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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Movement blocked by traffic






2. Be noticed by someone.

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3. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.






4. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.






5. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted






6. Let us go outside and fight






7. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.






8. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry






9. Be cheerful and get on with life






10. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare






11. Dance; hurry






12. Cheaply - inexpensively






13. 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?






14. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..

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15. Unfounded fear of being unwell






16. Get the ball rolling






17. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive






18. Making claims without any backup






19. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression






20. Make way through a narrow path






21. Container used to hold water for washing oneself






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






23. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them






24. Act before the appropriate time.






25. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency






26. 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






27. Make someone bored or repelled.






28. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.






29. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment






30. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension






31. A large piece of something without definite shape






32. Shocked






33. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship






34. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled






35. Gale n. tempest - strong wind






36. Take off with ease or speed






37. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)






38. 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






39. Jobless






40. Road crossing for those traveling by foot






41. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.






42. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.






43. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy






44. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time






45. Sense of right and wrong






46. Not understand at all.






47. Be completely at a loss as to what to do






48. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student






49. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'






50. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.