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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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english
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
snow job
snowdrift
hard up
knock the socks off
2. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
have a memory like a sieve
rainy day
wash hand of
repel
3. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
scruffy
fighting words
revisit
pedastrian crossing
4. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
run your tail between your legs
jump the gun
dress to kill
ticket collector
5. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
talk through his hat
you and what army
braces
conscience
6. Tools to pull apart or twist
give a slip
pliers
gangplank
at a loss
7. Get the ball rolling
get a move on
raise your spirit
measure up
repel
8. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
teething ring
shower cap
hit the ceeling/roof
chariot
9. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
hypochondria
wash hand of
hard up
pressed for time
10. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:
trunks
kinky
to be on sick leave
snow job
11. Chatter - babble - speak casually
set in stone
stranded
shoot the breeze
glider
12. Make way through a narrow path
pressed for time
funnel
gangplank
snowdrift
13. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
at loggerheads
greasy spoon
even-tempered
14. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
slip off
doubt his chances
trunks
revisit
15. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
outlaw
doubt his chances
norrow escape
walker
16. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
restless
shoot off one's mouth
joking aside
stranded
17. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
glider
at her wits end
pulled muscle
sell someone short
18. Making claims without any backup
get caught in traffic jam
talk through his hat
shake a leg
half-sister-brother
19. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
pneumonia
anti-establishment
porch
even-tempered
20. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
hole in the wall
wash hand of
go into shock
marooned
21. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
brag
trunks
pressed for time
set in stone
22. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
lump
scruffy
hard up
sleet
23. 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
rainy day
jukebox
flexitime
repel
24. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
pressed for time
walker
go into shock
make a splash
25. 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
flexitime
out of work
funnel
have a memory like a sieve
26. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
to be on sick leave
at sixes and sevens
outlaw
27. A small dark shop or restaurant
wash hand of
hole in the wall
shake a leg
wound up
28. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
thaw
knock the socks off
oar
snowdrift
29. Movement blocked by traffic
contingency
get caught in traffic jam
mum and pop
clothes horse
30. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
tentative decision
all ears
patio
outlaw
31. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
measure up
rain set in for
sprain
braces
32. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
blunt
biodegradable
ease up
at standstill
33. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
pulled muscle
wash hand of
set sail
34. Fighting alone
all ears
you and what army
pay through the nose
turn someone off
35. Seriously - really - without joking -
give a slip
wound up
joking aside
porch
36. 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?
hard up
not make head or tail of
keep your hair on
measure up
37. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
outlaw
doubt his chances
half-sister-brother
garment bag
38. Depart; set off to sea
funnel
set sail
greasy spoon
resort to
39. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
hypochondria
turn someone off
pay through the nose
shower head
40. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
play hooky
half-sister-brother
thaw
greasy spoon
41. Cheaply - inexpensively
at a pinch
for a song
snowdrift
oar
42. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
hold him off
snow job
at sixes and sevens
whistleblower
43. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
hit the ceeling/roof
nine to five
pneumonia
44. Dance; hurry
half-sister-brother
infest
anti-establishment
shake a leg
45. Be absent from school without permission
shoot the breeze
play hooky
shower cap
ticket collector
46. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
resort to
contingency
catch someone's eye
gale
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
norrow escape
half-sister-brother
bonnet
48. Severe cold and fever
pneumonia
resort to
norrow escape
at loggerheads
49. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
conscience
jukebox
gig
raise your spirit
50. Not understand at all.
make a splash
set sail
rain set in for
not make head or tail of