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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. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
pick a fight
you and what army
at loggerheads
2. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
set sail
biodegradable
wound up
pay through the nose
3. Tools to pull apart or twist
pliers
go into shock
hold him off
get a move on
4. Take off with ease or speed
jukebox
oar
slip off
trunks
5. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
pulled muscle
turn someone off
get a move on
rain set in for
6. Severe cold and fever
rain set in for
pneumonia
hold him off
gangplank
7. Partially melted snow
slush
impeccable
slip off
hear a pin drop
8. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
sleet
knock the socks off
hallowed
pedastrian crossing
9. Don't think too much about it
keep your hair on
give a slip
snowdrift
sprain
10. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
whistleblower
ease up
at a loss
11. Hood
sprain
at standstill
glider
bonnet
12. 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 .......
at sixes and sevens
pedastrian crossing
ease up
joking aside
13. 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
turn someone off
to be on sick leave
tentative decision
at sixes and sevens
14. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
hypochondria
do justice
half-sister-brother
knock the socks off
15. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
not make head or tail of
lump
restless
you and what army
16. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
have a memory like a sieve
joking aside
mum and pop
garment bag
17. Be absent from school without permission
get caught in traffic jam
contingency
play hooky
raise your spirit
18. Sense of right and wrong
sleet
conscience
blunt
jump the gun
19. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
lump
norrow escape
pulled muscle
thaw
20. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
hallowed
sell someone short
hypochondria
at sixes and sevens
21. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
shake a leg
kinky
resort to
trunks
22. Getting too angry
dress to kill
flunk
hit the ceeling/roof
set in stone
23. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
fighting words
wash hand of
thaw
snowdrift
24. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
tentative decision
turn someone off
teething ring
hold him off
25. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
at a pinch
bathtub
slush
hear a pin drop
26. Making claims without any backup
sprain
jump the gun
talk through his hat
have a memory like a sieve
27. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
give a slip
flunk
jukebox
tentative decision
28. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
pay through the nose
all thumbs
at sixes and sevens
even-tempered
29. Make someone bored or repelled.
rain set in for
hold him off
turn someone off
set sail
30. Engineless aircraft
norrow escape
glider
ticket collector
scruffy
31. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
walker
patio
slush
infest
32. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
not make head or tail of
at standstill
doubt his chances
wet blanket
33. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
shoot the breeze
sleet
go into shock
34. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
measure up
pulled muscle
at a pinch
35. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
have a memory like a sieve
flunk
even-tempered
sleet
36. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
at a loss
norrow escape
thaw
even-tempered
37. Movement blocked by traffic
flunk
lets take it outside
do justice
get caught in traffic jam
38. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
stranded
get caught in traffic jam
norrow escape
39. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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40. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
infest
hear a pin drop
get caught in traffic jam
41. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
contingency
at loggerheads
jukebox
42. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
repel
lets take it outside
dress to kill
anti-establishment
43. Seriously - really - without joking -
pay through the nose
joking aside
garment bag
shower cap
44. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
sleeping car
clothes horse
braces
funnel
45. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
ointment
teething ring
shower cap
get caught in traffic jam
46. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
turn someone off
ointment
half-sister-brother
desensitize
47. Make way through a narrow path
nine to five
funnel
norrow escape
pedastrian crossing
48. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
shower head
conscience
outlaw
49. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
lump
at standstill
talk through his hat
nine to five
50. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
doubt his chances
out of work
thaw
brag