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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
ointment
sleeping car
at a loss
walker
2. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
flunk
sprain
out of work
keep something under someone's hat
3. Hood
set in stone
bonnet
scruffy
glider
4. 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.
jump the gun
infest
hole in the wall
doubt his chances
5. Seriously - really - without joking -
joking aside
chariot
at her wits end
pneumonia
6. Basarili olacagindan süphe etmek
blunt
rain set in for
norrow escape
doubt his chances
7. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
garment bag
set sail
chariot
marooned
8. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
shower cap
sleeping car
at sixes and sevens
doubt his chances
9. Fighting alone
you and what army
not make head or tail of
go into shock
at her wits end
10. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
impeccable
jukebox
hold him off
lets take it outside
11. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
gangplank
half-sister-brother
out of work
shower head
12. Movement blocked by traffic
pressed for time
gangplank
get caught in traffic jam
knock the socks off
13. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
shower cap
to be on sick leave
scruffy
half-sister-brother
14. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
sleet
impeccable
sell someone short
for a song
15. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
do justice
gale
at her wits end
for a song
16. Get the ball rolling
snow job
all thumbs
get a move on
marooned
17. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
make a splash
kinky
gangplank
bonnet
18. Unfounded fear of being unwell
wound up
snowdrift
hypochondria
at standstill
19. 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
lump
conscience
talk through his hat
tentative decision
20. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
hit the ceeling/roof
braces
give a slip
gig
21. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
trunks
clothes horse
snowdrift
bathtub
22. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
keep something under someone's hat
rain set in for
pick a fight
have a memory like a sieve
23. Be absent from school without permission
play hooky
scruffy
you and what army
perilous
24. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
at a loss
out of work
sprain
25. Jobless
out of work
tentative decision
oar
sell someone short
26. Partially melted snow
get caught in traffic jam
slush
nine to five
pressed for time
27. 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
dress to kill
flunk
at her wits end
do justice
28. Make way through a narrow path
funnel
hit the ceeling/roof
hold him off
all ears
29. Dance; hurry
conscience
kinky
mum and pop
shake a leg
30. Take off with ease or speed
biodegradable
rain set in for
slip off
whistleblower
31. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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32. Depart; set off to sea
play hooky
set sail
contingency
hard up
33. 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?
ointment
set sail
keep your hair on
measure up
34. 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
repel
bonnet
braces
desensitize
35. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
ticket collector
sell someone short
doubt his chances
half-sister-brother
36. Left behind; stranded - put on a reef or section of land; abandoned in a deserted place
gig
marooned
garment bag
flunk
37. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
snow job
blunt
dress to kill
flunk
38. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
oar
funnel
shower cap
doubt his chances
39. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
snow job
ticket collector
hypochondria
norrow escape
40. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
jukebox
at sixes and sevens
set in stone
at loggerheads
41. Not understand at all.
jukebox
not make head or tail of
do justice
measure up
42. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
impeccable
infest
sell someone short
43. A small dark shop or restaurant
gale
hit the ceeling/roof
you and what army
hole in the wall
44. Informal - often disapproving) a small cheap restaurant - usually one that is not very clean or attractive
greasy spoon
brag
pedastrian crossing
slush
45. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
teething ring
ointment
hold him off
lump
46. Large boses for household things
ointment
trunks
contingency
blunt
47. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
you and what army
scruffy
ticket collector
bathtub
48. Clumsy - awkward; not graceful; not talented
all thumbs
desensitize
infest
half-sister-brother
49. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
glider
knock the socks off
pressed for time
ease up
50. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
at loggerheads
stranded
perilous
do justice
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