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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
restless
hit the ceeling/roof
fighting words
2. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
slip off
catch someone's eye
hit the ceeling/roof
at standstill
3. Tools to pull apart or twist
chariot
oar
pliers
gale
4. Making claims without any backup
talk through his hat
hallowed
chariot
you and what army
5. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
rainy day
lets take it outside
at a loss
6. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
perilous
gangplank
at her wits end
ticket collector
7. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
even-tempered
gangplank
shower cap
8. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
not make head or tail of
braces
give a slip
9. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
snowdrift
gangplank
bathtub
10. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
at a loss
doubt his chances
greasy spoon
lets take it outside
11. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
mum and pop
flexitime
desensitize
braces
12. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
pulled muscle
wet blanket
rainy day
13. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
give a slip
set in stone
wet blanket
14. Silence
hypochondria
play hooky
pneumonia
hear a pin drop
15. Large boses for household things
clothes horse
chariot
trunks
braces
16. Shocked
biodegradable
go into shock
have a memory like a sieve
sleeping car
17. Partially melted snow
scruffy
jump the gun
slush
pick a fight
18. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
keep your hair on
sleet
ticket collector
biodegradable
19. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
thaw
not make head or tail of
dress to kill
20. Cheaply - inexpensively
stranded
for a song
garment bag
jump the gun
21. Movement blocked by traffic
run your tail between your legs
get caught in traffic jam
ointment
keep something under someone's hat
22. 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.
at sixes and sevens
infest
do justice
shower head
23. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
whistleblower
outlaw
hard up
24. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
walker
pulled muscle
sleet
slush
25. Pay a high price - pay too much
run your tail between your legs
flunk
sprain
pay through the nose
26. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
gig
pliers
thaw
mum and pop
27. Hood
shake a leg
knock the socks off
bonnet
impeccable
28. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
repel
sell someone short
shoot off one's mouth
29. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
to be on sick leave
you and what army
even-tempered
impeccable
30. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
marooned
measure up
desensitize
chariot
31. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at loggerheads
shoot the breeze
at a loss
give a slip
32. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
wound up
norrow escape
infest
hole in the wall
33. 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
chariot
patio
lets take it outside
desensitize
34. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
funnel
you and what army
sprain
35. Dance; hurry
revisit
joking aside
shake a leg
knock the socks off
36. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
whistleblower
marooned
raise your spirit
even-tempered
37. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
flunk
wound up
fighting words
ticket collector
38. A small dark shop or restaurant
give a slip
hold him off
hole in the wall
clothes horse
39. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
even-tempered
get caught in traffic jam
raise your spirit
clothes horse
40. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
sleet
outlaw
all thumbs
pay through the nose
41. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
pulled muscle
gale
set in stone
gig
42. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
knock the socks off
whistleblower
wet blanket
outlaw
43. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
bonnet
sprain
revisit
play hooky
44. 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
norrow escape
porch
all thumbs
flexitime
45. Fighting alone
hit the ceeling/roof
measure up
biodegradable
you and what army
46. Seriously - really - without joking -
measure up
pneumonia
get a move on
joking aside
47. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
shower cap
hypochondria
desensitize
resort to
48. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
pulled muscle
rain set in for
sleet
49. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
restless
pedastrian crossing
glider
jukebox
50. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
raise your spirit
mum and pop
go into shock
at a pinch