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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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toefl
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
slush
fighting words
hallowed
2. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
catch someone's eye
patio
bathtub
braces
3. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
4. Hood
ticket collector
bonnet
chariot
infest
5. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
at sixes and sevens
snowdrift
teething ring
chariot
6. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
outlaw
to be on sick leave
sleeping car
7. Making claims without any backup
talk through his hat
snow job
marooned
scruffy
8. 1. to work less hard or do something with less energy than before: Just relax and ......... a little. 2. to start doing something less - You should ......... on the whisky. 3. to improve or get less - The snow was .......
sell someone short
do justice
ease up
shoot the breeze
9. Dance; hurry
sell someone short
all ears
norrow escape
shake a leg
10. 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
restless
hallowed
conscience
desensitize
11. Make way through a narrow path
at loggerheads
funnel
jump the gun
you and what army
12. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
at a loss
brag
funnel
run your tail between your legs
13. 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
at loggerheads
hallowed
you and what army
14. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
impeccable
teething ring
at her wits end
tentative decision
15. Seriously - really - without joking -
perilous
get caught in traffic jam
anti-establishment
joking aside
16. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
17. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
whistleblower
wound up
bathtub
flunk
18. Take off with ease or speed
jump the gun
slip off
resort to
pressed for time
19. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
jump the gun
anti-establishment
greasy spoon
hard up
20. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
brag
doubt his chances
sleeping car
contingency
21. Cheaply - inexpensively
shower cap
hear a pin drop
for a song
lets take it outside
22. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
braces
at a loss
keep something under someone's hat
tentative decision
23. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
braces
joking aside
knock the socks off
hallowed
24. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
fighting words
sleet
rain set in for
pulled muscle
25. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
slip off
even-tempered
mum and pop
shake a leg
26. Large boses for household things
trunks
gangplank
oar
run your tail between your legs
27. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
for a song
biodegradable
half-sister-brother
thaw
28. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
set in stone
talk through his hat
at a loss
have a memory like a sieve
29. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gale
bonnet
pliers
at her wits end
30. Severe cold and fever
gig
pneumonia
patio
outlaw
31. Don't think too much about it
clothes horse
jump the gun
contingency
keep your hair on
32. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
talk through his hat
flunk
rainy day
33. Depart; set off to sea
keep your hair on
set sail
go into shock
set in stone
34. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
out of work
marooned
mum and pop
lets take it outside
35. Let us go outside and fight
shake a leg
lets take it outside
scruffy
at sixes and sevens
36. Adj. dangerous - risky
talk through his hat
biodegradable
braces
perilous
37. Not understand at all.
nine to five
glider
not make head or tail of
even-tempered
38. Jobless
out of work
pulled muscle
sprain
snow job
39. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
get a move on
brag
gangplank
stranded
40. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
resort to
give a slip
bathtub
wound up
41. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
snow job
thaw
tentative decision
impeccable
42. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
pedastrian crossing
talk through his hat
kinky
joking aside
43. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
kinky
snow job
gangplank
sell someone short
44. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
patio
pick a fight
at her wits end
dress to kill
45. Movement blocked by traffic
set in stone
get caught in traffic jam
walker
give a slip
46. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
to be on sick leave
shower cap
at her wits end
conscience
47. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
wash hand of
hard up
scruffy
bathtub
48. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
sleet
kinky
revisit
pressed for time
49. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
half-sister-brother
all thumbs
garment bag
get caught in traffic jam
50. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
shower head
at loggerheads
flunk