porch
40. Cheaply - inexpensively
catch someone's eye
at standstill
for a song
ointment
41. Chatter - babble - speak casually
jukebox
slush
shoot the breeze
brag
42. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
wash hand of
lets take it outside
kinky
greasy spoon
43. Severe cold and fever
fighting words
revisit
slush
pneumonia
44. Making claims without any backup
funnel
infest
talk through his hat
ticket collector
45. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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46. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
kinky
pressed for time
hypochondria
braces
47. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
clothes horse
slip off
hypochondria
have a memory like a sieve
48. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
ticket collector
snowdrift
slip off
49. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
nine to five
at loggerheads
ticket collector
shower head
50. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
slip off
tentative decision
braces
knock the socks off