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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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TOEFL Vocab: Everyday Phrases
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1. Movable ramp used when boarding or leaving a ship

2. Without much time - running out of time - in a hurry

3. Jobless

4. (Slang) person whose main interest is clothes dressing fashionably

5. Become or cause to become soft or liquid

6. Straightforward; or something that has a rough edge - that hurts

7. An event or situation that might happen in the future - especially one that could cause problems: a ......... plan

8. A special bag used to carry clothes such as suits and dresses: I packed the dresses in a black .......

9. Greatly impress - amaze - overwhelm (Slang)

10. A situation in which there is no movement or activity at all

11. Attempt to trick someone - attempted fraud (Slang)

12. Boast - exaggerate about oneself

13. Criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive

14. In a state of confusion or disorder - in a mess

15. 9 to 5 - job where one works from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

16. Adj. not still - unable to remain still; nervous - uneasy; lacking rest - lacking repose; constantly moving - perpetually in motion

17. Permission to be away from work because of illness; the period of time spent away from work:

18. A cabinet containing an automatic record player

19. Turn to and adopt (a course of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation.

20. A flat hard area near a house - where people sit outside

21. Anxious - worried - or excited: I was too .......to sleep. - brought to a state of great tension

22. Take off with ease or speed

23. A soft cream that you rub into your skin - especially as a medical treatment

24. Movement blocked by traffic

25. Get the ball rolling