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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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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. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
desensitize
stranded
shower cap
whistleblower
2. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
glider
joking aside
even-tempered
outlaw
3. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
snow job
chariot
at loggerheads
impeccable
4. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
pulled muscle
ointment
talk through his hat
lump
5. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
have a memory like a sieve
lump
braces
pressed for time
6. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
kinky
to be on sick leave
shoot the breeze
7. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
all thumbs
clothes horse
hard up
8. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
mum and pop
perilous
at sixes and sevens
funnel
9. Engineless aircraft
glider
run your tail between your legs
conscience
knock the socks off
10. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
hard up
rain set in for
brag
marooned
11. Be absent from school without permission
joking aside
patio
give a slip
play hooky
12. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
thaw
for a song
wash hand of
have a memory like a sieve
13. Chatter - babble - speak casually
ease up
shoot the breeze
perilous
pressed for time
14. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
porch
bonnet
hold him off
measure up
15. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
resort to
shower head
funnel
half-sister-brother
16. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
blunt
rainy day
funnel
kinky
17. Be cheerful and get on with life
all ears
ointment
resort to
raise your spirit
18. Let us go outside and fight
lets take it outside
funnel
all thumbs
restless
19. 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
at her wits end
conscience
glider
20. 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
measure up
shower head
at sixes and sevens
21. 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?
wound up
funnel
measure up
shake a leg
22. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
oar
shower head
impeccable
at a pinch
23. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
gig
all ears
hear a pin drop
24. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
go into shock
wet blanket
hard up
25. 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
have a memory like a sieve
pay through the nose
26. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
trunks
lets take it outside
snowdrift
chariot
27. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
catch someone's eye
anti-establishment
all thumbs
thaw
28. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
snowdrift
wash hand of
pliers
blunt
29. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
jukebox
mum and pop
pulled muscle
ointment
30. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
tentative decision
patio
make a splash
31. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
anti-establishment
desensitize
flexitime
brag
32. Unfounded fear of being unwell
hypochondria
even-tempered
anti-establishment
catch someone's eye
33. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
restless
to be on sick leave
brag
34. Escape being caught; avoid
pulled muscle
gangplank
stranded
give a slip
35. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
doubt his chances
patio
fighting words
36. To quarrel
keep your hair on
at her wits end
pick a fight
wound up
37. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
pick a fight
mum and pop
at a loss
thaw
38. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
talk through his hat
have a memory like a sieve
teething ring
restless
39. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
shake a leg
gig
brag
infest
40. Making claims without any backup
bonnet
talk through his hat
to be on sick leave
shoot off one's mouth
41. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
turn someone off
shower head
marooned
gangplank
42. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
pressed for time
thaw
nine to five
gangplank
43. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
mum and pop
hallowed
clothes horse
flunk
44. 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
to be on sick leave
tentative decision
jukebox
wash hand of
45. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
keep something under someone's hat
sprain
mum and pop
ticket collector
46. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
even-tempered
sell someone short
sleet
thaw
47. 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 .......
anti-establishment
ease up
shower cap
gig
48. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
knock the socks off
porch
resort to
play hooky
49. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
hear a pin drop
infest
greasy spoon
garment bag
50. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
impeccable
gale
joking aside
bathtub