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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Be completely at a loss as to what to do






2. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression






3. Not understand at all.






4. Become or cause to become soft or liquid






5. Pay a high price - pay too much






6. Getting too angry






7. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak






8. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower






9. Hood






10. Let us go outside and fight






11. An implement used to propel or steer a boat






12. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer






13. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)






14. Silence






15. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]






16. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.






17. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)






18. Fighting alone






19. Be cheerful and get on with life






20. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.






21. Sense of right and wrong






22. Adj. dangerous - risky






23. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure






24. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy






25. Container used to hold water for washing oneself






26. Don't think too much about it






27. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information






28. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time






29. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind






30. 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






31. A cabinet containing an automatic record player






32. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -






33. Movement blocked by traffic






34. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English






35. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts






36. Making claims without any backup






37. 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






38. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground






39. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'






40. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted






41. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them






42. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student






43. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all






44. Large boses for household things






45. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably






46. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion






47. Jobless






48. Dance; hurry






49. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.






50. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive