Idioms Flashcards
Anxiety
About ; I’am anxious about the GMAT test
Able/ability
To ; Gabriel is able to climb V1 routes
As [adjective]…
As ; Gabriel is as old in São Paulo as Gustavo is
Associated
with ; Success in sports is associated with consistency
Attribute
to Lucas attributes his success to megaron
Believe
In
Better
Than
Between
And
Both
And
Compare
With
Compare
To/with
Contrast
with
Credit
with
Define
As
Different
from
Either
Or
Elected
as
Estimate
to be
Fewer
than
From
to
Less
than
Neither
nor
Not only
but / but also
Prohibit
from
Regard
as
Same
as
See
as
So
that
Superior
to
A sequence
of
Access
to
Appeal
to
An instance
of
As a result
of
As good
as
As great
as
Atend
to
Based
on
Be afraid
of
Capable
of
Concerned
with
Conform
to
Depicted
as
Differ
from
Expect
to
In danger
of
Independent
from
Interaction
with
Isolated
from
Mandate
that
More
than
Noted
that
No less
than
Persuade
to
Subscribe
to
View
as
Used
as
Has been considered …
Considered [noun] ;
i.e.: “jack is considered a genius”
Is looking (…) [action]
Is looking to use X
is looking (…) [object]
is looking at [object]
is looking (…) [object]
is looking at [object]
Is AMOUNT countable?
No. Amount is for uncountable
“Many cans with a great amount of water”
Is MANY countable?
Yes. Many is for countable.
“Many cans with a great amount of water”
Is FEW countable?
Yes. Few/fewer is for plural countable words
“Fewer love letters, less love
Is LESS countable?
No. Less is for singular uncountable words
“Fewer love letters, less love
Is “THAT NUMBER” countable?
Yes.
“More cans than that previous number, holding more water than the previous amount.”
Objects (preposition?) orbit
Objects that orbit
Compared
Compared with
“Gabriel was compared with Bill gates”
Acknowledge
That
He acknowledged that he won
Had no way (…)
Of;
He had no way of knowing that
Credited
With
Helpful (…) [verb + ING]
In teaching
(verb + ING)
Known… (titles, names)
As
Known… (quality)
Known to be…
