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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Engineless aircraft
rainy day
not make head or tail of
thaw
glider
2. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
infest
perilous
measure up
gig
3. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
clothes horse
brag
outlaw
4. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
joking aside
funnel
shake a leg
braces
5. Be absent from school without permission
ticket collector
gale
hit the ceeling/roof
play hooky
6. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
walker
shake a leg
slush
clothes horse
7. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
make a splash
ticket collector
garment bag
at a pinch
8. Sense of right and wrong
play hooky
hallowed
conscience
oar
9. Don't think too much about it
impeccable
keep your hair on
measure up
repel
10. Make someone bored or repelled.
jukebox
turn someone off
gale
shower cap
11. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
you and what army
shoot the breeze
scruffy
gangplank
12. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
bonnet
sleeping car
snow job
13. 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
glider
snow job
wash hand of
14. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
kinky
scruffy
make a splash
15. 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
at a pinch
desensitize
walker
tentative decision
16. Severe cold and fever
kinky
at a loss
pneumonia
pedastrian crossing
17. 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
pulled muscle
slip off
desensitize
keep your hair on
18. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
hypochondria
dress to kill
you and what army
bonnet
19. Movement blocked by traffic
shower head
hallowed
slush
get caught in traffic jam
20. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
run your tail between your legs
snow job
even-tempered
hallowed
21. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
hold him off
hard up
jump the gun
wet blanket
22. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
pressed for time
tentative decision
rain set in for
porch
23. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
flunk
patio
at sixes and sevens
funnel
24. Cheaply - inexpensively
for a song
keep your hair on
wash hand of
pedastrian crossing
25. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
at sixes and sevens
anti-establishment
impeccable
gangplank
26. 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?
ointment
all ears
infest
measure up
27. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
clothes horse
at a pinch
snow job
28. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
hold him off
hard up
all ears
29. 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
all thumbs
outlaw
thaw
repel
30. To quarrel
fighting words
pick a fight
ticket collector
revisit
31. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
go into shock
keep something under someone's hat
clothes horse
shower head
32. Escape being caught; avoid
snowdrift
gig
set in stone
give a slip
33. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
hole in the wall
outlaw
wound up
34. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
snowdrift
ease up
all thumbs
bonnet
35. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
clothes horse
conscience
scruffy
36. Hood
wet blanket
shower head
shoot off one's mouth
bonnet
37. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
brag
thaw
gangplank
slush
38. Dance; hurry
snow job
gig
ease up
shake a leg
39. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
sleeping car
doubt his chances
at her wits end
set sail
40. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
all ears
sleeping car
glider
for a song
41. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
give a slip
thaw
keep your hair on
42. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
wash hand of
at her wits end
trunks
43. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
to be on sick leave
wash hand of
play hooky
pneumonia
44. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
all thumbs
catch someone's eye
set in stone
45. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
pedastrian crossing
shoot the breeze
teething ring
46. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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47. 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.
infest
resort to
shoot the breeze
at her wits end
48. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
resort to
funnel
gale
oar
49. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
clothes horse
pressed for time
stranded
porch
50. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
to be on sick leave
fighting words
hear a pin drop
patio