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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. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
shake a leg
raise your spirit
biodegradable
2. 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
get caught in traffic jam
all ears
tentative decision
shoot the breeze
3. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
impeccable
jukebox
doubt his chances
resort to
4. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
kinky
mum and pop
brag
measure up
5. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
ointment
wound up
flunk
porch
6. Hood
kinky
half-sister-brother
infest
bonnet
7. Making claims without any backup
set in stone
brag
talk through his hat
outlaw
8. Let us go outside and fight
doubt his chances
lets take it outside
jukebox
pedastrian crossing
9. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
mum and pop
gig
sprain
get caught in traffic jam
10. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hypochondria
slush
play hooky
walker
11. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
porch
at standstill
keep your hair on
even-tempered
12. Be noticed by someone.
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13. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
at her wits end
hard up
contingency
14. Escape being caught; avoid
even-tempered
all ears
give a slip
do justice
15. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
pliers
gale
biodegradable
16. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
pick a fight
norrow escape
measure up
17. Engineless aircraft
play hooky
jump the gun
gangplank
glider
18. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
sell someone short
at her wits end
shower head
thaw
19. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
sell someone short
blunt
desensitize
slush
20. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
out of work
hold him off
impeccable
to be on sick leave
21. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
hole in the wall
flexitime
stranded
22. A small dark shop or restaurant
hold him off
snowdrift
gangplank
hole in the wall
23. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
braces
clothes horse
snow job
24. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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25. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
at her wits end
ointment
wash hand of
ticket collector
26. Fighting alone
wet blanket
kinky
you and what army
measure up
27. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
at a pinch
pedastrian crossing
keep your hair on
28. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
fighting words
turn someone off
keep something under someone's hat
29. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
contingency
slush
sleet
go into shock
30. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
infest
knock the socks off
even-tempered
31. Take off with ease or speed
wash hand of
ease up
nine to five
slip off
32. Make someone bored or repelled.
fighting words
revisit
rain set in for
turn someone off
33. Depart; set off to sea
run your tail between your legs
set sail
jump the gun
repel
34. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
nine to five
do justice
hear a pin drop
snow job
35. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
hold him off
patio
rainy day
36. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
sleeping car
infest
walker
shower head
37. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
sleet
keep your hair on
kinky
38. Movement blocked by traffic
run your tail between your legs
trunks
get caught in traffic jam
bonnet
39. 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?
gig
scruffy
keep something under someone's hat
measure up
40. Severe cold and fever
get caught in traffic jam
give a slip
pneumonia
pedastrian crossing
41. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
raise your spirit
funnel
pressed for time
even-tempered
42. Get the ball rolling
wound up
pedastrian crossing
get a move on
knock the socks off
43. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
slush
stranded
rain set in for
teething ring
44. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
restless
bathtub
not make head or tail of
trunks
45. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
whistleblower
hold him off
ticket collector
46. 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 .......
patio
anti-establishment
ease up
sleeping car
47. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
at sixes and sevens
braces
oar
48. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
ticket collector
keep something under someone's hat
marooned
at a loss
49. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
ticket collector
hold him off
thaw
oar
50. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
do justice
gangplank
you and what army
play hooky