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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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2. Engineless aircraft
doubt his chances
desensitize
talk through his hat
glider
3. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
gangplank
shoot the breeze
hallowed
set in stone
4. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
you and what army
slush
fighting words
have a memory like a sieve
5. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
sleeping car
not make head or tail of
ticket collector
keep something under someone's hat
6. Make way through a narrow path
repel
oar
funnel
even-tempered
7. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
contingency
lump
desensitize
all thumbs
8. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
rainy day
resort to
keep something under someone's hat
gangplank
9. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
gangplank
you and what army
shake a leg
10. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
rain set in for
talk through his hat
pedastrian crossing
at a pinch
11. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
bathtub
rainy day
walker
at a loss
12. Getting too angry
wash hand of
play hooky
hit the ceeling/roof
norrow escape
13. Not understand at all.
rainy day
norrow escape
not make head or tail of
hold him off
14. 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
wet blanket
give a slip
tentative decision
talk through his hat
15. Take off with ease or speed
tentative decision
all thumbs
slush
slip off
16. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all ears
snowdrift
garment bag
sleet
17. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
lets take it outside
wet blanket
mum and pop
half-sister-brother
18. Depart; set off to sea
marooned
out of work
set sail
pliers
19. Fighting alone
you and what army
shower cap
rainy day
to be on sick leave
20. 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 .......
norrow escape
snowdrift
chariot
ease up
21. 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
rain set in for
at her wits end
pedastrian crossing
flexitime
22. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
wash hand of
porch
hit the ceeling/roof
gig
23. Make someone bored or repelled.
funnel
turn someone off
patio
nine to five
24. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
at sixes and sevens
ointment
kinky
shoot the breeze
25. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
porch
catch someone's eye
restless
all ears
26. Movement blocked by traffic
get caught in traffic jam
give a slip
snow job
hold him off
27. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
pneumonia
fighting words
go into shock
28. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
shake a leg
outlaw
snow job
repel
29. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
hole in the wall
wash hand of
sell someone short
whistleblower
30. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
at standstill
rainy day
sprain
jukebox
31. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
go into shock
whistleblower
sell someone short
resort to
32. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
wound up
hypochondria
oar
garment bag
33. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
gangplank
pressed for time
shake a leg
to be on sick leave
34. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
mum and pop
measure up
rain set in for
have a memory like a sieve
35. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
to be on sick leave
pulled muscle
revisit
36. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
half-sister-brother
walker
kinky
run your tail between your legs
37. Don't think too much about it
talk through his hat
wet blanket
keep your hair on
gale
38. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
nine to five
thaw
conscience
lets take it outside
39. Get the ball rolling
patio
make a splash
blunt
get a move on
40. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
talk through his hat
sleet
dress to kill
perilous
41. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
at standstill
at her wits end
rain set in for
dress to kill
42. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
all ears
keep your hair on
blunt
hard up
43. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
run your tail between your legs
repel
shower head
brag
44. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
blunt
porch
hit the ceeling/roof
go into shock
45. Seriously - really - without joking -
lets take it outside
jukebox
joking aside
gig
46. Act before the appropriate time.
ticket collector
jump the gun
contingency
go into shock
47. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
ease up
walker
impeccable
pulled muscle
48. Shocked
conscience
turn someone off
go into shock
resort to
49. Pay a high price - pay too much
norrow escape
pulled muscle
pay through the nose
wound up
50. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
pliers
pedastrian crossing
snow job