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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Fighting alone






2. Large boses for household things






3. Act before the appropriate time.






4. 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?






5. Become or cause to become soft or liquid






6. Shocked






7. Engineless aircraft






8. Silence






9. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension






10. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.






11. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......






12. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted






13. Make someone bored or repelled.






14. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets






15. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)






16. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -






17. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside






18. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak






19. Be cheerful and get on with life






20. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student






21. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]






22. An implement used to propel or steer a boat






23. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.






24. Container used to hold water for washing oneself






25. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind






26. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive






27. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping






28. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess






29. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression






30. Making claims without any backup






31. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably






32. Not understand at all.






33. Jobless






34. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare






35. 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 .......






36. Partially melted snow






37. A cabinet containing an automatic record player






38. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them






39. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)






40. Road crossing for those traveling by foot






41. Cheaply - inexpensively






42. Be absent from school without permission






43. Seriously - really - without joking -






44. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof






45. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.






46. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance






47. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters

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48. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.






49. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.






50. Gale n. tempest - strong wind