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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
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2. Depart; set off to sea
whistleblower
revisit
set sail
slush
3. Owned and managed by a family or a husband and wife: a real .........restaurant
scruffy
keep your hair on
wet blanket
mum and pop
4. A large piece of something without definite shape
biodegradable
make a splash
lump
wet blanket
5. Get the ball rolling
lets take it outside
knock the socks off
get a move on
kinky
6. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
run your tail between your legs
brag
rain set in for
at her wits end
7. Let us go outside and fight
restless
run your tail between your legs
raise your spirit
lets take it outside
8. Be absent from school without permission
all ears
fighting words
norrow escape
play hooky
9. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan
sleeping car
contingency
play hooky
bonnet
10. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
at loggerheads
walker
at standstill
fighting words
11. To quarrel
ticket collector
pick a fight
restless
garment bag
12. Wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression
lets take it outside
have a memory like a sieve
dress to kill
knock the socks off
13. Keep secret - not tell He won`t say where he is going for his holiday. He wants .......his ..
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14. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
slush
lets take it outside
at a loss
gig
15. Chatter - babble - speak casually
pneumonia
chariot
resort to
shoot the breeze
16. Silence
hear a pin drop
all ears
ointment
whistleblower
17. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
conscience
shoot off one's mouth
gangplank
sell someone short
18. Shunned responsibility for - - avoided being held accountable for -
get a move on
give a slip
pick a fight
wash hand of
19. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
gig
garment bag
have a memory like a sieve
tentative decision
20. One who discloses the illegal or immoral acts of another person - informer
hear a pin drop
lump
whistleblower
at a pinch
21. Shocked
at a pinch
gangplank
go into shock
keep something under someone's hat
22. A cabinet containing an automatic record player
bathtub
jukebox
garment bag
gangplank
23. Carriage in a train that is equipped with special couches for sleeping
chariot
trunks
conscience
sleeping car
24. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
pliers
all thumbs
perilous
at sixes and sevens
25. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
anti-establishment
get a move on
have a memory like a sieve
at standstill
26. Be cheerful and get on with life
ease up
raise your spirit
sprain
keep your hair on
27. Cheaply - inexpensively
pulled muscle
gangplank
snowdrift
for a song
28. (informal) dirty or untidy: He looked a little scruffy. She was wearing a ......... pair of jeans. s.......ness noun [U]
scruffy
slush
set sail
raise your spirit
29. Getting too angry
hit the ceeling/roof
flunk
pliers
rain set in for
30. 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
repel
pick a fight
shoot off one's mouth
jukebox
31. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
mum and pop
fighting words
hard up
at her wits end
32. 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
nine to five
flexitime
for a song
go into shock
33. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
outlaw
half-sister-brother
at standstill
34. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
brag
pedastrian crossing
snow job
35. Be noticed by someone.
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36. Hood
bonnet
snowdrift
gangplank
wash hand of
37. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
out of work
turn someone off
pressed for time
slip off
38. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment
brag
ointment
measure up
impeccable
39. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
at a pinch
sleet
make a splash
shoot the breeze
40. Unfounded fear of being unwell
lets take it outside
at a loss
hypochondria
garment bag
41. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
set in stone
hold him off
perilous
desensitize
42. Boast - exaggerate about oneself
give a slip
have a memory like a sieve
shoot off one's mouth
brag
43. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
give a slip
infest
stranded
walker
44. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
gangplank
lump
hold him off
45. Fail (a test - course - etc.); give up; drop out of school; give a student a failing grade student
shower head
flunk
hit the ceeling/roof
ointment
46. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
walker
gale
snow job
stranded
47. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
hold him off
norrow escape
gale
dress to kill
48. To damage a joint in your body by suddenly twisting it SYN twist: I fell down the steps and sprained my ankle.
sprain
jump the gun
revisit
contingency
49. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
raise your spirit
greasy spoon
half-sister-brother
shower cap
50. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts
flexitime
blunt
raise your spirit
porch