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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
joking aside
rainy day
greasy spoon
impeccable
2. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
gangplank
anti-establishment
all ears
3. Escape being caught; avoid
scruffy
give a slip
get caught in traffic jam
marooned
4. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
gale
you and what army
trunks
5. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
snow job
oar
at sixes and sevens
set in stone
6. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
wash hand of
whistleblower
sell someone short
sleeping car
7. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
joking aside
ticket collector
make a splash
you and what army
8. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
funnel
get a move on
wash hand of
9. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
shower head
knock the socks off
oar
impeccable
10. 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
flexitime
raise your spirit
tentative decision
wet blanket
11. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
infest
conscience
shoot the breeze
12. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
slip off
resort to
bathtub
13. Adj. dangerous - risky
perilous
pedastrian crossing
kinky
to be on sick leave
14. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
hard up
at sixes and sevens
whistleblower
pedastrian crossing
15. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
wound up
blunt
nine to five
sprain
16. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
out of work
hallowed
gale
brag
17. Large boses for household things
snowdrift
hard up
lump
trunks
18. Make someone bored or repelled.
snow job
perilous
dress to kill
turn someone off
19. Be noticed by someone.
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20. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
wash hand of
ointment
flexitime
bathtub
21. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
ointment
slush
pressed for time
revisit
22. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
play hooky
sprain
garment bag
contingency
23. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
pneumonia
norrow escape
chariot
at sixes and sevens
24. Hood
bonnet
blunt
flunk
all ears
25. Not understand at all.
flunk
mum and pop
not make head or tail of
restless
26. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
revisit
pneumonia
contingency
27. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
at a loss
fighting words
repel
28. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
hit the ceeling/roof
even-tempered
hypochondria
brag
29. Unfounded fear of being unwell
biodegradable
hypochondria
wound up
hold him off
30. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
at standstill
measure up
gig
flunk
31. Depart; set off to sea
bonnet
lump
set sail
trunks
32. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
sprain
hallowed
joking aside
mum and pop
33. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
joking aside
marooned
impeccable
34. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
hit the ceeling/roof
flunk
pressed for time
35. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
resort to
sleet
set sail
mum and pop
36. Don't think too much about it
talk through his hat
keep your hair on
porch
rain set in for
37. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
sleet
half-sister-brother
glider
run your tail between your legs
38. Seriously - really - without joking -
restless
hallowed
wound up
joking aside
39. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
norrow escape
get a move on
pedastrian crossing
rain set in for
40. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
hear a pin drop
porch
do justice
give a slip
41. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
pliers
get a move on
sell someone short
42. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
shoot off one's mouth
snow job
kinky
bonnet
43. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
nine to five
fighting words
ointment
ease up
44. To treat or represent someone or something good - beautiful etc in a way that is as good as they deserve: The photo doesn't .... her ........ - No words can ...........to the experience. do something such as a test well enough to show your real abili
desensitize
restless
do justice
rain set in for
45. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
measure up
you and what army
get a move on
46. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
brag
for a song
gangplank
gig
47. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
contingency
have a memory like a sieve
snowdrift
teething ring
48. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
walker
gangplank
shoot off one's mouth
at loggerheads
49. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
at a loss
sleet
to be on sick leave
infest
50. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
outlaw
walker
desensitize
half-sister-brother
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