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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Severe cold and fever
mum and pop
talk through his hat
desensitize
pneumonia
2. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
brag
pressed for time
out of work
all ears
3. Movement blocked by traffic
anti-establishment
get caught in traffic jam
kinky
stranded
4. Pay a high price - pay too much
sleet
keep something under someone's hat
whistleblower
pay through the nose
5. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
gangplank
snowdrift
porch
shake a leg
6. Sense of right and wrong
talk through his hat
conscience
rainy day
to be on sick leave
7. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
bathtub
infest
give a slip
at a pinch
8. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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9. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
nine to five
half-sister-brother
you and what army
set in stone
10. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
flexitime
outlaw
joking aside
run your tail between your legs
11. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shower head
keep something under someone's hat
slush
lump
12. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
stranded
pliers
wash hand of
rainy day
13. Adj. dangerous - risky
bonnet
gale
perilous
thaw
14. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
joking aside
gale
greasy spoon
garment bag
15. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
contingency
joking aside
teething ring
snow job
16. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
whistleblower
ointment
jukebox
17. Shocked
all thumbs
go into shock
hold him off
give a slip
18. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
gale
brag
whistleblower
19. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
you and what army
gale
stranded
impeccable
20. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
even-tempered
greasy spoon
scruffy
at a pinch
21. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
funnel
play hooky
shake a leg
chariot
22. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
half-sister-brother
all thumbs
joking aside
wound up
23. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
ointment
biodegradable
pressed for time
trunks
24. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
half-sister-brother
thaw
ticket collector
25. 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 .......
repel
ointment
ease up
sleet
26. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
even-tempered
go into shock
hole in the wall
27. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
wet blanket
snowdrift
shoot off one's mouth
28. Don't think too much about it
half-sister-brother
clothes horse
to be on sick leave
keep your hair on
29. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
catch someone's eye
braces
shower head
30. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
at her wits end
kinky
garment bag
braces
31. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
desensitize
wash hand of
fighting words
flexitime
32. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
even-tempered
lets take it outside
hard up
impeccable
33. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
sprain
nine to five
half-sister-brother
oar
34. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
pneumonia
for a song
norrow escape
revisit
35. 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
shoot off one's mouth
desensitize
hear a pin drop
glider
36. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
blunt
anti-establishment
keep your hair on
desensitize
37. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
to be on sick leave
snow job
shower head
scruffy
38. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
outlaw
gangplank
porch
braces
39. Silence
hear a pin drop
hallowed
pressed for time
raise your spirit
40. Getting too angry
oar
at sixes and sevens
lets take it outside
hit the ceeling/roof
41. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
keep something under someone's hat
knock the socks off
pneumonia
42. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
set sail
all ears
sprain
ointment
43. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
sleet
norrow escape
knock the socks off
funnel
44. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
flexitime
kinky
walker
get a move on
45. Cheaply - inexpensively
shake a leg
restless
nine to five
for a song
46. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
mum and pop
hole in the wall
pneumonia
47. Be cheerful and get on with life
raise your spirit
nine to five
shower head
walker
48. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
ointment
ticket collector
out of work
49. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
garment bag
hard up
gale
50. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
lets take it outside
get caught in traffic jam
thaw
blunt