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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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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. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
pedastrian crossing
at her wits end
make a splash
2. Shocked
at sixes and sevens
lets take it outside
braces
go into shock
3. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
keep your hair on
make a splash
doubt his chances
impeccable
4. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
get caught in traffic jam
garment bag
even-tempered
flunk
5. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
sleet
turn someone off
gig
conscience
6. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
sell someone short
at sixes and sevens
thaw
ointment
7. Fighting alone
at a pinch
even-tempered
all thumbs
you and what army
8. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
brag
all thumbs
at standstill
anti-establishment
9. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
slush
rainy day
shower cap
biodegradable
10. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
hallowed
sleeping car
scruffy
sprain
11. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
do justice
pick a fight
shower cap
whistleblower
12. Be absent from school without permission
lets take it outside
stranded
get a move on
play hooky
13. Be noticed by someone.
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14. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
at her wits end
shower cap
glider
15. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
measure up
mum and pop
snow job
revisit
16. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
biodegradable
kinky
wet blanket
17. Take off with ease or speed
resort to
at sixes and sevens
slip off
jukebox
18. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
even-tempered
hard up
flunk
norrow escape
19. Getting too angry
slip off
set in stone
hit the ceeling/roof
half-sister-brother
20. Make someone bored or repelled.
hold him off
shake a leg
set in stone
turn someone off
21. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
snowdrift
wash hand of
get caught in traffic jam
anti-establishment
22. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
doubt his chances
hallowed
anti-establishment
23. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
teething ring
keep your hair on
whistleblower
conscience
24. Silence
not make head or tail of
mum and pop
ticket collector
hear a pin drop
25. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
knock the socks off
rain set in for
walker
doubt his chances
26. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
sell someone short
snow job
hear a pin drop
27. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
desensitize
pedastrian crossing
impeccable
greasy spoon
28. Escape being caught; avoid
get a move on
raise your spirit
to be on sick leave
give a slip
29. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
half-sister-brother
pay through the nose
set in stone
contingency
30. Make way through a narrow path
set in stone
chariot
funnel
hard up
31. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
jump the gun
perilous
infest
32. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
go into shock
teething ring
biodegradable
gangplank
33. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
at a pinch
pedastrian crossing
dress to kill
34. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
sleeping car
pulled muscle
wash hand of
scruffy
35. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
you and what army
to be on sick leave
greasy spoon
all ears
36. A small dark shop or restaurant
hole in the wall
oar
doubt his chances
talk through his hat
37. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
rain set in for
hit the ceeling/roof
pliers
38. Dance; hurry
whistleblower
pneumonia
shake a leg
doubt his chances
39. Cheaply - inexpensively
sprain
for a song
knock the socks off
patio
40. Don't think too much about it
chariot
keep your hair on
doubt his chances
bathtub
41. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
mum and pop
make a splash
rain set in for
sell someone short
42. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
gangplank
for a song
give a slip
43. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
not make head or tail of
ticket collector
out of work
hit the ceeling/roof
44. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
bonnet
anti-establishment
kinky
scruffy
45. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
measure up
hold him off
snowdrift
repel
46. Engineless aircraft
lump
teething ring
glider
greasy spoon
47. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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48. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
catch someone's eye
doubt his chances
set sail
half-sister-brother
49. Large boses for household things
at sixes and sevens
set sail
trunks
mum and pop
50. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
braces
to be on sick leave
gangplank
at standstill