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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
desensitize
patio
shower head
2. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
not make head or tail of
teething ring
shoot off one's mouth
3. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
bonnet
keep your hair on
rain set in for
joking aside
4. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
keep something under someone's hat
anti-establishment
blunt
even-tempered
5. Movement blocked by traffic
outlaw
get caught in traffic jam
even-tempered
all ears
6. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
at standstill
clothes horse
pay through the nose
7. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
resort to
dress to kill
have a memory like a sieve
garment bag
8. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
snowdrift
impeccable
at her wits end
all thumbs
9. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
get a move on
pressed for time
hallowed
contingency
10. Making claims without any backup
pick a fight
braces
stranded
talk through his hat
11. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
kinky
snow job
scruffy
restless
12. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
measure up
set in stone
doubt his chances
impeccable
13. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
blunt
pressed for time
desensitize
at standstill
14. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
shower head
nine to five
shoot the breeze
pressed for time
15. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
pneumonia
sleet
scruffy
jukebox
16. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
get a move on
at standstill
porch
gale
17. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
sell someone short
conscience
pliers
brag
18. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
play hooky
kinky
keep your hair on
sleet
19. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
desensitize
nine to five
wash hand of
20. 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
funnel
half-sister-brother
whistleblower
repel
21. 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
talk through his hat
hallowed
clothes horse
22. Make way through a narrow path
knock the socks off
funnel
gig
go into shock
23. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
clothes horse
flexitime
at standstill
braces
24. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
dress to kill
all thumbs
pneumonia
lump
25. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
to be on sick leave
shoot the breeze
sleet
hard up
26. Shocked
go into shock
repel
garment bag
ticket collector
27. Unfounded fear of being unwell
sell someone short
hypochondria
thaw
perilous
28. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
for a song
give a slip
at her wits end
teething ring
29. Escape being caught; avoid
contingency
give a slip
infest
shower cap
30. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
anti-establishment
pedastrian crossing
have a memory like a sieve
infest
31. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
gale
joking aside
keep something under someone's hat
32. 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
blunt
whistleblower
gig
33. Fighting alone
for a song
you and what army
porch
wound up
34. Chatter - babble - speak casually
at a loss
hit the ceeling/roof
shoot the breeze
oar
35. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
contingency
keep something under someone's hat
anti-establishment
garment bag
36. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
impeccable
gangplank
oar
out of work
37. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
perilous
to be on sick leave
at sixes and sevens
at a pinch
38. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
tentative decision
hold him off
shake a leg
pay through the nose
39. Take off with ease or speed
keep something under someone's hat
conscience
slip off
hit the ceeling/roof
40. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
gangplank
fighting words
pulled muscle
clothes horse
41. Be absent from school without permission
at standstill
play hooky
slush
at loggerheads
42. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
rain set in for
have a memory like a sieve
pressed for time
garment bag
43. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
pulled muscle
sleet
hold him off
shower head
44. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
trunks
at her wits end
shower head
shower cap
45. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
play hooky
resort to
stranded
braces
46. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
desensitize
set in stone
mum and pop
47. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
pay through the nose
nine to five
dress to kill
48. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
rain set in for
wet blanket
hard up
patio
49. Partially melted snow
doubt his chances
slush
wet blanket
norrow escape
50. Large boses for household things
not make head or tail of
set in stone
trunks
pick a fight
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