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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. Fighting alone
brag
you and what army
kinky
raise your spirit
2. Large boses for household things
to be on sick leave
wound up
trunks
dress to kill
3. Act before the appropriate time.
hypochondria
hard up
jump the gun
dress to kill
4. 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?
sleet
measure up
doubt his chances
have a memory like a sieve
5. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
sell someone short
make a splash
scruffy
thaw
6. Shocked
you and what army
set in stone
go into shock
infest
7. Engineless aircraft
shake a leg
sprain
out of work
glider
8. Silence
shower head
oar
catch someone's eye
hear a pin drop
9. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
measure up
wound up
jump the gun
give a slip
10. Fail to recognize or state the true value of someone or something.
at sixes and sevens
porch
sell someone short
sleeping car
11. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
at sixes and sevens
at standstill
blunt
garment bag
12. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
shower head
norrow escape
contingency
kinky
13. Make someone bored or repelled.
pay through the nose
shake a leg
jukebox
turn someone off
14. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
ticket collector
measure up
gig
raise your spirit
15. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
hole in the wall
greasy spoon
pneumonia
knock the socks off
16. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
marooned
wash hand of
flexitime
ease up
17. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
knock the socks off
porch
patio
anti-establishment
18. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
patio
gig
whistleblower
run your tail between your legs
19. Be cheerful and get on with life
at sixes and sevens
ticket collector
catch someone's eye
raise your spirit
20. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
chariot
pedastrian crossing
snowdrift
flunk
21. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
snowdrift
scruffy
for a song
measure up
22. An implement used to propel or steer a boat
outlaw
pay through the nose
shake a leg
oar
23. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
revisit
keep something under someone's hat
braces
garment bag
24. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
gangplank
oar
bathtub
get a move on
25. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
kinky
wash hand of
wet blanket
snowdrift
26. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
jump the gun
outlaw
sell someone short
measure up
27. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
bonnet
impeccable
shower head
sleeping car
28. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
repel
greasy spoon
wash hand of
at sixes and sevens
29. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
pressed for time
shower cap
dress to kill
flexitime
30. Making claims without any backup
outlaw
rainy day
shower cap
talk through his hat
31. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
shake a leg
clothes horse
shower head
do justice
32. Not understand at all.
brag
not make head or tail of
marooned
chariot
33. Jobless
at a pinch
garment bag
out of work
at her wits end
34. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
make a splash
pedastrian crossing
restless
norrow escape
35. 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 .......
stranded
ease up
flunk
braces
36. Partially melted snow
turn someone off
hard up
at a loss
slush
37. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
slush
jukebox
hole in the wall
rain set in for
38. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
go into shock
raise your spirit
garment bag
half-sister-brother
39. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)
snow job
out of work
shake a leg
keep your hair on
40. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
pedastrian crossing
nine to five
hit the ceeling/roof
slip off
41. Cheaply - inexpensively
rainy day
for a song
revisit
not make head or tail of
42. Be absent from school without permission
pay through the nose
pliers
play hooky
chariot
43. Seriously - really - without joking -
tentative decision
sell someone short
joking aside
rain set in for
44. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
fighting words
porch
wash hand of
kinky
45. Something that helps you get clean. You stand under it and water sprays down on you.
gangplank
at her wits end
porch
shower head
46. Fixed - unchanging; arranged - prepared; resolute - firmly resolved; determined in advance
brag
rain set in for
pliers
infest
47. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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48. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
at a pinch
raise your spirit
resort to
even-tempered
49. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
kinky
fighting words
teething ring
greasy spoon
50. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
ease up
gale
jukebox
perilous