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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
gangplank
ticket collector
biodegradable
thaw
2. Cheaply - inexpensively
gangplank
for a song
shoot off one's mouth
ticket collector
3. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
pedastrian crossing
sprain
at a loss
infest
4. Making claims without any backup
make a splash
repel
conscience
talk through his hat
5. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
nine to five
joking aside
sell someone short
set in stone
6. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
pay through the nose
to be on sick leave
hallowed
brag
7. 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
shoot off one's mouth
repel
hallowed
porch
8. Let us go outside and fight
at standstill
ticket collector
lets take it outside
patio
9. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
garment bag
even-tempered
at sixes and sevens
10. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
pedastrian crossing
give a slip
walker
11. 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
do justice
to be on sick leave
sprain
at loggerheads
12. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
rainy day
resort to
set in stone
bathtub
13. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
ease up
scruffy
at a loss
half-sister-brother
14. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
play hooky
mum and pop
shake a leg
to be on sick leave
15. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
contingency
repel
conscience
16. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
pressed for time
at loggerheads
bonnet
get a move on
17. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
shower head
tentative decision
whistleblower
half-sister-brother
18. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
tentative decision
at loggerheads
set in stone
walker
19. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
even-tempered
infest
gangplank
patio
20. 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
ointment
rain set in for
impeccable
tentative decision
21. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
snowdrift
kinky
outlaw
out of work
22. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
flexitime
joking aside
even-tempered
hard up
23. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
funnel
ticket collector
braces
nine to five
24. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
out of work
wound up
pressed for time
pneumonia
25. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
outlaw
sprain
turn someone off
talk through his hat
26. Fighting alone
shoot the breeze
have a memory like a sieve
you and what army
perilous
27. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
for a song
half-sister-brother
ointment
28. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
braces
marooned
all ears
ointment
29. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
wet blanket
bonnet
contingency
shower cap
30. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
braces
pay through the nose
play hooky
31. Hood
hole in the wall
at standstill
bonnet
rainy day
32. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
hard up
hit the ceeling/roof
oar
restless
33. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
thaw
kinky
sprain
set sail
34. Pay a high price - pay too much
hallowed
sell someone short
pay through the nose
lets take it outside
35. Take off with ease or speed
slip off
make a splash
resort to
at standstill
36. 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
revisit
resort to
dress to kill
37. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
kinky
raise your spirit
anti-establishment
doubt his chances
38. Escape being caught; avoid
pay through the nose
give a slip
hold him off
gangplank
39. 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 .......
sleeping car
all thumbs
ease up
mum and pop
40. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
teething ring
snow job
nine to five
sleeping car
41. Be noticed by someone.
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42. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
make a splash
norrow escape
clothes horse
43. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
at a pinch
at a loss
out of work
hole in the wall
44. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
shake a leg
hold him off
pedastrian crossing
braces
45. Jobless
out of work
measure up
keep something under someone's hat
at standstill
46. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
slip off
stranded
at a loss
greasy spoon
47. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
doubt his chances
measure up
patio
48. Adj. dangerous - risky
braces
out of work
perilous
bonnet
49. A small dark shop or restaurant
flunk
fighting words
hole in the wall
garment bag
50. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
gig
shoot off one's mouth
rain set in for