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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. Be noticed by someone.
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2. 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
dress to kill
repel
run your tail between your legs
ticket collector
3. Tools to pull apart or twist
at her wits end
sleet
pliers
nine to five
4. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
gale
sell someone short
to be on sick leave
5. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
measure up
pneumonia
walker
bonnet
6. Fighting alone
you and what army
hold him off
measure up
tentative decision
7. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
restless
repel
sprain
run your tail between your legs
8. 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?
measure up
garment bag
sell someone short
anti-establishment
9. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
mum and pop
all ears
wet blanket
hallowed
10. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
teething ring
shower head
bonnet
funnel
11. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
blunt
brag
wound up
snowdrift
12. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
snow job
oar
run your tail between your legs
pay through the nose
13. Dance; hurry
shake a leg
give a slip
slip off
outlaw
14. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
set sail
for a song
hallowed
15. Pay a high price - pay too much
braces
pay through the nose
talk through his hat
all ears
16. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
wound up
get caught in traffic jam
all ears
gig
17. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
walker
set in stone
sleet
revisit
18. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
set in stone
dress to kill
brag
stranded
19. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
contingency
shoot off one's mouth
chariot
thaw
20. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
shower cap
bonnet
keep your hair on
21. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
all thumbs
doubt his chances
ease up
you and what army
22. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at loggerheads
at her wits end
at sixes and sevens
gig
23. Severe cold and fever
greasy spoon
wash hand of
pneumonia
measure up
24. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
set in stone
do justice
dress to kill
pay through the nose
25. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
shoot the breeze
pressed for time
bathtub
26. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
shoot off one's mouth
at standstill
get caught in traffic jam
27. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
all thumbs
gig
garment bag
28. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
brag
clothes horse
impeccable
29. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
at loggerheads
measure up
sleeping car
rain set in for
30. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
hit the ceeling/roof
norrow escape
anti-establishment
shoot the breeze
31. Seriously - really - without joking -
glider
turn someone off
ointment
joking aside
32. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
outlaw
get caught in traffic jam
teething ring
33. Cheaply - inexpensively
set sail
run your tail between your legs
for a song
greasy spoon
34. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
ointment
gale
at a pinch
rain set in for
35. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
keep something under someone's hat
scruffy
gale
flunk
36. Silence
do justice
clothes horse
hear a pin drop
sell someone short
37. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
mum and pop
resort to
whistleblower
turn someone off
38. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
sleeping car
anti-establishment
jump the gun
39. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
sprain
sell someone short
scruffy
nine to five
40. A small dark shop or restaurant
sell someone short
restless
hole in the wall
pay through the nose
41. 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.
gangplank
shake a leg
lets take it outside
infest
42. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
measure up
wash hand of
porch
joking aside
43. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a pinch
contingency
at a loss
glider
44. Large boses for household things
hole in the wall
trunks
pressed for time
have a memory like a sieve
45. Be cheerful and get on with life
funnel
raise your spirit
measure up
knock the socks off
46. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
restless
set in stone
walker
have a memory like a sieve
47. Act before the appropriate time.
do justice
jump the gun
even-tempered
out of work
48. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
pick a fight
slush
resort to
jukebox
49. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
gangplank
measure up
scruffy
whistleblower
50. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
get caught in traffic jam
pressed for time
catch someone's eye
go into shock