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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
biodegradable
set in stone
slip off
2. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
sprain
ointment
shower head
clothes horse
3. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
repel
dress to kill
get caught in traffic jam
bathtub
4. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
flexitime
for a song
pedastrian crossing
blunt
5. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
even-tempered
clothes horse
impeccable
shake a leg
6. 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
raise your spirit
wound up
greasy spoon
7. Take off with ease or speed
joking aside
hit the ceeling/roof
slip off
snow job
8. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
shoot off one's mouth
nine to five
restless
hard up
9. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
desensitize
brag
greasy spoon
sprain
10. Adj. dangerous - risky
run your tail between your legs
do justice
walker
perilous
11. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
fighting words
patio
pedastrian crossing
perilous
12. Fighting alone
you and what army
get a move on
jukebox
lump
13. Be cheerful and get on with life
turn someone off
raise your spirit
pay through the nose
gangplank
14. A small dark shop or restaurant
sprain
rainy day
pulled muscle
hole in the wall
15. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
desensitize
dress to kill
rain set in for
16. Sense of right and wrong
sell someone short
hold him off
conscience
ticket collector
17. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
joking aside
pneumonia
biodegradable
catch someone's eye
18. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
pliers
pedastrian crossing
hallowed
19. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
repel
raise your spirit
pressed for time
20. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
shower cap
make a splash
sleet
sleeping car
21. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shower head
funnel
talk through his hat
sprain
22. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
shoot the breeze
you and what army
porch
hallowed
23. Getting too angry
raise your spirit
shoot off one's mouth
sell someone short
hit the ceeling/roof
24. Act before the appropriate time.
play hooky
to be on sick leave
jump the gun
revisit
25. Partially melted snow
stranded
slush
get a move on
trunks
26. 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
desensitize
shake a leg
at her wits end
27. Don't think too much about it
hole in the wall
keep your hair on
resort to
contingency
28. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
at loggerheads
dress to kill
contingency
chariot
29. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
gale
get a move on
hypochondria
norrow escape
30. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
walker
jump the gun
dress to kill
ointment
31. Unfounded fear of being unwell
kinky
at loggerheads
nine to five
hypochondria
32. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
kinky
anti-establishment
norrow escape
have a memory like a sieve
33. Large boses for household things
trunks
marooned
pulled muscle
norrow escape
34. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
infest
pulled muscle
get a move on
rain set in for
35. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
impeccable
resort to
knock the socks off
36. Get the ball rolling
wash hand of
get a move on
resort to
blunt
37. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
shoot off one's mouth
all ears
to be on sick leave
whistleblower
38. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
hear a pin drop
wash hand of
for a song
jukebox
39. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
get a move on
keep your hair on
run your tail between your legs
flexitime
40. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
sell someone short
impeccable
jukebox
mum and pop
41. Jobless
out of work
gale
at loggerheads
measure up
42. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
raise your spirit
play hooky
turn someone off
set in stone
43. Make someone bored or repelled.
for a song
turn someone off
shake a leg
give a slip
44. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
45. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
tentative decision
set in stone
hold him off
46. 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 .......
half-sister-brother
hard up
ease up
at loggerheads
47. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
doubt his chances
bonnet
gangplank
pay through the nose
48. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
out of work
braces
porch
49. Tools to pull apart or twist
ease up
perilous
scruffy
pliers
50. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
pick a fight
you and what army
gangplank
contingency