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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. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
whistleblower
flexitime
conscience
flunk
2. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
pressed for time
revisit
hard up
blunt
3. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
at a pinch
biodegradable
tentative decision
4. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
gangplank
not make head or tail of
ointment
gale
5. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
doubt his chances
at a pinch
all ears
6. 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?
pay through the nose
measure up
flunk
at her wits end
7. 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
gangplank
get a move on
repel
8. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
desensitize
do justice
at a pinch
9. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
sleet
porch
rain set in for
jukebox
10. Large boses for household things
shoot the breeze
trunks
stranded
clothes horse
11. Severe cold and fever
at a loss
wound up
glider
pneumonia
12. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
keep your hair on
sprain
gale
pneumonia
13. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
sprain
resort to
norrow escape
talk through his hat
14. A large piece of something without definite shape
perilous
make a splash
sell someone short
lump
15. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
keep something under someone's hat
walker
stranded
infest
16. Seriously - really - without joking -
you and what army
joking aside
hallowed
pressed for time
17. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
jump the gun
rain set in for
blunt
18. Make someone bored or repelled.
turn someone off
hypochondria
perilous
flunk
19. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
bathtub
at standstill
ointment
biodegradable
20. 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
restless
hear a pin drop
do justice
biodegradable
21. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
conscience
tentative decision
clothes horse
22. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
greasy spoon
have a memory like a sieve
snow job
norrow escape
23. Hood
bonnet
hold him off
hypochondria
outlaw
24. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
gangplank
slush
kinky
sleet
25. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
pressed for time
contingency
all thumbs
sleeping car
26. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
at standstill
catch someone's eye
pedastrian crossing
contingency
27. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
trunks
sprain
pick a fight
sell someone short
28. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
have a memory like a sieve
do justice
pulled muscle
nine to five
29. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
flexitime
infest
bonnet
30. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
measure up
to be on sick leave
have a memory like a sieve
gig
31. Not understand at all.
scruffy
not make head or tail of
do justice
even-tempered
32. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
wash hand of
raise your spirit
outlaw
all thumbs
33. Be absent from school without permission
lump
play hooky
kinky
snowdrift
34. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
set in stone
gangplank
do justice
nine to five
35. Escape being caught; avoid
hold him off
mum and pop
give a slip
sleet
36. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
all ears
thaw
ticket collector
whistleblower
37. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
scruffy
pedastrian crossing
sleeping car
38. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
doubt his chances
tentative decision
play hooky
39. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
catch someone's eye
hit the ceeling/roof
chariot
dress to kill
40. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
snowdrift
contingency
pulled muscle
hear a pin drop
41. Chatter - babble - speak casually
at standstill
jump the gun
at sixes and sevens
shoot the breeze
42. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
give a slip
hole in the wall
you and what army
43. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
set in stone
out of work
shower cap
clothes horse
44. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
tentative decision
infest
wash hand of
stranded
45. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
shoot off one's mouth
at a pinch
at sixes and sevens
dress to kill
46. Partially melted snow
contingency
slush
wash hand of
at loggerheads
47. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
all ears
even-tempered
set sail
gig
48. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
clothes horse
slip off
lump
run your tail between your legs
49. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
infest
resort to
greasy spoon
hypochondria
50. Shocked
flexitime
norrow escape
at standstill
go into shock