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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
blunt
biodegradable
set sail
2. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
you and what army
doubt his chances
pedastrian crossing
greasy spoon
3. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
pneumonia
contingency
even-tempered
4. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
to be on sick leave
porch
clothes horse
brag
5. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
gangplank
do justice
make a splash
mum and pop
6. Not understand at all.
for a song
set in stone
impeccable
not make head or tail of
7. Partially melted snow
slush
lump
walker
bathtub
8. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
sprain
pedastrian crossing
gig
9. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
oar
shower head
gangplank
at a pinch
10. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
garment bag
norrow escape
knock the socks off
anti-establishment
11. Seriously - really - without joking -
kinky
joking aside
mum and pop
bathtub
12. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
outlaw
hypochondria
bonnet
13. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
shoot off one's mouth
restless
clothes horse
14. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
at sixes and sevens
slip off
slush
gangplank
15. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
tentative decision
resort to
gangplank
hard up
16. To quarrel
gale
pick a fight
lets take it outside
thaw
17. Be absent from school without permission
contingency
play hooky
wash hand of
impeccable
18. Engineless aircraft
set in stone
contingency
glider
resort to
19. Make way through a narrow path
rainy day
measure up
blunt
funnel
20. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
run your tail between your legs
infest
wet blanket
lets take it outside
21. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
have a memory like a sieve
chariot
slush
knock the socks off
22. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
pay through the nose
desensitize
restless
23. Cheaply - inexpensively
at her wits end
for a song
slip off
hold him off
24. 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.
keep your hair on
infest
at sixes and sevens
pick a fight
25. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
hold him off
flexitime
dress to kill
pneumonia
26. Escape being caught; avoid
jukebox
shower head
pedastrian crossing
give a slip
27. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
resort to
at a loss
porch
28. 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
tentative decision
resort to
out of work
oar
29. 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
jukebox
do justice
repel
oar
30. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
knock the socks off
catch someone's eye
at her wits end
gale
31. Getting too angry
clothes horse
gale
hit the ceeling/roof
resort to
32. Be noticed by someone.
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33. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
keep your hair on
garment bag
biodegradable
raise your spirit
34. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
pay through the nose
outlaw
at her wits end
hard up
35. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
brag
you and what army
hallowed
conscience
36. Jobless
sell someone short
out of work
ointment
shoot off one's mouth
37. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
doubt his chances
thaw
pulled muscle
rainy day
38. Dance; hurry
resort to
do justice
shake a leg
slip off
39. Adj. dangerous - risky
tentative decision
out of work
jukebox
perilous
40. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
norrow escape
at sixes and sevens
patio
pressed for time
41. Unfounded fear of being unwell
desensitize
at loggerheads
hypochondria
snowdrift
42. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
you and what army
all thumbs
half-sister-brother
shower cap
43. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
set sail
set in stone
thaw
44. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
slush
revisit
even-tempered
play hooky
45. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
make a splash
thaw
wash hand of
lump
46. Make someone bored or repelled.
pneumonia
pick a fight
turn someone off
bonnet
47. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
perilous
oar
anti-establishment
sell someone short
48. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
hypochondria
blunt
have a memory like a sieve
sell someone short
49. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
pedastrian crossing
conscience
whistleblower
tentative decision
50. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
pay through the nose
impeccable
sleet
make a splash