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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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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. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
run your tail between your legs
fighting words
pick a fight
at sixes and sevens
2. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
pay through the nose
brag
hear a pin drop
3. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
wound up
impeccable
brag
4. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
teething ring
run your tail between your legs
fighting words
play hooky
5. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
anti-establishment
repel
sell someone short
revisit
6. Partially melted snow
even-tempered
slush
gangplank
resort to
7. Don't think too much about it
at her wits end
pneumonia
keep your hair on
at loggerheads
8. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
gig
teething ring
set in stone
slip off
9. Severe cold and fever
braces
pressed for time
pneumonia
snowdrift
10. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
go into shock
out of work
whistleblower
all thumbs
11. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
at sixes and sevens
flexitime
resort to
braces
12. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
wet blanket
sprain
knock the socks off
rain set in for
13. Make someone bored or repelled.
have a memory like a sieve
turn someone off
revisit
wound up
14. Get the ball rolling
at her wits end
measure up
get a move on
brag
15. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
play hooky
restless
hold him off
16. Not understand at all.
sell someone short
not make head or tail of
get a move on
measure up
17. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hard up
gangplank
norrow escape
hypochondria
18. Fighting alone
you and what army
pneumonia
flunk
hard up
19. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
half-sister-brother
hole in the wall
pneumonia
20. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
fighting words
at a loss
clothes horse
21. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
outlaw
trunks
keep something under someone's hat
to be on sick leave
22. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
chariot
half-sister-brother
pedastrian crossing
at loggerheads
23. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
hypochondria
conscience
have a memory like a sieve
24. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
porch
wet blanket
hold him off
catch someone's eye
25. Movement blocked by traffic
bonnet
set in stone
lump
get caught in traffic jam
26. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
brag
at her wits end
ointment
desensitize
27. Large boses for household things
trunks
make a splash
set sail
brag
28. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
half-sister-brother
kinky
rainy day
at a pinch
29. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
out of work
bathtub
clothes horse
at a loss
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
repel
braces
tentative decision
hard up
31. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
measure up
porch
hit the ceeling/roof
32. 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.
infest
keep something under someone's hat
mum and pop
slush
33. To quarrel
pay through the nose
keep your hair on
hold him off
pick a fight
34. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
repel
lump
scruffy
norrow escape
35. Shocked
lump
hit the ceeling/roof
get a move on
go into shock
36. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
pedastrian crossing
biodegradable
for a song
37. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
mum and pop
blunt
all thumbs
38. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
shake a leg
outlaw
sleet
at a loss
39. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
have a memory like a sieve
anti-establishment
slush
dress to kill
40. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
biodegradable
gangplank
snowdrift
all thumbs
41. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
pay through the nose
hallowed
keep your hair on
42. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
thaw
walker
wound up
43. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
jump the gun
hard up
shoot off one's mouth
44. 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
lump
knock the socks off
hard up
45. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
catch someone's eye
whistleblower
lets take it outside
restless
46. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
hit the ceeling/roof
slip off
brag
pay through the nose
47. Pay a high price - pay too much
whistleblower
scruffy
repel
pay through the nose
48. 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
ease up
revisit
at standstill
49. A small dark shop or restaurant
hole in the wall
out of work
tentative decision
blunt
50. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
slip off
set sail
get caught in traffic jam
impeccable