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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. Hood
contingency
ticket collector
bonnet
hypochondria
2. One who exudes depression or sadness - one who dampens a light or happy atmosphere; killjoy
wet blanket
snow job
have a memory like a sieve
catch someone's eye
3. Time of trouble - time of need - emergency
lump
rainy day
sprain
slip off
4. Gale n. tempest - strong wind
porch
gale
shoot the breeze
oar
5. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside
patio
ointment
fighting words
contingency
6. Adj. holy - sacred - sanctified - revered
half-sister-brother
flexitime
hallowed
doubt his chances
7. Listening carefully - trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting - I was all ears. I loved to hunt.
repel
do justice
patio
all ears
8. Injured muscle - muscle which has been strained
measure up
go into shock
porch
pulled muscle
9. Involved in an argument - at odds - engaged in a disagreement
at loggerheads
rain set in for
snowdrift
lets take it outside
10. Depart; set off to sea
set sail
wash hand of
braces
sell someone short
11. Boy-girl or woman who has either the same mother or the same father as them
lets take it outside
shake a leg
snow job
half-sister-brother
12. Kuyrugunu sikistirip kacmak
stranded
run your tail between your legs
get caught in traffic jam
chariot
13. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
lump
gangplank
ticket collector
brag
14. Close call - near miss - miraculous rescue - escape with very little time to spare
sprain
patio
gig
norrow escape
15. Poor - lacking money; under pressure - troubled
all ears
hard up
restless
tentative decision
16. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably
restless
doubt his chances
slip off
clothes horse
17. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess
pay through the nose
at a pinch
all ears
at sixes and sevens
18. Confused - bewildered - perplexed
half-sister-brother
trunks
knock the socks off
at a loss
19. Let us go outside and fight
knock the socks off
lets take it outside
tentative decision
gig
20. Insulting or provocative words - especially of an ethnic - racial - or sexist nature - considered unacceptable or illegal by certain institutions.
norrow escape
run your tail between your legs
doubt his chances
fighting words
21. 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
pressed for time
sleeping car
pulled muscle
22. To quarrel
pick a fight
brag
rainy day
lump
23. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......
porch
wound up
garment bag
sprain
24. Partially melted snow
slush
have a memory like a sieve
wash hand of
to be on sick leave
25. Strange - weird - odd; curly - twisted; stiff; sexually perverted
tentative decision
talk through his hat
slip off
kinky
26. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
nine to five
funnel
resort to
hole in the wall
27. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
all thumbs
walker
play hooky
outlaw
28. To prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding: Not even a gun could hold him off forever.
hold him off
gig
pliers
dress to kill
29. Implements that hold things together - e.g. teeth______ - knee____
sell someone short
braces
ointment
bonnet
30. Road crossing for those traveling by foot
pedastrian crossing
rainy day
fighting words
ointment
31. Cut off - isolated - abandoned; marooned on a reef or section of land - run aground
hit the ceeling/roof
set sail
stranded
ticket collector
32. 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
at a loss
pay through the nose
repel
half-sister-brother
33. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry
gangplank
pressed for time
do justice
patio
34. A job - especially one that does not last for a long time
kinky
bathtub
gig
perilous
35. Someone who is paid to admit only those who have purchase tickets
hit the ceeling/roof
ticket collector
perilous
anti-establishment
36. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all
jump the gun
at standstill
gangplank
stranded
37. Take off with ease or speed
jukebox
slip off
knock the socks off
snowdrift
38. Make someone bored or repelled.
turn someone off
funnel
conscience
lets take it outside
39. A large piece of something without definite shape
hard up
to be on sick leave
all ears
lump
40. Shocked
shake a leg
wash hand of
go into shock
dress to kill
41. Movement blocked by traffic
gig
dress to kill
get caught in traffic jam
gangplank
42. Don't think too much about it
jump the gun
keep your hair on
conscience
pressed for time
43. Adj. faultless - perfect; free from sin - pure
funnel
get caught in traffic jam
hold him off
impeccable
44. Pay a high price - pay too much
pulled muscle
pay through the nose
at sixes and sevens
shake a leg
45. Unfounded fear of being unwell
doubt his chances
get a move on
hypochondria
sleet
46. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship
jump the gun
wound up
funnel
gangplank
47. 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
flexitime
get caught in traffic jam
trunks
gig
48. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.
keep your hair on
resort to
doubt his chances
pneumonia
49. A plastic hat that keeps your hair dry in a shower
flexitime
hit the ceeling/roof
shower cap
jukebox
50. A small ring for an infant to bite on while teething.
gangplank
get caught in traffic jam
teething ring
to be on sick leave