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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. A frame on wheels that a baby can sit in and move around using its legs - before it can walk SYN baby ...... British English
keep something under someone's hat
brag
impeccable
walker
2. Materials - chemicals etc changed naturally by bacteria into substances that do not harm the environment OPP non-......... - This carton is made of ...... plastic.
norrow escape
jump the gun
ease up
biodegradable
3. Opposed to the existing authorities or establishment
slip off
rainy day
anti-establishment
get a move on
4. Outside - open portion of the house - with a roof
get a move on
porch
all thumbs
knock the socks off
5. Bank of snow - mound of snow piled up by the wind; snow driven by the wind
shoot off one's mouth
out of work
at sixes and sevens
snowdrift
6. If necessary - if need be - in an emergency - just possibly - with difficulty; N. Amer. in a pinch; Brit. informal at a push.
patio
conscience
get caught in traffic jam
at a pinch
7. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
gig
at sixes and sevens
mum and pop
shower cap
8. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion
restless
talk through his hat
norrow escape
slip off
9. No longer changeable; 'the agreement is not yet s............'
doubt his chances
mum and pop
pulled muscle
set in stone
10. A small dark shop or restaurant
give a slip
tentative decision
hole in the wall
have a memory like a sieve
11. Adj. dangerous - risky
whistleblower
perilous
do justice
marooned
12. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
at her wits end
hallowed
go into shock
sleeping car
13. Chatter - talk nonsense - speak about trivial matters
14. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
pulled muscle
at standstill
pedastrian crossing
bonnet
15. Pay a high price - pay too much
pay through the nose
jukebox
get a move on
lump
16. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
all thumbs
you and what army
all ears
tentative decision
17. Become or cause to become soft or liquid
catch someone's eye
blunt
lump
thaw
18. Partly frozen rain - mixture of snow and rain v-n
hypochondria
wet blanket
sleet
shoot the breeze
19. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
anti-establishment
shoot the breeze
out of work
at loggerheads
20. Be completely at a loss as to what to do
to be on sick leave
braces
at her wits end
bonnet
21. Two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used for fighting and racing
chariot
to be on sick leave
flexitime
infest
22. Jobless
all thumbs
do justice
out of work
funnel
23. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
outlaw
doubt his chances
at sixes and sevens
porch
24. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
lump
run your tail between your legs
tentative decision
half-sister-brother
25. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension
hold him off
wound up
hard up
doubt his chances
26. 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
sleet
conscience
turn someone off
repel
27. 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
trunks
flexitime
infest
glider
28. Large boses for household things
rain set in for
sleet
flexitime
trunks
29. Chatter - babble - speak casually
at a pinch
tentative decision
gig
shoot the breeze
30. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
catch someone's eye
doubt his chances
resort to
sprain
31. 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?
perilous
infest
measure up
biodegradable
32. Poor memory - mind which does not absorb information
knock the socks off
oar
have a memory like a sieve
greasy spoon
33. 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
get a move on
mum and pop
do justice
flexitime
34. Container used to hold water for washing oneself
all thumbs
joking aside
bathtub
go into shock
35. Make way through a narrow path
kinky
teething ring
shower cap
funnel
36. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
do justice
catch someone's eye
gangplank
at a pinch
37. Fighting alone
hear a pin drop
ease up
gangplank
you and what army
38. Sense of right and wrong
conscience
get a move on
measure up
teething ring
39. 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 .......
ease up
porch
at a pinch
norrow escape
40. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
clothes horse
ease up
give a slip
41. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)
ticket collector
impeccable
knock the socks off
shower head
42. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
oar
shower cap
make a splash
shoot the breeze
43. Calm and does not easily become angry SYN placid
knock the socks off
even-tempered
wet blanket
desensitize
44. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
hold him off
pressed for time
jump the gun
perilous
45. Formal to consider or discuss something again: We need to ..... this proposal as soon as the budget is clearer.
brag
flunk
gale
revisit
46. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
talk through his hat
hear a pin drop
at a loss
brag
47. Not understand at all.
not make head or tail of
glider
doubt his chances
desensitize
48. Act before the appropriate time.
gangplank
jump the gun
do justice
fighting words
49. 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.
infest
jump the gun
thaw
hole in the wall
50. Unfounded fear of being unwell
funnel
shoot off one's mouth
hypochondria
to be on sick leave