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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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1. Make way through a narrow path
rain set in for
flexitime
funnel
pliers
2. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
play hooky
at sixes and sevens
hold him off
hard up
3. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
keep something under someone's hat
whistleblower
play hooky
catch someone's eye
4. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
at loggerheads
thaw
not make head or tail of
measure up
5. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
all ears
pneumonia
snow job
anti-establishment
6. Partially melted snow
resort to
half-sister-brother
slush
infest
7. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
turn someone off
shower cap
snowdrift
ointment
8. A large piece of something without definite shape
lump
wash hand of
pay through the nose
pliers
9. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
desensitize
patio
sleet
restless
10. 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
shower head
hit the ceeling/roof
play hooky
11. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
ointment
bonnet
funnel
have a memory like a sieve
12. Chatter - babble - speak casually
glider
talk through his hat
perilous
shoot the breeze
13. Get the ball rolling
mum and pop
get a move on
at her wits end
sleeping car
14. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
get a move on
scruffy
all thumbs
norrow escape
15. 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
tentative decision
walker
repel
gangplank
16. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
greasy spoon
out of work
wash hand of
rain set in for
17. Be noticed by someone.
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18. Dance; hurry
brag
gale
pliers
shake a leg
19. Let us go outside and fight
raise your spirit
knock the socks off
biodegradable
lets take it outside
20. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
nine to five
doubt his chances
perilous
teething ring
21. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
talk through his hat
raise your spirit
all thumbs
slush
22. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
teething ring
go into shock
run your tail between your legs
23. Tools to pull apart or twist
perilous
rainy day
pliers
at a pinch
24. Jobless
out of work
pneumonia
pressed for time
not make head or tail of
25. 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
joking aside
gale
contingency
tentative decision
26. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
at a loss
gig
hear a pin drop
gangplank
27. Take off with ease or speed
pressed for time
garment bag
slip off
rain set in for
28. Adj. dangerous - risky
wet blanket
perilous
slip off
for a song
29. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
half-sister-brother
hit the ceeling/roof
wound up
impeccable
30. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
stranded
run your tail between your legs
mum and pop
hole in the wall
31. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
do justice
hold him off
marooned
pick a fight
32. Movement blocked by traffic
get caught in traffic jam
at standstill
at her wits end
biodegradable
33. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
mum and pop
rain set in for
catch someone's eye
pulled muscle
34. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
at a loss
gangplank
blunt
pliers
35. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
get a move on
gangplank
measure up
ointment
36. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
rainy day
thaw
raise your spirit
37. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
at her wits end
sleet
hear a pin drop
doubt his chances
38. Make someone bored or repelled.
stranded
hold him off
turn someone off
hard up
39. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
ease up
pay through the nose
stranded
mum and pop
40. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gale
knock the socks off
chariot
hear a pin drop
41. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
rain set in for
hit the ceeling/roof
sprain
chariot
42. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
slush
kinky
hit the ceeling/roof
43. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
brag
restless
revisit
sleeping car
44. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
ointment
braces
slush
45. Pay a high price - pay too much
repel
conscience
pay through the nose
marooned
46. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
biodegradable
at standstill
kinky
impeccable
47. Informal) CAUSE A SENSATION - cause a stir - attract attention - draw attention to oneself/itself - get noticed - make an impression - make an impact.
for a song
make a splash
pedastrian crossing
wash hand of
48. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
glider
sell someone short
shower cap
all thumbs
49. Hood
bonnet
hold him off
gangplank
at her wits end
50. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at standstill
turn someone off
infest
patio