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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. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
bathtub
all thumbs
catch someone's eye
pay through the nose
2. Chatter - babble - speak casually
braces
pneumonia
rain set in for
shoot the breeze
3. 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
you and what army
raise your spirit
sell someone short
4. Get the ball rolling
fighting words
get a move on
at a pinch
you and what army
5. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
rain set in for
perilous
shake a leg
blunt
6. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
shoot off one's mouth
snowdrift
wound up
lump
7. A small dark shop or restaurant
hole in the wall
shake a leg
brag
out of work
8. 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
pulled muscle
stranded
set sail
9. Act before the appropriate time.
wound up
nine to five
jump the gun
shower cap
10. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
sleet
blunt
hear a pin drop
11. Escape being caught; avoid
snow job
give a slip
not make head or tail of
patio
12. 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?
perilous
you and what army
measure up
sleet
13. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
glider
snowdrift
thaw
jump the gun
14. Getting too angry
get caught in traffic jam
snowdrift
whistleblower
hit the ceeling/roof
15. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
chariot
set in stone
measure up
hard up
16. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
pliers
sell someone short
thaw
scruffy
17. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
sleeping car
wound up
sprain
18. Shocked
go into shock
doubt his chances
sell someone short
at her wits end
19. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
shower head
at a pinch
measure up
20. 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
clothes horse
wet blanket
half-sister-brother
21. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
outlaw
mum and pop
pulled muscle
22. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
scruffy
gangplank
snow job
outlaw
23. Partially melted snow
out of work
clothes horse
repel
slush
24. Jobless
outlaw
rain set in for
get caught in traffic jam
out of work
25. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
wet blanket
ointment
not make head or tail of
garment bag
26. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
gale
pulled muscle
rain set in for
desensitize
27. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
shower cap
for a song
wash hand of
pressed for time
28. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
gig
sleeping car
sell someone short
clothes horse
29. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
fighting words
lump
hit the ceeling/roof
clothes horse
30. Adj. dangerous - risky
hole in the wall
perilous
infest
snow job
31. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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32. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
pay through the nose
braces
shoot the breeze
snow job
33. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
out of work
rainy day
mum and pop
greasy spoon
34. Tools to pull apart or twist
to be on sick leave
wound up
pliers
rainy day
35. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
joking aside
out of work
to be on sick leave
36. Make someone bored or repelled.
for a song
anti-establishment
turn someone off
greasy spoon
37. Making claims without any backup
greasy spoon
shoot off one's mouth
talk through his hat
catch someone's eye
38. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
for a song
lump
half-sister-brother
39. 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
marooned
get a move on
whistleblower
desensitize
40. Large boses for household things
hold him off
funnel
keep something under someone's hat
trunks
41. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
pick a fight
funnel
repel
42. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
stranded
biodegradable
flunk
rain set in for
43. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
go into shock
clothes horse
hole in the wall
pressed for time
44. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
norrow escape
hold him off
patio
half-sister-brother
45. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
make a splash
at sixes and sevens
thaw
to be on sick leave
46. 1. not definite or certain - and may be changed later SYN provisional OPP definite: I passed on my t...... conclusions to the police. The government is taking t......... steps towards tackling the country's economic problems. 2. done without confiden
mum and pop
trunks
pneumonia
tentative decision
47. Dance; hurry
doubt his chances
shake a leg
brag
hole in the wall
48. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
wash hand of
braces
measure up
49. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
raise your spirit
ease up
ticket collector
at a pinch
50. To quarrel
at standstill
all thumbs
perilous
pick a fight