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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. 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
catch someone's eye
do justice
flexitime
you and what army
2. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
doubt his chances
make a splash
give a slip
pneumonia
3. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
all ears
pedastrian crossing
impeccable
measure up
4. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
raise your spirit
snow job
sell someone short
funnel
5. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
shower head
blunt
hallowed
6. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
slip off
to be on sick leave
all ears
bathtub
7. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
gangplank
pedastrian crossing
give a slip
8. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
shower cap
marooned
raise your spirit
hard up
9. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
not make head or tail of
outlaw
pulled muscle
10. Fighting alone
oar
hallowed
pulled muscle
you and what army
11. Seriously - really - without joking -
trunks
joking aside
flexitime
conscience
12. Movement blocked by traffic
whistleblower
play hooky
get caught in traffic jam
not make head or tail of
13. 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
repel
norrow escape
porch
14. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
at a pinch
garment bag
stranded
shower head
15. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
garment bag
glider
hard up
16. Escape being caught; avoid
raise your spirit
revisit
all ears
give a slip
17. Making claims without any backup
hold him off
restless
lets take it outside
talk through his hat
18. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
resort to
get caught in traffic jam
set in stone
have a memory like a sieve
19. Dance; hurry
whistleblower
ease up
tentative decision
shake a leg
20. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
thaw
jukebox
keep something under someone's hat
shoot off one's mouth
21. Engineless aircraft
out of work
glider
gangplank
gale
22. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
contingency
snowdrift
hole in the wall
rainy day
23. Shocked
shower head
go into shock
scruffy
glider
24. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
blunt
snow job
fighting words
rainy day
25. Make someone bored or repelled.
desensitize
turn someone off
rain set in for
sell someone short
26. Depart; set off to sea
ticket collector
set sail
at sixes and sevens
braces
27. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
marooned
oar
shoot the breeze
at standstill
28. 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?
sell someone short
measure up
shoot off one's mouth
at a loss
29. Sense of right and wrong
bathtub
conscience
raise your spirit
for a song
30. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
lets take it outside
revisit
walker
lump
31. A large piece of something without definite shape
at loggerheads
nine to five
lump
bonnet
32. Make way through a narrow path
pick a fight
funnel
turn someone off
pedastrian crossing
33. Partially melted snow
slush
trunks
gig
hear a pin drop
34. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
anti-establishment
give a slip
shoot off one's mouth
porch
35. 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 .......
restless
ease up
for a song
conscience
36. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
keep your hair on
go into shock
shower cap
brag
37. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
snowdrift
kinky
play hooky
greasy spoon
38. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
pneumonia
flunk
rainy day
even-tempered
39. 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.
hard up
run your tail between your legs
infest
doubt his chances
40. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
pressed for time
snow job
garment bag
all thumbs
41. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
trunks
wound up
hard up
at her wits end
42. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
pulled muscle
brag
perilous
43. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
hole in the wall
joking aside
at loggerheads
slush
44. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
make a splash
joking aside
glider
45. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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46. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
hole in the wall
keep your hair on
marooned
47. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
scruffy
pneumonia
sell someone short
hard up
48. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
pedastrian crossing
kinky
at standstill
whistleblower
49. Jobless
chariot
pliers
out of work
lump
50. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
at a pinch
even-tempered
snowdrift
to be on sick leave