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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. 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
do justice
jukebox
chariot
perilous
2. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
wound up
oar
jukebox
rainy day
3. 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
gangplank
turn someone off
flexitime
pedastrian crossing
4. Jobless
trunks
contingency
out of work
hard up
5. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
anti-establishment
set in stone
pliers
ticket collector
6. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
to be on sick leave
ticket collector
keep something under someone's hat
stranded
7. Partially melted snow
slush
shoot off one's mouth
repel
gig
8. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
snow job
sell someone short
catch someone's eye
pay through the nose
9. Pay a high price - pay too much
joking aside
oar
rainy day
pay through the nose
10. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
wet blanket
sleeping car
at a loss
ease up
11. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
infest
outlaw
not make head or tail of
12. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
catch someone's eye
set sail
to be on sick leave
pick a fight
13. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
scruffy
all thumbs
at a pinch
repel
14. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
you and what army
thaw
blunt
shoot off one's mouth
15. 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
hole in the wall
catch someone's eye
repel
ticket collector
16. Make way through a narrow path
gangplank
snowdrift
funnel
restless
17. Be noticed by someone.
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18. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
bathtub
hole in the wall
pedastrian crossing
garment bag
19. Chatter - babble - speak casually
rain set in for
get a move on
shoot the breeze
out of work
20. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
at standstill
rainy day
set in stone
mum and pop
21. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
trunks
get caught in traffic jam
pedastrian crossing
to be on sick leave
22. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
anti-establishment
out of work
at standstill
23. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
braces
rain set in for
stranded
24. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
whistleblower
hallowed
knock the socks off
pulled muscle
25. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
gangplank
gale
at loggerheads
you and what army
26. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
catch someone's eye
rainy day
to be on sick leave
have a memory like a sieve
27. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
bathtub
tentative decision
sleeping car
hold him off
28. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
contingency
shower cap
clothes horse
garment bag
29. Movement blocked by traffic
at loggerheads
slip off
get caught in traffic jam
conscience
30. Severe cold and fever
make a splash
bonnet
pneumonia
whistleblower
31. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
jukebox
joking aside
clothes horse
resort to
32. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
jump the gun
contingency
conscience
ticket collector
33. Fighting alone
kinky
you and what army
give a slip
go into shock
34. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
gale
slip off
do justice
brag
35. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
rainy day
blunt
hard up
slip off
36. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
gangplank
jump the gun
flexitime
37. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
snow job
snowdrift
at sixes and sevens
not make head or tail of
38. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
out of work
catch someone's eye
have a memory like a sieve
wound up
39. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gale
chariot
keep something under someone's hat
walker
40. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
nine to five
bonnet
sell someone short
41. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
garment bag
hold him off
rain set in for
wound up
42. Adj. dangerous - risky
jukebox
to be on sick leave
perilous
at a loss
43. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
measure up
ticket collector
hit the ceeling/roof
anti-establishment
44. Engineless aircraft
oar
bathtub
sleeping car
glider
45. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
set in stone
garment bag
pulled muscle
ointment
46. Be absent from school without permission
wash hand of
gangplank
play hooky
turn someone off
47. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
keep something under someone's hat
wash hand of
snowdrift
knock the socks off
48. Dance; hurry
not make head or tail of
shake a leg
clothes horse
pliers
49. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
glider
blunt
impeccable
oar
50. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
sleet
run your tail between your legs
raise your spirit
scruffy