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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. Adj. dangerous - risky
marooned
perilous
get caught in traffic jam
pressed for time
2. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
gig
brag
patio
chariot
3. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
have a memory like a sieve
pliers
marooned
4. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
rainy day
doubt his chances
half-sister-brother
5. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
porch
at a loss
scruffy
mum and pop
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
half-sister-brother
repel
not make head or tail of
restless
7. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
shower head
wet blanket
play hooky
joking aside
8. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
at loggerheads
restless
desensitize
greasy spoon
9. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
ease up
keep your hair on
stranded
10. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
porch
nine to five
ticket collector
measure up
11. Silence
pneumonia
hear a pin drop
nine to five
braces
12. Jobless
fighting words
clothes horse
out of work
chariot
13. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
walker
bonnet
knock the socks off
14. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
lump
for a song
do justice
15. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
go into shock
wound up
all thumbs
whistleblower
16. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
raise your spirit
lets take it outside
gig
17. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
keep something under someone's hat
do justice
have a memory like a sieve
clothes horse
18. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
slip off
shake a leg
shower head
snowdrift
19. Be noticed by someone.
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20. Tools to pull apart or twist
infest
tentative decision
conscience
pliers
21. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
even-tempered
flunk
glider
22. Depart; set off to sea
play hooky
knock the socks off
set sail
give a slip
23. 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.
sleeping car
infest
bonnet
go into shock
24. Don't think too much about it
restless
pneumonia
keep your hair on
braces
25. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hypochondria
fighting words
jump the gun
hole in the wall
26. 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 .......
scruffy
turn someone off
ease up
shoot off one's mouth
27. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
gig
thaw
blunt
measure up
28. Hood
slush
bonnet
measure up
wash hand of
29. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
blunt
resort to
even-tempered
braces
30. Movement blocked by traffic
hard up
get caught in traffic jam
patio
mum and pop
31. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
at a pinch
pick a fight
pneumonia
garment bag
32. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
biodegradable
keep something under someone's hat
trunks
even-tempered
33. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
half-sister-brother
anti-establishment
glider
keep something under someone's hat
34. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
dress to kill
wound up
slip off
norrow escape
35. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
marooned
desensitize
sleeping car
sell someone short
36. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
chariot
resort to
shoot the breeze
snowdrift
37. 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
do justice
wound up
bathtub
stranded
38. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
shoot off one's mouth
teething ring
mum and pop
at sixes and sevens
39. Dance; hurry
norrow escape
whistleblower
restless
shake a leg
40. Engineless aircraft
glider
bathtub
even-tempered
biodegradable
41. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
hallowed
flexitime
impeccable
fighting words
42. A small dark shop or restaurant
raise your spirit
mum and pop
hole in the wall
hold him off
43. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
revisit
blunt
snowdrift
measure up
44. Be cheerful and get on with life
not make head or tail of
brag
raise your spirit
flexitime
45. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
rain set in for
pick a fight
all ears
mum and pop
46. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
stranded
do justice
glider
wet blanket
47. Making claims without any backup
flunk
talk through his hat
gangplank
slush
48. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
raise your spirit
restless
jukebox
at a pinch
49. Chatter - babble - speak casually
shoot the breeze
at sixes and sevens
half-sister-brother
tentative decision
50. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
walker
garment bag
norrow escape
bathtub