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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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english
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vocabulary
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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
turn someone off
pressed for time
repel
pneumonia
2. Let us go outside and fight
teething ring
get caught in traffic jam
stranded
lets take it outside
3. Make someone bored or repelled.
all thumbs
even-tempered
sleeping car
turn someone off
4. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
teething ring
revisit
catch someone's eye
sleeping car
5. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
restless
flexitime
shower head
doubt his chances
6. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
hole in the wall
keep your hair on
you and what army
7. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
hear a pin drop
lets take it outside
pulled muscle
8. A small dark shop or restaurant
bonnet
get caught in traffic jam
hole in the wall
at a loss
9. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
garment bag
marooned
lets take it outside
run your tail between your legs
10. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
oar
pay through the nose
shoot off one's mouth
ointment
11. Act before the appropriate time.
anti-establishment
mum and pop
patio
jump the gun
12. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
at loggerheads
porch
raise your spirit
wet blanket
13. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
jump the gun
pick a fight
repel
14. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
run your tail between your legs
not make head or tail of
snowdrift
patio
15. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
brag
tentative decision
hole in the wall
braces
16. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
patio
hit the ceeling/roof
nine to five
hole in the wall
17. Making claims without any backup
hard up
pneumonia
talk through his hat
wash hand of
18. 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 .......
resort to
clothes horse
ease up
sell someone short
19. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
chariot
shower head
flunk
impeccable
20. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
for a song
outlaw
garment bag
kinky
21. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
gangplank
wash hand of
thaw
impeccable
22. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
contingency
pick a fight
raise your spirit
for a song
23. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
walker
measure up
shoot the breeze
brag
24. Dance; hurry
hallowed
go into shock
sleeping car
shake a leg
25. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
run your tail between your legs
gangplank
porch
26. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
shoot off one's mouth
give a slip
knock the socks off
talk through his hat
27. Take off with ease or speed
hard up
impeccable
flexitime
slip off
28. Get the ball rolling
infest
get a move on
bathtub
shoot off one's mouth
29. Be absent from school without permission
get a move on
sleeping car
all thumbs
play hooky
30. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
ticket collector
jukebox
porch
to be on sick leave
31. Severe cold and fever
joking aside
all thumbs
shoot the breeze
pneumonia
32. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
flexitime
pulled muscle
sprain
flunk
33. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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34. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
resort to
at standstill
ease up
mum and pop
35. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
mum and pop
lets take it outside
set sail
36. 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
bonnet
flexitime
desensitize
turn someone off
37. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sell someone short
shoot the breeze
pulled muscle
funnel
38. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
porch
sell someone short
dress to kill
at her wits end
39. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
contingency
resort to
teething ring
gangplank
40. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
give a slip
catch someone's eye
nine to five
flunk
41. Jobless
infest
out of work
braces
kinky
42. To treat or represent someone or something good - beautiful etc in a way that is as good as they deserve: The photo doesn't .... her ........ - No words can ...........to the experience. do something such as a test well enough to show your real abili
catch someone's eye
bonnet
do justice
gangplank
43. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
set in stone
bathtub
sleeping car
braces
44. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
raise your spirit
whistleblower
lump
perilous
45. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
scruffy
garment bag
do justice
46. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
contingency
blunt
sleet
conscience
47. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
have a memory like a sieve
gale
lets take it outside
sprain
48. Engineless aircraft
lump
knock the socks off
play hooky
glider
49. Hood
rainy day
shoot off one's mouth
trunks
bonnet
50. 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?
measure up
to be on sick leave
gale
contingency