Common Idioms Flashcards
Recognize proper use of common idioms on the GMAT
I value my ABILITY TO SING.
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I value my ABILITY OF SINGING.
Wrong
I value my ABILITY FOR SINGING.
Wrong
I value the ABILITY FOR me TO SING.
Wrong
The holiday ALLOWS Maria TO WATCH the movie today.
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Maria WAS ALLOWED TO WATCH the movie.
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The demolition of the old build ALLOWS FOR new construction.
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The holiday ALLOWED FOR Maria TO WATCH the movie.
Wrong
The holiday ALLOWED Maria the WATCHING OF the movie.
Wrong
The holiday ALLOWS THAT homework BE done (or CAN BE done).
Wrong
Homework is ALLOWED FOR DOING BY Maria.
Wrong
The ALLOWING OF shopping TO DO (or TO BE DONE).
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We are concerned about the forests AND the oceans.
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We are concerned about the forests, the oceans, AND the mountains.
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We work all night, AND we sleep all day.
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We are concerned about the forests AND ALSO the oceans.
Suspect
We are concerned about the forests, ALSO the oceans.
Wrong
AS I walked, I became more nervous.
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=during
AS I had already paid, I was unconcerned.
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=because/since
AS we did last year, we will win this year.
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= in the same way
JUST AS we did last year, we will win this year.
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=in the same way
As the president of the company, she works hard.
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=in the role of
AS a child, I delivered newspapers.
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=in the stage of being
My first job was an apprenticeship AS a sketch artist.
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AS PART OF the arrangement, he received severance.
Suspect
My first was an apprenticeship OF a sketch artist.
Wrong
They worked AS a sketch artist.
Wrong
WHILE BEING a child, I delivered newspapers.
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AS BEING a child, I delivered newspapers.
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WHILE IN childhood, I delivered newspapers.
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Cheese is AS GREAT AS people say.
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Cheese is NOT AS great AS people say.
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We have AS MANY apples AS need to be cooked.
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We have THREE TIMES AS MANY pears AS you.
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We have AT LEAST AS MANY apples AS you.
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We have 10 apples, ABOUT AS MANY AS we picked yesterday.
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His knowledge springs AS MUCH from experience AS from schooling.
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His knowledge springs NOT SO MUCH from experience AS from schooling.
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He wins frequently, AS MUCH because he plays SO hard AS because he cheats.
Right
Cheese is NOT SO great AS people say.
Suspect
We have AS MANY apples AS OR MORE apples THAN you.
Suspect
We have AS MANY apples AS THERE need to be cooked
Suspect
He wins frequently, AS MUCH because he plays AS hard AS because he cheats.
Suspect
Cheese is SO great AS people say.
Wrong
Cheese is SO great THAT people say.
Wrong
Cheese is AS great THAT people say.
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We have AS MANY apples THAN you.
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We have SO MANY apples AS you.
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We have AS MANY OR MORE apples THAN you.
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We have THREE TIMES AS MANY MORE pears THAN you.
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We have 10 apples, ABOUT EQUIVALENT TO what we picked yesterday.
Wrong
His knowledge springs NOT from experience AS from schooling.
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BECAUSE the sun SHINES, plants grow.
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Plants grow BECAUSE the sun SHINES.
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BECAUSE OF the sun, plants grow.
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BY SHINING, the sun makes plants grow.
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Plants grow, FOR the sun shines.
Right
correct but very formal
Plants grow BECAUSE OF the sun, WHICH SHINES.
Suspect
Plants are amazing IN THAT they grow in the sun.
Suspect
correct but wordy
The growth of plants IS EXPLAINED BY THE FACT THAT the sun shines.
Suspect
correct but wordy
Plants BECAUSE OF the sun SHINING.
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Plants grow AS A RESULT OF the sun SHINING.
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BECAUSE OF SHINING, the sun makes plants grow.
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ON ACCOUNT OF SHINING or ITS SHINING, the sun makes plants grow.
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BECAUSE the sun SHINES IS the REASON that plants grow.
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The ABILITY OF plant TO grow IS BECAUSE the sun shines.
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BEING THAT the sun shines, plants grow.
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The growth of plants IS EXPLAINED BECAUSE OF the shining of the sun.
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The growth of plants IS EXPLAINED BECAUSE the sun shines.
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