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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. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
knock the socks off
dress to kill
mum and pop
2. Be absent from school without permission
ticket collector
doubt his chances
play hooky
patio
3. Not understand at all.
at standstill
ease up
not make head or tail of
pneumonia
4. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
sprain
catch someone's eye
at her wits end
5. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
hear a pin drop
perilous
out of work
6. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
pneumonia
funnel
hit the ceeling/roof
teething ring
7. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
at standstill
flunk
trunks
garment bag
8. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
thaw
sleet
not make head or tail of
ointment
9. Severe cold and fever
at standstill
slush
pneumonia
flexitime
10. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
thaw
snowdrift
at loggerheads
play hooky
11. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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12. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
get caught in traffic jam
kinky
hole in the wall
13. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
tentative decision
raise your spirit
walker
porch
14. Shocked
trunks
gale
funnel
go into shock
15. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
run your tail between your legs
conscience
at a loss
sell someone short
16. 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
ticket collector
bonnet
lets take it outside
17. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
marooned
not make head or tail of
wash hand of
you and what army
18. 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
at loggerheads
measure up
desensitize
infest
19. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
restless
get a move on
teething ring
20. 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
have a memory like a sieve
slip off
joking aside
21. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
jump the gun
fighting words
patio
resort to
22. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
you and what army
set sail
all ears
flexitime
23. A large piece of something without definite shape
bonnet
lump
conscience
wash hand of
24. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
flexitime
conscience
resort to
snowdrift
25. Escape being caught; avoid
whistleblower
kinky
gale
give a slip
26. Partially melted snow
porch
pick a fight
pay through the nose
slush
27. Pay a high price - pay too much
brag
pay through the nose
half-sister-brother
whistleblower
28. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
sprain
norrow escape
mum and pop
hold him off
29. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
even-tempered
wound up
at standstill
sprain
30. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
kinky
fighting words
run your tail between your legs
31. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
all ears
porch
at standstill
contingency
32. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
whistleblower
even-tempered
garment bag
ease up
33. A small dark shop or restaurant
make a splash
rainy day
knock the socks off
hole in the wall
34. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
norrow escape
gangplank
not make head or tail of
biodegradable
35. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
fighting words
at sixes and sevens
knock the socks off
at her wits end
36. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
lets take it outside
out of work
to be on sick leave
37. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
norrow escape
nine to five
kinky
sleet
38. Cheaply - inexpensively
pressed for time
walker
wound up
for a song
39. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
make a splash
ointment
ease up
gangplank
40. 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
shake a leg
desensitize
flexitime
sleet
41. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
pedastrian crossing
chariot
revisit
hold him off
42. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
shoot off one's mouth
keep something under someone's hat
clothes horse
whistleblower
43. Seriously - really - without joking -
conscience
shower head
joking aside
pedastrian crossing
44. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
catch someone's eye
hallowed
ointment
contingency
45. Large boses for household things
lump
thaw
trunks
revisit
46. Get the ball rolling
pliers
repel
get a move on
thaw
47. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
whistleblower
contingency
doubt his chances
fighting words
48. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
flunk
lump
scruffy
gale
49. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
greasy spoon
sleet
snow job
bathtub
50. Make someone bored or repelled.
glider
get a move on
half-sister-brother
turn someone off