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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases

Subjects : toefl, english, vocabulary
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Be completely at a loss as to what to do






2. Be absent from school without permission






3. Take off with ease or speed






4. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.






5. Seriously - really - without joking -






6. Become or cause to become soft or liquid






7. 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 .......






8. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)






9. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment






10. Get the ball rolling






11. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student






12. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive






13. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.






14. A large piece of something without definite shape






15. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak






16. Cheaply - inexpensively






17. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside






18. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare






19. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained






20. 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






21. Escape being caught; avoid






22. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]






23. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)






24. Make someone bored or repelled.






25. Gale n. tempest - strong wind






26. 1. not definite or certain - and may be changed later SYN provisional OPP definite: I passed on my t...... conclusions to the police. The government is taking t......... steps towards tackling the country's economic problems. 2. done without confiden






27. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.






28. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'






29. To quarrel






30. Let us go outside and fight






31. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..


32. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted






33. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.






34. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship






35. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid






36. Shocked






37. Chatter - babble - speak casually






38. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:






39. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time






40. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment






41. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion






42. Partially melted snow






43. Tools to pull apart or twist






44. Jobless






45. 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






46. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement






47. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information






48. An implement used to propel or steer a boat






49. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____






50. Adj. dangerous - risky