Idiom List Flashcards

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Worry…

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…about

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Define…

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…as

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Regard…

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…as

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Not so…

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…as

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5
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So…

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…as to be

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Think of…

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…as

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See…

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…as

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The same…

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…as

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As…

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…as

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Target…

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…at

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11
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Responsible

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for

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Prohibit

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from

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Different

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from

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14
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Dispute

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over

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So…

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…that

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Hypothesis

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that

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17
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Believe…

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…to be

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18
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Estimate…

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…to be

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19
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Forbid…

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…to

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Ability…

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…to

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Attribute…

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…to

22
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Require…

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…to

23
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Responsibility…

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…to

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Permit…

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…to

25
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Superior…

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…to

26
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Try…

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…to

27
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Credit…

A

…with

28
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Associate…

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…with

29
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Contrast…

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…with

30
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Consider…

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…(nothing)

31
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Distinguish…

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…from

32
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Distinguish between…

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….and…

33
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Native (noun)….

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….of

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Native (adjective)…

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…to

35
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Not only…

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…but also

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Either…

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…or

37
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Neither…

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…nor

38
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Both…

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…and

39
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More/less…

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…than

40
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As is used to compare ______

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actions

41
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Like is used to compare ______

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nouns

42
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“Like” means ______

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similar to

43
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“Such as” means ______

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for example

44
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The more…

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…the -er

45
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From…

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…to

46
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Just as…

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…so too

47
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Use “each” to ______

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emphasize separate items of the sentence

48
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Use “both” or “all “ to ______

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emphasize the unity of the items

49
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Use “whether” when there are ______

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two possibilities

50
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Use “if” in ______

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conditional statements