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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. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
revisit
wound up
clothes horse
walker
2. Depart; set off to sea
tentative decision
get a move on
stranded
set sail
3. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
norrow escape
ointment
kinky
restless
4. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
sleeping car
perilous
keep something under someone's hat
at a loss
5. Get the ball rolling
blunt
go into shock
restless
get a move on
6. Chatter - babble - speak casually
mum and pop
set in stone
shoot the breeze
braces
7. 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
shower head
out of work
conscience
8. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
biodegradable
hold him off
whistleblower
infest
9. 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 .......
ease up
have a memory like a sieve
at sixes and sevens
pressed for time
10. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
oar
give a slip
have a memory like a sieve
hallowed
11. Seriously - really - without joking -
hold him off
lump
thaw
joking aside
12. Shocked
hallowed
go into shock
turn someone off
at loggerheads
13. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
sleet
braces
mum and pop
get a move on
14. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
all ears
resort to
hard up
run your tail between your legs
15. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
shower head
pedastrian crossing
nine to five
sleet
16. 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
snow job
at sixes and sevens
jukebox
17. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
outlaw
wash hand of
set in stone
desensitize
18. 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
hard up
jump the gun
at her wits end
desensitize
19. Tools to pull apart or twist
keep your hair on
pliers
pedastrian crossing
shower cap
20. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
chariot
resort to
at standstill
sprain
21. Engineless aircraft
at loggerheads
half-sister-brother
glider
greasy spoon
22. Make way through a narrow path
revisit
shoot the breeze
funnel
get a move on
23. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
thaw
trunks
jump the gun
do justice
24. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
snowdrift
restless
measure up
sell someone short
25. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
shake a leg
not make head or tail of
marooned
26. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
funnel
restless
ointment
run your tail between your legs
27. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
resort to
set sail
flunk
wash hand of
28. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
shake a leg
jukebox
play hooky
29. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
turn someone off
knock the socks off
thaw
30. Be absent from school without permission
oar
for a song
gig
play hooky
31. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
keep your hair on
pay through the nose
even-tempered
jump the gun
32. A system in which people work a particular number of hours each week or month - but can change the times at which they start and finish each day
rain set in for
flexitime
wet blanket
biodegradable
33. Not understand at all.
shoot off one's mouth
clothes horse
not make head or tail of
doubt his chances
34. 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.
make a splash
infest
funnel
sell someone short
35. 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
lump
hole in the wall
do justice
norrow escape
36. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
bonnet
whistleblower
hard up
out of work
37. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hard up
snowdrift
hole in the wall
hypochondria
38. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
glider
jukebox
keep something under someone's hat
oar
39. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
brag
hypochondria
gig
slush
40. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
play hooky
bonnet
tentative decision
fighting words
41. Adj. dangerous - risky
stranded
gangplank
perilous
sleet
42. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
give a slip
half-sister-brother
doubt his chances
shower cap
43. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
funnel
hold him off
outlaw
talk through his hat
44. Act before the appropriate time.
rain set in for
for a song
shake a leg
jump the gun
45. Fighting alone
you and what army
get caught in traffic jam
knock the socks off
pliers
46. Jobless
jump the gun
you and what army
out of work
trunks
47. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gale
funnel
at loggerheads
hypochondria
48. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
hold him off
half-sister-brother
shake a leg
ticket collector
49. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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50. To quarrel
lets take it outside
hit the ceeling/roof
you and what army
pick a fight