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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 small dark shop or restaurant
gangplank
talk through his hat
hole in the wall
hit the ceeling/roof
2. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
norrow escape
at a pinch
hard up
3. To make someone react less strongly to something by making them become used to it - ......... somebody to something - Does TV ........ people to violence? — d.........zation
whistleblower
desensitize
snow job
shoot the breeze
4. 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
sleeping car
sleet
flexitime
norrow escape
5. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
have a memory like a sieve
pressed for time
at standstill
repel
6. Don't think too much about it
sleeping car
you and what army
keep your hair on
sell someone short
7. Large boses for household things
slip off
half-sister-brother
trunks
gale
8. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
pneumonia
restless
thaw
at a loss
9. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
slush
play hooky
pedastrian crossing
braces
10. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
slip off
thaw
wound up
joking aside
11. 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?
half-sister-brother
anti-establishment
hit the ceeling/roof
measure up
12. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
shoot the breeze
oar
gig
sleeping car
13. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
play hooky
norrow escape
anti-establishment
you and what army
14. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
slip off
have a memory like a sieve
run your tail between your legs
tentative decision
15. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
to be on sick leave
joking aside
pick a fight
walker
16. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ease up
ticket collector
to be on sick leave
run your tail between your legs
17. Making claims without any backup
thaw
talk through his hat
ointment
set in stone
18. Let us go outside and fight
oar
have a memory like a sieve
lets take it outside
get a move on
19. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
pay through the nose
outlaw
rain set in for
measure up
20. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
brag
knock the socks off
wash hand of
walker
21. Tools to pull apart or twist
shoot off one's mouth
knock the socks off
pliers
sleeping car
22. Escape being caught; avoid
you and what army
bonnet
slush
give a slip
23. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
hole in the wall
restless
keep your hair on
impeccable
24. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
jukebox
desensitize
revisit
whistleblower
25. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
resort to
tentative decision
even-tempered
run your tail between your legs
26. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
sell someone short
gale
clothes horse
27. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
play hooky
repel
scruffy
28. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
marooned
sleet
pay through the nose
29. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
shoot off one's mouth
wet blanket
turn someone off
revisit
30. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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31. Getting too angry
set in stone
set sail
hit the ceeling/roof
you and what army
32. Hood
bonnet
get caught in traffic jam
walker
oar
33. Act before the appropriate time.
hard up
hold him off
ointment
jump the gun
34. Severe cold and fever
chariot
garment bag
pneumonia
hold him off
35. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
resort to
anti-establishment
sprain
hold him off
36. Dance; hurry
at sixes and sevens
scruffy
pick a fight
shake a leg
37. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
knock the socks off
all ears
all thumbs
restless
38. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
anti-establishment
at sixes and sevens
walker
biodegradable
39. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
nine to five
gig
lump
40. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
half-sister-brother
nine to five
at a loss
run your tail between your legs
41. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
knock the socks off
whistleblower
shower cap
half-sister-brother
42. Get the ball rolling
ointment
get a move on
hold him off
all ears
43. Unfounded fear of being unwell
porch
for a song
hypochondria
set in stone
44. 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.
marooned
infest
hit the ceeling/roof
chariot
45. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
keep your hair on
at her wits end
biodegradable
garment bag
46. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
wet blanket
greasy spoon
at a pinch
jukebox
47. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
you and what army
dress to kill
outlaw
to be on sick leave
48. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
shake a leg
restless
shoot the breeze
49. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
shoot the breeze
knock the socks off
pressed for time
50. Silence
wash hand of
whistleblower
hear a pin drop
for a song