TOEFL 2026 Listening

• ☐ ☐ ☐ freelance [adj] - working independently for different clients rather than for one employer
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a platform [n] - a digital service that connects buyers and sellers or workers and clients
• ☐ ☐ ☐ at scale [exp] - at a large volume; a lot
• ☐ ☐ ☐ flexibility [n] - the ability to change or adapt easily; freedom to choose your own schedule
• ☐ ☐ ☐ appeal [n] - the quality that makes something attractive or desirable
• ☐ ☐ ☐ simultaneously [adv] - at the same time
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an independent contractor [n] - a self-employed person hired to do specific work, not a permanent employee
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a safety net [n] - financial or social support that protects people from hardship
• ☐ ☐ ☐ reclassify [v] - change the official category something or someone belongs to
• ☐ ☐ ☐ unpredictable [adj] - not able to be known or planned for in advance
  
  
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a scale [n] - a set of musical notes arranged in order of pitch
• ☐ ☐ ☐ pitch [n] - how high or low a musical note sounds
• ☐ ☐ ☐ equal temperament [n] - a system of tuning that divides an octave into twelve equally spaced pitches
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an interval [n] - the difference in pitch between two musical notes
• ☐ ☐ ☐ a quarter tone [n] - a musical interval half the size of a semitone, used in some musical traditions
• ☐ ☐ ☐ an ensemble [n] - a group of musicians who perform together
• ☐ ☐ ☐ aesthetic [adj] - relating to beauty or the appreciation of beauty
• ☐ ☐ ☐ universal [adj] - applying to all people or situations; true everywhere
• ☐ ☐ ☐ correspond to [phv] - match or be equivalent to something

[n] - noun,  [v] - verb,  [phv] - phrasal verb,  [adj] - adjective,  [exp] - expression

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Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?

1. Digital [ services, apps ] connect workers with customers quickly and [ in large numbers ].

   [ platforms ] [ at scale ]

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2. For workers, the [ attraction ] is the ability to set their own hours and work for multiple clients [ at the same time ].

   [ appeal ] [ simultaneously ]

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3. Gig workers often bear all the financial risks of self-employment — [ uncertain, varying ] income and no [ financial support system ].

   [ unpredictable ] [ safety net ]

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4. Some economists describe this as the worst of both worlds: the insecurity of [ self-employment ] without the independence.

   [ freelancing ]

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5. Arabic music uses scales with [ gaps between notes ] smaller than anything in the Western system.

   [ intervals ]

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6. Gamelan scales do not [ match ] any fixed Western pitches.

   [ correspond to ]

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7. This suggests that some [ beauty-related ] responses are not [ the same for everyone ] but learned.

   [ aesthetic ] [ universal ]

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