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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Sense of right and wrong
pulled muscle
ease up
at her wits end
conscience
2. Get the ball rolling
go into shock
get a move on
measure up
wash hand of
3. Be noticed by someone.
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4. Engineless aircraft
gangplank
glider
shoot off one's mouth
ease up
5. Take off with ease or speed
bonnet
slip off
funnel
stranded
6. To quarrel
pick a fight
stranded
desensitize
knock the socks off
7. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
hole in the wall
kinky
marooned
blunt
8. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
have a memory like a sieve
out of work
nine to five
9. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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10. 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
marooned
hit the ceeling/roof
do justice
11. Make way through a narrow path
doubt his chances
funnel
ease up
trunks
12. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
jukebox
wound up
patio
gale
13. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
gangplank
even-tempered
thaw
conscience
14. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
outlaw
sell someone short
slip off
sleet
15. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
impeccable
get caught in traffic jam
snowdrift
16. Partially melted snow
slush
shoot the breeze
wound up
kinky
17. Large boses for household things
slush
trunks
knock the socks off
mum and pop
18. 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?
outlaw
lets take it outside
ticket collector
measure up
19. Let us go outside and fight
mum and pop
lets take it outside
walker
rain set in for
20. 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
shake a leg
not make head or tail of
half-sister-brother
21. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
hard up
gale
for a song
gangplank
22. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
contingency
shoot the breeze
braces
hit the ceeling/roof
23. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
have a memory like a sieve
oar
set in stone
lump
24. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
restless
catch someone's eye
pay through the nose
get caught in traffic jam
25. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
doubt his chances
garment bag
perilous
go into shock
26. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
make a splash
nine to five
thaw
27. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
porch
ticket collector
all ears
not make head or tail of
28. Pay a high price - pay too much
set sail
talk through his hat
wash hand of
pay through the nose
29. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
at standstill
scruffy
at a pinch
shower head
30. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
at standstill
tentative decision
norrow escape
sleet
31. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
even-tempered
ease up
shake a leg
32. Not understand at all.
funnel
snowdrift
not make head or tail of
turn someone off
33. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
contingency
keep something under someone's hat
go into shock
for a song
34. Dance; hurry
resort to
all thumbs
shake a leg
brag
35. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
resort to
rain set in for
knock the socks off
oar
36. 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
at sixes and sevens
to be on sick leave
tentative decision
do justice
37. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
at a loss
resort to
thaw
38. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
resort to
wet blanket
snowdrift
do justice
39. Depart; set off to sea
at standstill
set sail
slip off
have a memory like a sieve
40. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
dress to kill
trunks
stranded
41. Fighting alone
gangplank
keep something under someone's hat
pulled muscle
you and what army
42. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
half-sister-brother
at sixes and sevens
all thumbs
teething ring
43. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
hypochondria
wash hand of
talk through his hat
hole in the wall
44. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
even-tempered
play hooky
half-sister-brother
scruffy
45. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
tentative decision
at sixes and sevens
stranded
norrow escape
46. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
patio
nine to five
lets take it outside
scruffy
47. Tools to pull apart or twist
ointment
pliers
go into shock
restless
48. Shocked
flexitime
jukebox
go into shock
pulled muscle
49. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
flunk
brag
hypochondria
raise your spirit
50. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
contingency
porch
sleeping car
mum and pop
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