GMAT - Idiom Flashcards
a consequence …
a consequence of
“Many have been laid off from work as a consequence of the administration’s policies”
a debate …
a debate over
“The research will also reignite the debate over the use of cannabis for other medicinal purposes”
a responsibility …
a responsibility to
“Individuals have a responsibility to control personal begavior”
Access …
access to
“The staircase gives a access to the top floor”
Agree … (person/idea)
agree with (person/idea)
“I completely agree with your recent editorial”
“I don’t agree with random drugs testing in schools”
Agree … (plan/action)
Agree to
“Mrs Martin agreed to take the suggestion to the town council”
Allows …
Allows for
“The house was demolished to allow for road widening”
Appeal …
appeal to
“The range of topics will appeal to yongsters”
Approve …
approve of
“I approve of your choice”
“I don’t approve of smoking in any form, whether it’s cannabis or nicotine”
“He generally disapproved of borrowings outside of financing entrepreneurship”
Instance …
an instance of
“Last wednesday I saw three such instances of this abuse, and it really is a matter that needs to be tackled head on by the council”
“A serious instance of corruption”
Associate …
associate with
“We associate illness with aging”
“The company wants to associate itself with the arts”
Attribute …
Attribute X to Y
“He attributed the firm’s success to the efforts of the managing director”
Afraid …
be afraid of
“I’m afraid of dogs”
“In all her life she had never been afraid of a singe man besides her father”
Believe …
Believe to be
“The fugitive is believed to be headed for the Mexican border”
Capable …
capable of
“I’m quite capable of taking care of myself”
Centers …
Centers on
“He centered his novel on the civil war”
Claim …
Claim to be
Better served …
better served by X than by Y
Compare … (similarities)
compare to (similarities)
Compare … (differences)
compare with (differences)
“Dekker’s plays cannot compare with shakespeare’s”
“Their development compares poorly with that of neighbor nations”
Concern …
concern with
“She concerns herself with every aspect of the business”
“Our concern is with the children”
Conform …
conform to
“The kitchen does not conform to hygiene regulations”
“It’s not a typical horror movie, in that it really doesn’t conform to the genre rules”
Connection …
connection between X and Y
“The connections between social attitudes and productivity”
Consider …
Consider X Y (without to be)
“Do you consider him a good player?”
Contend …
contend that
“He contends that the judge was wrong”
Contrast …
contrast X with Y
“His friend’s success contrasted with his own failure”
Credit …
credit with
“In former times many herbs were credited with healing powers”
Defined …
defined as
Dependent …
dependent on
“The various benefits will be dependent on length of service”
“As we become dependent on technology we become vulnerable”
Depict …
Depicted as
“As in a disaster movie, the lives are depicted as parallel narratives, hinged on the impending disaster”
“Her relationship with William was depicted as a love affair, involving many partings and returns from war”
Determined …
determined by
Differ …
differ from
“The second set of data differed from the first”
Disagree … (person/idea)
disagree with
“No one was willing to disagree with him”
Discourage …
discourage from
“Research also indicates that negative school experiences can discourage students from teaching careers”
Dispute …
dispute whether
Distinguish …
distinguish between X and Y
distinguish X from Y
“Copyright law does not distinguish between sampling and counterfeiting”
“The child is perfectly capable of distinguishing reality from fantasy”
Doubt …
doubt that
Encourage …
encourage X to (verb)
“Higher education carries much prestige, and parants stongly encourage children to earn their diplomas”
Estimated …
estimated to be
“The population that year was estimated to be 4,790,000”
Except …
Except for
“All benchmarks in the region fell for the week except for Hong Kong”
