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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
brag
gig
you and what army
fighting words
2. Be absent from school without permission
outlaw
play hooky
flexitime
catch someone's eye
3. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
scruffy
knock the socks off
hold him off
keep your hair on
4. 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
fighting words
play hooky
pedastrian crossing
5. Be noticed by someone.
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6. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
shoot the breeze
have a memory like a sieve
trunks
7. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
gangplank
sleeping car
blunt
set in stone
8. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
fighting words
catch someone's eye
walker
rainy day
9. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
snow job
perilous
scruffy
revisit
10. Engineless aircraft
go into shock
doubt his chances
whistleblower
glider
11. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
infest
pressed for time
norrow escape
give a slip
12. 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?
have a memory like a sieve
measure up
bonnet
pay through the nose
13. 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
gangplank
out of work
repel
walker
14. To quarrel
hard up
whistleblower
slush
pick a fight
15. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
catch someone's eye
at a pinch
hit the ceeling/roof
gig
16. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
porch
set in stone
hallowed
17. Jobless
out of work
gig
wound up
at loggerheads
18. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
sell someone short
give a slip
even-tempered
at loggerheads
19. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
at loggerheads
perilous
thaw
ease up
20. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
hypochondria
sprain
at loggerheads
21. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
go into shock
at loggerheads
infest
22. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shower head
doubt his chances
brag
biodegradable
23. 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
sprain
flexitime
gangplank
talk through his hat
24. Shocked
at standstill
half-sister-brother
go into shock
all thumbs
25. Unfounded fear of being unwell
walker
hypochondria
even-tempered
shoot off one's mouth
26. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
whistleblower
at a loss
at loggerheads
ticket collector
27. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
half-sister-brother
joking aside
at loggerheads
28. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
marooned
sprain
rainy day
walker
29. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
knock the socks off
wash hand of
ointment
clothes horse
30. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
ease up
resort to
norrow escape
keep your hair on
31. Make someone bored or repelled.
impeccable
turn someone off
hold him off
desensitize
32. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
doubt his chances
do justice
all ears
pulled muscle
33. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
gangplank
snowdrift
clothes horse
pick a fight
34. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
jukebox
pulled muscle
norrow escape
35. Severe cold and fever
braces
pneumonia
pulled muscle
run your tail between your legs
36. Adj. dangerous - risky
repel
tentative decision
you and what army
perilous
37. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
sleet
sleeping car
snow job
patio
38. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
fighting words
bathtub
braces
stranded
39. Not understand at all.
all thumbs
not make head or tail of
rainy day
shower head
40. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
stranded
shoot the breeze
gangplank
41. Movement blocked by traffic
turn someone off
wash hand of
get caught in traffic jam
perilous
42. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
rain set in for
raise your spirit
half-sister-brother
43. Depart; set off to sea
rain set in for
set sail
doubt his chances
sprain
44. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
marooned
fighting words
all thumbs
45. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
hole in the wall
slush
wash hand of
patio
46. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
flexitime
scruffy
impeccable
hit the ceeling/roof
47. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
patio
for a song
gangplank
kinky
48. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
set in stone
tentative decision
at standstill
whistleblower
49. A small dark shop or restaurant
scruffy
keep your hair on
hole in the wall
perilous
50. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
at a loss
blunt
trunks
sprain