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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
shower head
biodegradable
all thumbs
blunt
2. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
mum and pop
wet blanket
shoot the breeze
3. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
catch someone's eye
norrow escape
jump the gun
revisit
4. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
have a memory like a sieve
lets take it outside
ointment
trunks
5. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
outlaw
contingency
braces
pressed for time
6. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
funnel
shower head
gangplank
measure up
7. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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8. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
keep your hair on
shoot the breeze
at a loss
desensitize
9. Dance; hurry
garment bag
norrow escape
shake a leg
knock the socks off
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
pay through the nose
turn someone off
slip off
11. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
at loggerheads
gangplank
thaw
raise your spirit
12. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
set in stone
rain set in for
clothes horse
whistleblower
13. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
trunks
hard up
measure up
doubt his chances
14. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
clothes horse
hold him off
repel
hallowed
15. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
chariot
snowdrift
ease up
gig
16. To make someone react less strongly to something by making them become used to it - ......... somebody to something - Does TV ........ people to violence? — d.........zation
hypochondria
at a loss
clothes horse
desensitize
17. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
wound up
patio
wet blanket
sleeping car
18. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
wound up
sprain
turn someone off
19. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
contingency
trunks
at sixes and sevens
whistleblower
20. Take off with ease or speed
perilous
raise your spirit
slip off
contingency
21. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
have a memory like a sieve
pliers
give a slip
outlaw
22. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
wash hand of
sleet
rain set in for
raise your spirit
23. 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
sleeping car
ticket collector
flexitime
at loggerheads
24. Make way through a narrow path
run your tail between your legs
funnel
pick a fight
pneumonia
25. Make someone bored or repelled.
at standstill
turn someone off
ease up
at her wits end
26. A large piece of something without definite shape
at sixes and sevens
lump
wash hand of
patio
27. Movement blocked by traffic
jump the gun
hallowed
get caught in traffic jam
porch
28. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
walker
set sail
gig
29. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
keep something under someone's hat
bathtub
rain set in for
30. Not understand at all.
you and what army
patio
not make head or tail of
wet blanket
31. Get the ball rolling
outlaw
get a move on
chariot
flexitime
32. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
restless
at a pinch
pedastrian crossing
braces
33. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
pedastrian crossing
slip off
lump
have a memory like a sieve
34. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
go into shock
sleeping car
biodegradable
half-sister-brother
35. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
all ears
fighting words
shower cap
restless
36. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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37. Let us go outside and fight
scruffy
lets take it outside
hallowed
hear a pin drop
38. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
thaw
brag
tentative decision
pressed for time
39. Depart; set off to sea
infest
set sail
even-tempered
hole in the wall
40. Be cheerful and get on with life
kinky
revisit
raise your spirit
you and what army
41. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
lump
rainy day
play hooky
trunks
42. Hood
bonnet
set sail
out of work
norrow escape
43. 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
even-tempered
anti-establishment
do justice
at sixes and sevens
44. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
wound up
for a song
gale
snow job
45. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
funnel
shower cap
out of work
knock the socks off
46. Pay a high price - pay too much
brag
pneumonia
go into shock
pay through the nose
47. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
snowdrift
do justice
rainy day
scruffy
48. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
to be on sick leave
measure up
chariot
pneumonia
49. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
garment bag
run your tail between your legs
shower cap
50. Shocked
hold him off
joking aside
wash hand of
go into shock