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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
make a splash
chariot
funnel
2. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
at sixes and sevens
hear a pin drop
get a move on
3. Make way through a narrow path
at a pinch
hold him off
funnel
teething ring
4. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
snow job
walker
stranded
get a move on
5. Movement blocked by traffic
play hooky
porch
get caught in traffic jam
biodegradable
6. 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
slush
sell someone short
bathtub
7. Pay a high price - pay too much
get a move on
pay through the nose
hear a pin drop
restless
8. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
brag
snowdrift
sleeping car
bathtub
9. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
wet blanket
gangplank
you and what army
rainy day
10. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
wash hand of
hear a pin drop
shake a leg
garment bag
11. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
hallowed
make a splash
oar
perilous
12. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
lets take it outside
talk through his hat
garment bag
braces
13. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
at standstill
wash hand of
scruffy
shower head
14. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
garment bag
at loggerheads
impeccable
conscience
15. Sense of right and wrong
porch
at sixes and sevens
hard up
conscience
16. Tools to pull apart or twist
pliers
half-sister-brother
make a splash
shower cap
17. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
bonnet
tentative decision
sleeping car
catch someone's eye
18. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
braces
all ears
hard up
tentative decision
19. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
shoot the breeze
infest
revisit
20. Jobless
sell someone short
out of work
pressed for time
go into shock
21. Adj. dangerous - risky
talk through his hat
anti-establishment
all ears
perilous
22. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
ticket collector
pneumonia
at a loss
23. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
pneumonia
chariot
perilous
outlaw
24. Be noticed by someone.
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25. Shocked
hold him off
shake a leg
slush
go into shock
26. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
give a slip
wound up
ointment
get caught in traffic jam
27. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
hear a pin drop
pneumonia
brag
for a song
28. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
hard up
nine to five
gangplank
pick a fight
29. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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30. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
jump the gun
ticket collector
shower head
measure up
31. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
at her wits end
get caught in traffic jam
teething ring
pedastrian crossing
32. Be absent from school without permission
at a loss
lets take it outside
play hooky
wash hand of
33. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
have a memory like a sieve
at a loss
make a splash
measure up
34. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
joking aside
keep your hair on
shower cap
even-tempered
35. 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
greasy spoon
keep your hair on
flexitime
anti-establishment
36. 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
funnel
go into shock
raise your spirit
tentative decision
37. Get the ball rolling
lump
mum and pop
get a move on
shoot the breeze
38. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
keep your hair on
you and what army
out of work
marooned
39. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
knock the socks off
contingency
slush
at loggerheads
40. 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.
talk through his hat
walker
infest
contingency
41. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
at loggerheads
measure up
gangplank
42. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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43. A small dark shop or restaurant
snowdrift
revisit
hole in the wall
sleet
44. Make someone bored or repelled.
outlaw
pay through the nose
hallowed
turn someone off
45. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
sleeping car
jump the gun
pedastrian crossing
conscience
46. 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
desensitize
hypochondria
pulled muscle
scruffy
47. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
gale
anti-establishment
wound up
mum and pop
48. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
at her wits end
all thumbs
turn someone off
shoot the breeze
49. Escape being caught; avoid
porch
out of work
rain set in for
give a slip
50. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
have a memory like a sieve
hear a pin drop
gangplank
pedastrian crossing