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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented






2. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time






3. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English






4. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower






5. Engineless aircraft






6. Adj. dangerous - risky






7. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion






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 .......






9. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind






10. Confused - bewildered - perplexed






11. Jobless






12. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably






13. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression






14. To treat or represent someone or something good - beautiful etc in a way that is as good as they deserve: The photo doesn't .... her ........ - No words can ...........to the experience. do something such as a test well enough to show your real abili






15. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment






16. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.






17. Depart; set off to sea






18. Boast - exaggerate about oneself






19. Container used to hold water for washing oneself






20. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.






21. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student






22. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)






23. Don't think too much about it






24. 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






25. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.






26. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive






27. Let us go outside and fight






28. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered






29. Making claims without any backup






30. Movement blocked by traffic






31. Pay a high price - pay too much






32. Seriously - really - without joking -






33. 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?






34. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted






35. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry






36. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:






37. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess






38. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them






39. Sense of right and wrong






40. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.






41. Take off with ease or speed






42. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained






43. Severe cold and fever






44. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..

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45. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping






46. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.






47. 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






48. Not understand at all.






49. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.






50. Act before the appropriate time.







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