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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Be noticed by someone.
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2. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
slush
all thumbs
snow job
rainy day
3. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
brag
flexitime
all ears
mum and pop
4. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
restless
make a splash
even-tempered
norrow escape
5. Adj. dangerous - risky
knock the socks off
at sixes and sevens
hit the ceeling/roof
perilous
6. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
clothes horse
gig
wound up
impeccable
7. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
snowdrift
turn someone off
conscience
stranded
8. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
whistleblower
oar
do justice
9. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
snow job
pedastrian crossing
patio
hit the ceeling/roof
10. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
conscience
braces
thaw
11. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
doubt his chances
hard up
talk through his hat
biodegradable
12. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
rain set in for
at a loss
patio
shoot off one's mouth
13. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
catch someone's eye
contingency
stranded
keep something under someone's hat
14. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
thaw
patio
marooned
15. Tools to pull apart or twist
play hooky
anti-establishment
resort to
pliers
16. Shocked
walker
gangplank
go into shock
rainy day
17. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
marooned
at a pinch
do justice
doubt his chances
18. Large boses for household things
to be on sick leave
jukebox
shoot off one's mouth
trunks
19. Making claims without any backup
ointment
do justice
slush
talk through his hat
20. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
shoot off one's mouth
bonnet
lump
21. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
trunks
marooned
wash hand of
22. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
shoot off one's mouth
all thumbs
gig
23. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
slush
even-tempered
mum and pop
24. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
rain set in for
pick a fight
get caught in traffic jam
25. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
infest
out of work
half-sister-brother
desensitize
26. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
wet blanket
pulled muscle
shake a leg
shoot off one's mouth
27. Make someone bored or repelled.
snow job
oar
turn someone off
resort to
28. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
sleet
pulled muscle
flexitime
29. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
shower cap
get a move on
resort to
at standstill
30. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
walker
sell someone short
shower head
wet blanket
31. 1. not definite or certain - and may be changed later SYN provisional OPP definite: I passed on my t...... conclusions to the police. The government is taking t......... steps towards tackling the country's economic problems. 2. done without confiden
scruffy
tentative decision
braces
nine to five
32. 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?
desensitize
knock the socks off
revisit
measure up
33. A small dark shop or restaurant
teething ring
stranded
kinky
hole in the wall
34. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
half-sister-brother
pneumonia
teething ring
gangplank
35. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
jukebox
impeccable
set in stone
36. 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
even-tempered
pressed for time
repel
desensitize
37. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
bonnet
restless
ease up
snow job
38. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
shower cap
scruffy
jump the gun
39. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
sprain
shake a leg
chariot
stranded
40. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
talk through his hat
get caught in traffic jam
hear a pin drop
impeccable
41. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
norrow escape
brag
shake a leg
pay through the nose
42. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
bathtub
oar
sleet
fighting words
43. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
hit the ceeling/roof
oar
funnel
contingency
44. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
at a pinch
keep your hair on
mum and pop
hard up
45. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
ticket collector
at loggerheads
doubt his chances
ease up
46. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
shoot off one's mouth
keep your hair on
ointment
pay through the nose
47. Make way through a narrow path
lump
funnel
porch
jukebox
48. Seriously - really - without joking -
make a splash
get a move on
even-tempered
joking aside
49. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
trunks
tentative decision
hear a pin drop
50. Jobless
out of work
funnel
keep your hair on
play hooky