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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. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
garment bag
pulled muscle
jukebox
sell someone short
2. Make way through a narrow path
shake a leg
set in stone
funnel
gangplank
3. Depart; set off to sea
hypochondria
shake a leg
set sail
walker
4. Severe cold and fever
for a song
pneumonia
sleeping car
scruffy
5. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
snowdrift
doubt his chances
wet blanket
clothes horse
6. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
thaw
greasy spoon
teething ring
whistleblower
7. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
to be on sick leave
flunk
sell someone short
walker
8. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
shower cap
nine to five
resort to
9. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
wet blanket
greasy spoon
shower head
give a slip
10. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
outlaw
dress to kill
scruffy
11. Tools to pull apart or twist
restless
pliers
turn someone off
porch
12. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
doubt his chances
pressed for time
ticket collector
13. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
pressed for time
do justice
keep your hair on
revisit
14. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
knock the socks off
at standstill
trunks
shake a leg
15. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
whistleblower
revisit
pay through the nose
16. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
at standstill
shower cap
sleet
bathtub
17. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
gangplank
braces
set in stone
make a splash
18. Making claims without any backup
conscience
hard up
talk through his hat
at a pinch
19. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
ease up
wound up
shower head
20. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
at her wits end
pneumonia
revisit
21. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
hard up
joking aside
porch
lump
22. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
resort to
to be on sick leave
shower head
pneumonia
23. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
all thumbs
patio
chariot
24. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
at sixes and sevens
run your tail between your legs
pedastrian crossing
repel
25. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
pneumonia
ticket collector
you and what army
sprain
26. Large boses for household things
trunks
conscience
nine to five
greasy spoon
27. Adj. dangerous - risky
set sail
knock the socks off
get caught in traffic jam
perilous
28. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
contingency
funnel
oar
29. Take off with ease or speed
snow job
keep something under someone's hat
slip off
restless
30. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
catch someone's eye
hallowed
shake a leg
biodegradable
31. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
stranded
to be on sick leave
lump
ticket collector
32. 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
hit the ceeling/roof
tentative decision
resort to
at a pinch
33. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
sprain
brag
gale
half-sister-brother
34. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
keep your hair on
lump
run your tail between your legs
kinky
35. Unfounded fear of being unwell
stranded
at standstill
snow job
hypochondria
36. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
revisit
get a move on
set in stone
infest
37. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
all thumbs
gangplank
contingency
funnel
38. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
shoot off one's mouth
thaw
jump the gun
garment bag
39. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
joking aside
bonnet
hold him off
40. 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 .......
out of work
wash hand of
ease up
bonnet
41. Silence
get a move on
measure up
hear a pin drop
norrow escape
42. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
flexitime
sleeping car
raise your spirit
43. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
dress to kill
even-tempered
mum and pop
44. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
all ears
snowdrift
go into shock
hard up
45. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
gig
give a slip
clothes horse
measure up
46. A small dark shop or restaurant
hole in the wall
snowdrift
raise your spirit
get a move on
47. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
make a splash
funnel
restless
rain set in for
48. 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
glider
flexitime
fighting words
rainy day
49. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
rain set in for
have a memory like a sieve
jump the gun
ointment
50. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
snow job
at a loss
resort to
measure up