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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
scruffy
walker
wound up
rainy day
2. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
pay through the nose
sell someone short
hard up
pliers
3. To quarrel
hole in the wall
pick a fight
pulled muscle
snowdrift
4. Act before the appropriate time.
jump the gun
give a slip
do justice
talk through his hat
5. Make someone bored or repelled.
you and what army
turn someone off
doubt his chances
raise your spirit
6. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
rainy day
make a splash
biodegradable
bathtub
7. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
rainy day
you and what army
norrow escape
get caught in traffic jam
8. 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
outlaw
kinky
wash hand of
9. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
have a memory like a sieve
gale
all ears
sleeping car
10. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
brag
biodegradable
mum and pop
11. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
slip off
snow job
turn someone off
even-tempered
12. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
ticket collector
chariot
slush
patio
13. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
tentative decision
gangplank
give a slip
fighting words
14. Movement blocked by traffic
get caught in traffic jam
jukebox
joking aside
marooned
15. Don't think too much about it
hard up
get a move on
tentative decision
keep your hair on
16. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
greasy spoon
wound up
hit the ceeling/roof
gangplank
17. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
play hooky
chariot
get caught in traffic jam
18. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
shoot off one's mouth
jukebox
hallowed
ointment
19. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
keep something under someone's hat
go into shock
pick a fight
20. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
blunt
dress to kill
at a loss
joking aside
21. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
porch
flunk
nine to five
kinky
22. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
desensitize
porch
marooned
braces
23. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
bathtub
ease up
jump the gun
brag
24. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
flunk
at a pinch
ointment
set sail
25. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
dress to kill
out of work
tentative decision
26. Be cheerful and get on with life
out of work
jump the gun
shoot off one's mouth
raise your spirit
27. Escape being caught; avoid
at loggerheads
give a slip
at sixes and sevens
hold him off
28. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
all thumbs
restless
at loggerheads
at sixes and sevens
29. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
norrow escape
at a pinch
you and what army
to be on sick leave
30. 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
blunt
gig
mum and pop
flexitime
31. 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
ointment
turn someone off
get caught in traffic jam
32. Adj. dangerous - risky
tentative decision
sleet
set sail
perilous
33. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
ease up
contingency
pulled muscle
joking aside
34. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
all ears
pedastrian crossing
clothes horse
even-tempered
35. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
hard up
mum and pop
gangplank
stranded
36. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
at loggerheads
braces
sleet
ointment
37. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
anti-establishment
pulled muscle
pedastrian crossing
pressed for time
38. Dance; hurry
tentative decision
teething ring
gale
shake a leg
39. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
all ears
patio
wash hand of
brag
40. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
stranded
hit the ceeling/roof
scruffy
garment bag
41. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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42. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
doubt his chances
pliers
keep your hair on
funnel
43. Seriously - really - without joking -
whistleblower
revisit
joking aside
norrow escape
44. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
play hooky
thaw
snowdrift
wound up
45. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
raise your spirit
bonnet
shower cap
stranded
46. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
pulled muscle
greasy spoon
have a memory like a sieve
47. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
shoot the breeze
teething ring
porch
thaw
48. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
shower cap
revisit
measure up
49. Pay a high price - pay too much
snow job
pay through the nose
even-tempered
not make head or tail of
50. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
pedastrian crossing
conscience
jukebox
measure up