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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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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. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
2. To quarrel
to be on sick leave
pick a fight
contingency
hold him off
3. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
ease up
garment bag
anti-establishment
contingency
4. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
tentative decision
flunk
gangplank
sprain
5. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
gale
outlaw
slip off
ticket collector
6. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
walker
give a slip
resort to
for a song
7. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
all thumbs
trunks
catch someone's eye
walker
8. Tools to pull apart or twist
pliers
wash hand of
at sixes and sevens
contingency
9. Take off with ease or speed
ease up
resort to
bonnet
slip off
10. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
go into shock
slush
chariot
catch someone's eye
11. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
jump the gun
make a splash
dress to kill
12. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
lump
set in stone
restless
rainy day
13. 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
tentative decision
restless
resort to
not make head or tail of
14. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
measure up
revisit
pay through the nose
thaw
15. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
pliers
hallowed
play hooky
bathtub
16. Chatter - babble - speak casually
pay through the nose
shoot the breeze
revisit
lump
17. Silence
braces
slush
rainy day
hear a pin drop
18. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
doubt his chances
snow job
gig
garment bag
19. Depart; set off to sea
teething ring
glider
fighting words
set sail
20. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
doubt his chances
outlaw
pneumonia
dress to kill
21. 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
not make head or tail of
flexitime
garment bag
sleeping car
22. A large piece of something without definite shape
infest
lump
anti-establishment
pulled muscle
23. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
gangplank
lets take it outside
snowdrift
shoot the breeze
24. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
clothes horse
not make head or tail of
desensitize
25. 1. to work less hard or do something with less energy than before: Just relax and ......... a little. 2. to start doing something less - You should ......... on the whisky. 3. to improve or get less - The snow was .......
ease up
gale
conscience
play hooky
26. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
conscience
jump the gun
run your tail between your legs
nine to five
27. Engineless aircraft
glider
norrow escape
infest
ointment
28. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
at loggerheads
all ears
shower head
29. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
wash hand of
teething ring
make a splash
at a loss
30. Be absent from school without permission
patio
do justice
not make head or tail of
play hooky
31. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
resort to
biodegradable
oar
impeccable
32. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
pneumonia
not make head or tail of
gangplank
brag
33. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
snow job
knock the socks off
hold him off
34. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
sell someone short
impeccable
kinky
joking aside
35. Not understand at all.
snowdrift
braces
pedastrian crossing
not make head or tail of
36. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
blunt
rain set in for
nine to five
37. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
flunk
pedastrian crossing
play hooky
38. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
39. Jobless
dress to kill
wound up
talk through his hat
out of work
40. Getting too angry
slip off
hit the ceeling/roof
anti-establishment
set in stone
41. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
get a move on
restless
hear a pin drop
chariot
42. Large boses for household things
revisit
have a memory like a sieve
trunks
pick a fight
43. Be cheerful and get on with life
at standstill
raise your spirit
hold him off
hard up
44. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
outlaw
clothes horse
sleeping car
slush
45. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
pedastrian crossing
lets take it outside
jukebox
measure up
46. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
all ears
wash hand of
fighting words
47. A small dark shop or restaurant
hole in the wall
flexitime
at sixes and sevens
shoot the breeze
48. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
sleeping car
greasy spoon
biodegradable
flunk
49. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
do justice
pressed for time
marooned
measure up
50. Make way through a narrow path
run your tail between your legs
thaw
funnel
sleet