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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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2. Large boses for household things
trunks
keep your hair on
porch
flunk
3. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
have a memory like a sieve
pressed for time
greasy spoon
at a pinch
4. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
shoot off one's mouth
sleet
norrow escape
stranded
5. Let us go outside and fight
shower cap
lets take it outside
hold him off
brag
6. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
sleeping car
trunks
keep your hair on
7. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
clothes horse
stranded
pedastrian crossing
jump the gun
8. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
jump the gun
at sixes and sevens
sprain
dress to kill
9. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
sprain
knock the socks off
talk through his hat
anti-establishment
10. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
gale
trunks
contingency
anti-establishment
11. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
at a loss
not make head or tail of
jump the gun
all ears
12. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
jukebox
mum and pop
out of work
all thumbs
13. 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
shake a leg
out of work
run your tail between your legs
tentative decision
14. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
even-tempered
marooned
mum and pop
porch
15. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
funnel
sprain
pressed for time
have a memory like a sieve
16. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
not make head or tail of
set in stone
pressed for time
wound up
17. To quarrel
pick a fight
all ears
hypochondria
pedastrian crossing
18. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
lets take it outside
get a move on
keep something under someone's hat
19. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
sleet
garment bag
clothes horse
blunt
20. A large piece of something without definite shape
at loggerheads
all thumbs
set in stone
lump
21. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
at sixes and sevens
trunks
anti-establishment
impeccable
22. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
thaw
porch
hallowed
snow job
23. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
porch
tentative decision
whistleblower
sprain
24. 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
desensitize
half-sister-brother
you and what army
conscience
25. Be absent from school without permission
perilous
play hooky
get caught in traffic jam
tentative decision
26. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
ticket collector
gale
wet blanket
27. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
bonnet
ease up
gangplank
wash hand of
28. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
rainy day
shoot the breeze
talk through his hat
29. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
clothes horse
hole in the wall
lets take it outside
brag
30. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
kinky
outlaw
knock the socks off
talk through his hat
31. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
hard up
to be on sick leave
at standstill
knock the socks off
32. Silence
hallowed
hear a pin drop
flunk
all thumbs
33. Jobless
porch
out of work
greasy spoon
get a move on
34. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
knock the socks off
gangplank
do justice
restless
35. A small dark shop or restaurant
repel
glider
pneumonia
hole in the wall
36. 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?
pick a fight
gig
anti-establishment
measure up
37. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
out of work
porch
trunks
jump the gun
38. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
lump
scruffy
sleeping car
at a loss
39. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
even-tempered
impeccable
contingency
rain set in for
40. Engineless aircraft
glider
pneumonia
dress to kill
stranded
41. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
perilous
anti-establishment
make a splash
rain set in for
42. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
get caught in traffic jam
fighting words
ticket collector
to be on sick leave
43. Be noticed by someone.
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44. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
make a splash
snow job
sell someone short
at loggerheads
45. Make way through a narrow path
do justice
blunt
funnel
at her wits end
46. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
for a song
play hooky
pick a fight
ointment
47. Getting too angry
pneumonia
shake a leg
pay through the nose
hit the ceeling/roof
48. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
clothes horse
at standstill
hit the ceeling/roof
out of work
49. Be cheerful and get on with life
talk through his hat
measure up
walker
raise your spirit
50. 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
shower head
talk through his hat
flexitime
at loggerheads