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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. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
whistleblower
wash hand of
keep your hair on
patio
2. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
hold him off
jukebox
give a slip
at a loss
3. Act before the appropriate time.
sleet
fighting words
all thumbs
jump the gun
4. Unfounded fear of being unwell
greasy spoon
hypochondria
garment bag
keep your hair on
5. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
outlaw
blunt
shoot the breeze
lets take it outside
6. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
sleeping car
infest
get a move on
7. Let us go outside and fight
doubt his chances
lets take it outside
hypochondria
ticket collector
8. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
make a splash
jump the gun
kinky
hallowed
9. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
make a splash
hard up
half-sister-brother
for a song
10. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
to be on sick leave
at a pinch
blunt
stranded
11. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
tentative decision
even-tempered
play hooky
hear a pin drop
12. Make someone bored or repelled.
turn someone off
teething ring
pay through the nose
get caught in traffic jam
13. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
all ears
porch
gangplank
14. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
kinky
run your tail between your legs
chariot
15. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
teething ring
repel
turn someone off
16. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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17. 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 .......
kinky
sleeping car
ease up
walker
18. 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?
jump the gun
measure up
repel
marooned
19. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
hit the ceeling/roof
raise your spirit
pulled muscle
clothes horse
20. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
patio
joking aside
nine to five
hear a pin drop
21. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
rain set in for
give a slip
clothes horse
turn someone off
22. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
contingency
ease up
sleeping car
patio
23. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
give a slip
gangplank
impeccable
at her wits end
24. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
not make head or tail of
for a song
run your tail between your legs
mum and pop
25. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
jump the gun
thaw
impeccable
at her wits end
26. Shocked
sell someone short
snow job
go into shock
keep your hair on
27. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
lump
outlaw
have a memory like a sieve
fighting words
28. Adj. dangerous - risky
even-tempered
hit the ceeling/roof
perilous
rainy day
29. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
hole in the wall
anti-establishment
joking aside
glider
30. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
glider
rain set in for
sleeping car
hallowed
31. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
you and what army
hear a pin drop
at a pinch
shower cap
32. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
repel
to be on sick leave
sleeping car
have a memory like a sieve
33. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
get caught in traffic jam
greasy spoon
restless
34. Tools to pull apart or twist
marooned
flexitime
shoot off one's mouth
pliers
35. 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
desensitize
wound up
norrow escape
clothes horse
36. Jobless
out of work
repel
have a memory like a sieve
at a pinch
37. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
doubt his chances
gale
rainy day
38. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
hear a pin drop
oar
hole in the wall
gig
39. Fighting alone
turn someone off
you and what army
catch someone's eye
whistleblower
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
jukebox
repel
pay through the nose
restless
41. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
at a loss
hit the ceeling/roof
lump
42. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
at sixes and sevens
stranded
mum and pop
43. Be noticed by someone.
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44. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
trunks
scruffy
pressed for time
45. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
oar
snow job
wet blanket
46. Seriously - really - without joking -
hypochondria
bathtub
joking aside
go into shock
47. Large boses for household things
gangplank
trunks
all thumbs
marooned
48. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
at loggerheads
impeccable
teething ring
go into shock
49. A small dark shop or restaurant
jump the gun
get caught in traffic jam
resort to
hole in the wall
50. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
trunks
all thumbs
keep something under someone's hat
bathtub