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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. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
hold him off
for a song
conscience
pressed for time
2. Jobless
thaw
ticket collector
pulled muscle
out of work
3. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
rain set in for
slip off
impeccable
get caught in traffic jam
4. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
go into shock
hard up
at loggerheads
5. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
porch
wet blanket
pliers
6. A small dark shop or restaurant
infest
hole in the wall
doubt his chances
funnel
7. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
perilous
shower cap
sleet
whistleblower
8. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
run your tail between your legs
gangplank
braces
brag
9. Shocked
go into shock
hole in the wall
stranded
shake a leg
10. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
biodegradable
walker
wet blanket
wash hand of
11. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
flexitime
slush
set in stone
infest
12. Be absent from school without permission
talk through his hat
wound up
doubt his chances
play hooky
13. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
give a slip
pressed for time
raise your spirit
fighting words
14. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
sleet
jump the gun
blunt
15. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
brag
make a splash
outlaw
16. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
braces
hypochondria
at loggerheads
pressed for time
17. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
infest
even-tempered
hallowed
18. Making claims without any backup
get a move on
turn someone off
shake a leg
talk through his hat
19. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
pay through the nose
doubt his chances
trunks
impeccable
20. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
talk through his hat
kinky
at a loss
repel
21. Be noticed by someone.
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22. Unfounded fear of being unwell
impeccable
hypochondria
to be on sick leave
marooned
23. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
gale
porch
oar
bathtub
24. To quarrel
pedastrian crossing
keep something under someone's hat
pick a fight
shoot off one's mouth
25. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
teething ring
norrow escape
desensitize
whistleblower
26. Partially melted snow
desensitize
snowdrift
slush
pay through the nose
27. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
slush
hallowed
flunk
give a slip
28. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
at loggerheads
clothes horse
even-tempered
have a memory like a sieve
29. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
oar
hypochondria
at her wits end
30. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
hallowed
trunks
not make head or tail of
31. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
clothes horse
anti-establishment
chariot
32. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
jukebox
snow job
tentative decision
33. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
sleet
make a splash
not make head or tail of
ointment
34. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
get caught in traffic jam
tentative decision
doubt his chances
at her wits end
35. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
hit the ceeling/roof
half-sister-brother
rainy day
shower head
36. 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?
gangplank
at a loss
measure up
shower cap
37. Getting too angry
at standstill
gangplank
hit the ceeling/roof
clothes horse
38. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
raise your spirit
kinky
repel
thaw
39. If insects - rats etc ..... a place - there are a lot of them and they usually cause damage - be ............ with something - The kitchen was ......with cockroaches.
run your tail between your legs
impeccable
sell someone short
infest
40. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
hypochondria
revisit
whistleblower
41. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
at standstill
impeccable
repel
outlaw
42. Silence
doubt his chances
hard up
hear a pin drop
sprain
43. Not understand at all.
rain set in for
not make head or tail of
dress to kill
bonnet
44. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
gangplank
brag
trunks
teething ring
45. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
pneumonia
patio
blunt
joking aside
46. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
outlaw
clothes horse
jukebox
flexitime
47. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
lets take it outside
shake a leg
mum and pop
go into shock
48. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
slush
have a memory like a sieve
shake a leg
keep your hair on
49. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
run your tail between your legs
scruffy
pliers
get caught in traffic jam
50. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
hear a pin drop
shower head
at a pinch