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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Jobless
out of work
all ears
turn someone off
sell someone short
2. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
garment bag
joking aside
wash hand of
3. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
wash hand of
repel
set in stone
mum and pop
4. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
flunk
infest
for a song
bathtub
5. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
dress to kill
hold him off
at sixes and sevens
infest
6. Take off with ease or speed
pulled muscle
brag
slip off
dress to kill
7. Depart; set off to sea
sleeping car
do justice
set sail
talk through his hat
8. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
shower head
have a memory like a sieve
shower cap
gale
9. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ointment
keep your hair on
half-sister-brother
ticket collector
10. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
raise your spirit
trunks
pick a fight
at loggerheads
11. To quarrel
glider
make a splash
pick a fight
shake a leg
12. 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
tentative decision
lets take it outside
make a splash
set sail
13. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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14. Partially melted snow
pneumonia
lets take it outside
impeccable
slush
15. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
ointment
sprain
perilous
gangplank
16. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
run your tail between your legs
all ears
jump the gun
17. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
make a splash
all ears
garment bag
hallowed
18. Making claims without any backup
slush
talk through his hat
shower cap
to be on sick leave
19. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
hard up
patio
bonnet
brag
20. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
run your tail between your legs
shoot off one's mouth
sleet
half-sister-brother
21. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
clothes horse
snow job
nine to five
teething ring
22. 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
repel
shake a leg
get caught in traffic jam
hallowed
23. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shower head
keep your hair on
revisit
have a memory like a sieve
24. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
shoot the breeze
hold him off
pliers
doubt his chances
25. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
go into shock
anti-establishment
pulled muscle
shoot off one's mouth
26. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
get caught in traffic jam
nine to five
conscience
pressed for time
27. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
ointment
hallowed
joking aside
slush
28. 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
slip off
keep your hair on
porch
desensitize
29. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
thaw
wet blanket
stranded
shoot the breeze
30. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
even-tempered
shower cap
all thumbs
revisit
31. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
hypochondria
revisit
make a splash
pedastrian crossing
32. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
chariot
garment bag
desensitize
sell someone short
33. Make way through a narrow path
pneumonia
funnel
wound up
hear a pin drop
34. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
hallowed
rain set in for
outlaw
snowdrift
35. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
walker
restless
greasy spoon
flexitime
36. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
pulled muscle
biodegradable
porch
restless
37. Be noticed by someone.
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38. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
pedastrian crossing
porch
thaw
revisit
39. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
to be on sick leave
gale
jump the gun
40. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
pressed for time
garment bag
half-sister-brother
kinky
41. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
wet blanket
chariot
clothes horse
42. Fighting alone
repel
shower cap
at a pinch
you and what army
43. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
you and what army
hard up
at standstill
anti-establishment
44. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
marooned
perilous
to be on sick leave
catch someone's eye
45. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
norrow escape
repel
sell someone short
scruffy
46. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
out of work
all thumbs
joking aside
knock the socks off
47. Make someone bored or repelled.
pliers
turn someone off
funnel
bonnet
48. 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
knock the socks off
flexitime
pedastrian crossing
at a pinch
49. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
impeccable
at standstill
lump
chariot
50. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
pressed for time
scruffy
pedastrian crossing
at standstill