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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
outlaw
make a splash
knock the socks off
all thumbs
2. 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
do justice
raise your spirit
garment bag
bathtub
3. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
half-sister-brother
blunt
resort to
play hooky
4. To quarrel
stranded
blunt
pick a fight
marooned
5. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
fighting words
greasy spoon
resort to
6. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
porch
nine to five
measure up
rain set in for
7. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
clothes horse
gale
wash hand of
gangplank
8. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
greasy spoon
at loggerheads
gangplank
9. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
teething ring
doubt his chances
biodegradable
revisit
10. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
thaw
teething ring
conscience
nine to five
11. Make way through a narrow path
scruffy
jukebox
desensitize
funnel
12. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
get a move on
keep something under someone's hat
restless
at loggerheads
13. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
joking aside
at standstill
contingency
hypochondria
14. Take off with ease or speed
hear a pin drop
patio
slip off
at a loss
15. Be absent from school without permission
even-tempered
play hooky
knock the socks off
norrow escape
16. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
braces
shower head
gangplank
fighting words
17. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
biodegradable
norrow escape
teething ring
at a loss
18. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
hit the ceeling/roof
at a loss
ticket collector
all ears
19. Tools to pull apart or twist
outlaw
hold him off
pliers
do justice
20. Getting too angry
jump the gun
at a pinch
desensitize
hit the ceeling/roof
21. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
have a memory like a sieve
pliers
shower cap
22. Let us go outside and fight
make a splash
lets take it outside
gangplank
keep something under someone's hat
23. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
oar
sprain
sleeping car
shower head
24. Hood
get a move on
bonnet
bathtub
impeccable
25. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
sprain
at sixes and sevens
measure up
bathtub
26. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
sell someone short
impeccable
bonnet
27. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
wash hand of
give a slip
half-sister-brother
clothes horse
28. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
tentative decision
repel
set sail
sprain
29. 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
dress to kill
hit the ceeling/roof
biodegradable
30. Sense of right and wrong
fighting words
conscience
turn someone off
gale
31. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
32. 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
flexitime
blunt
oar
conscience
33. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
pay through the nose
even-tempered
catch someone's eye
34. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
joking aside
flexitime
greasy spoon
anti-establishment
35. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
ointment
gangplank
rain set in for
thaw
36. 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
snowdrift
run your tail between your legs
kinky
37. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
snowdrift
raise your spirit
knock the socks off
kinky
38. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
knock the socks off
ointment
pick a fight
bonnet
39. Jobless
pressed for time
out of work
shower cap
tentative decision
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
hear a pin drop
repel
pliers
joking aside
41. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
even-tempered
anti-establishment
chariot
shake a leg
42. Get the ball rolling
half-sister-brother
get a move on
outlaw
hold him off
43. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
gale
bathtub
all ears
chariot
44. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
brag
trunks
mum and pop
braces
45. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
oar
stranded
hallowed
trunks
46. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
keep something under someone's hat
you and what army
wound up
47. Fighting alone
shoot the breeze
you and what army
rain set in for
half-sister-brother
48. Be cheerful and get on with life
knock the socks off
oar
raise your spirit
flexitime
49. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
conscience
scruffy
desensitize
stranded
50. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
raise your spirit
hallowed
bonnet
brag