Idioms Flashcards
Estimated…
to be…
A sequence…
of
Acquiesce…
in
Aim…
at
Care about
(think about)
Care for
(like)
Compare with
(differences emphasized)
Compare to
(similarities emphasized)
Concur in
(opinion)
Concur with
(someone)
Credit…
…with
Differ from
(different)
Differ with
(disagree)
Discourage…
from
Disgusted…
with
Be fascinated…
by
Judge…
by
Prohibit…
from
Be related…
to
Be sensible…
of
Be sensitive…
to
Identical…
with/to
No less a..
than
Regard…
as + noun/adj.
Dismissed for
(job)
Dismissed as
(by critics)
Known as
(name)
Known to be
(ascknowledgement)
Known for
(famous for)
Like +
noun (not example; e.g. like other writers)
As +
clause
Such as +
example
Due to +
noun
Less than
(comparison)
Under
(spatial)
As (similarity) vs…
than (comparison)
Everything - is/are?
singular
Whether
(possibilities); I’d like to decide whether…; I don’t know whether…
If
(condition)
FANBOYS
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Subjunctions
Although,… Because, … While,… (start a subordinate clause)
Only + verb or noun
Refers to verb/noun after it
Countable
Many, numerous, few, a number of
Uncountable
Amount of, less than, little, least, great
Price = 11$
Price sums to 11$ or totals 11$ (a total of… is WRONG)
Transitions (however, therefore) come after…
a semicolon ( comma only for FANBOYS)
,which vs ,-ing
which modifies noun; ing modifies action
more…than +
adv. (e.g. more quickly than John); He is quicker than John => is wrong!; He is quicker.
Being +
participle (e.g. Being infected does not make you sick); all other form of Being are wrong
