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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
glider
whistleblower
pneumonia
biodegradable
2. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
rainy day
slush
doubt his chances
shoot off one's mouth
3. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
gale
gangplank
resort to
ticket collector
4. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
outlaw
gangplank
ease up
norrow escape
5. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
walker
set sail
wash hand of
make a splash
6. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
set in stone
garment bag
impeccable
anti-establishment
7. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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8. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
lump
impeccable
hit the ceeling/roof
sleeping car
9. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
run your tail between your legs
gig
contingency
slip off
10. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
blunt
nine to five
shower head
at a pinch
11. Let us go outside and fight
hallowed
brag
shoot the breeze
lets take it outside
12. Adj. dangerous - risky
pneumonia
contingency
perilous
restless
13. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
have a memory like a sieve
tentative decision
porch
norrow escape
14. Get the ball rolling
nine to five
to be on sick leave
get a move on
even-tempered
15. Be noticed by someone.
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16. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
brag
hallowed
raise your spirit
norrow escape
17. Seriously - really - without joking -
sprain
joking aside
pick a fight
slush
18. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
not make head or tail of
scruffy
jukebox
run your tail between your legs
19. Unfounded fear of being unwell
thaw
hypochondria
teething ring
jukebox
20. Make someone bored or repelled.
have a memory like a sieve
shower cap
set in stone
turn someone off
21. Hood
bonnet
clothes horse
walker
funnel
22. Partially melted snow
slush
sell someone short
sleeping car
run your tail between your legs
23. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
at a pinch
slush
rainy day
half-sister-brother
24. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
gangplank
rain set in for
porch
lump
25. 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?
tentative decision
measure up
ease up
all ears
26. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
measure up
marooned
whistleblower
braces
27. Not understand at all.
walker
not make head or tail of
hard up
pay through the nose
28. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
all thumbs
revisit
at a loss
give a slip
29. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
restless
marooned
at sixes and sevens
outlaw
30. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
chariot
pulled muscle
gig
pedastrian crossing
31. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
marooned
walker
bonnet
braces
32. 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
go into shock
slip off
keep something under someone's hat
desensitize
33. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
pedastrian crossing
measure up
outlaw
keep something under someone's hat
34. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
wet blanket
pulled muscle
shoot off one's mouth
35. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
hard up
play hooky
keep something under someone's hat
shower cap
36. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
even-tempered
mum and pop
you and what army
shake a leg
37. A small dark shop or restaurant
conscience
go into shock
hole in the wall
pay through the nose
38. 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
hypochondria
catch someone's eye
sleeping car
39. Tools to pull apart or twist
lets take it outside
turn someone off
pressed for time
pliers
40. Escape being caught; avoid
marooned
at a pinch
give a slip
pliers
41. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
hold him off
chariot
biodegradable
keep something under someone's hat
42. Silence
hear a pin drop
blunt
fighting words
at a loss
43. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
set in stone
porch
at her wits end
braces
44. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
brag
catch someone's eye
hallowed
garment bag
45. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
walker
norrow escape
bonnet
at loggerheads
46. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
kinky
at standstill
thaw
snowdrift
47. Pay a high price - pay too much
at a pinch
at sixes and sevens
pay through the nose
braces
48. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
wet blanket
all thumbs
flexitime
nine to five
49. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
ticket collector
dress to kill
thaw
desensitize
50. 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.
for a song
outlaw
to be on sick leave
infest