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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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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. Escape being caught; avoid
give a slip
biodegradable
gangplank
gale
2. Fighting alone
hole in the wall
you and what army
set sail
dress to kill
3. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
hypochondria
flunk
go into shock
chariot
4. Let us go outside and fight
run your tail between your legs
lets take it outside
pulled muscle
snow job
5. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
bathtub
greasy spoon
trunks
6. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
thaw
at a loss
bonnet
dress to kill
7. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
get a move on
catch someone's eye
contingency
8. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
bonnet
shoot off one's mouth
slush
9. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
glider
sleeping car
get a move on
ticket collector
10. Cheaply - inexpensively
resort to
shoot off one's mouth
biodegradable
for a song
11. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
hard up
impeccable
pulled muscle
resort to
12. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
blunt
oar
revisit
measure up
13. 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.
ease up
not make head or tail of
hit the ceeling/roof
infest
14. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
greasy spoon
hard up
perilous
even-tempered
15. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
shoot the breeze
pressed for time
turn someone off
gangplank
16. Make someone bored or repelled.
set sail
braces
impeccable
turn someone off
17. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hole in the wall
shower cap
hypochondria
set sail
18. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
outlaw
do justice
nine to five
snow job
19. 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
run your tail between your legs
whistleblower
infest
flexitime
20. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
repel
walker
sell someone short
run your tail between your legs
21. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
even-tempered
not make head or tail of
shake a leg
bathtub
22. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
keep your hair on
sell someone short
greasy spoon
at a pinch
23. Jobless
pulled muscle
hard up
out of work
gale
24. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
hallowed
hold him off
pedastrian crossing
pulled muscle
25. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
stranded
perilous
wash hand of
outlaw
26. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
to be on sick leave
ease up
all thumbs
gangplank
27. Silence
hear a pin drop
patio
hole in the wall
brag
28. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
get caught in traffic jam
mum and pop
half-sister-brother
shower cap
29. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
garment bag
doubt his chances
braces
outlaw
30. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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31. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
repel
snowdrift
at sixes and sevens
greasy spoon
32. 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
scruffy
porch
to be on sick leave
33. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
out of work
flunk
shower cap
get caught in traffic jam
34. Dance; hurry
impeccable
shake a leg
gangplank
do justice
35. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
sleeping car
lump
raise your spirit
ointment
36. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
flexitime
knock the socks off
marooned
at her wits end
37. Tools to pull apart or twist
sprain
ointment
conscience
pliers
38. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
garment bag
blunt
marooned
greasy spoon
39. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
scruffy
shower head
revisit
fighting words
40. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
mum and pop
shower cap
at standstill
sell someone short
41. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
wet blanket
at her wits end
half-sister-brother
42. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
set sail
shoot off one's mouth
anti-establishment
43. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
keep your hair on
play hooky
at sixes and sevens
rain set in for
44. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
teething ring
talk through his hat
restless
whistleblower
45. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
joking aside
raise your spirit
hypochondria
sleet
46. Don't think too much about it
garment bag
keep your hair on
slush
thaw
47. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
hallowed
sleeping car
all ears
biodegradable
48. Hood
pulled muscle
rainy day
bonnet
whistleblower
49. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
to be on sick leave
wash hand of
lets take it outside
joking aside
50. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
hold him off
gangplank
conscience
set sail