Idioms Flashcards
Helpful …
Helpful in
Damage …
Damage to
Ability …
Ability to do
Inability …
Inability to do
Resist …
Resist to
Resistance …
Resistance to
Distinction …
Distinction to
Forbid …
or
Forbid …
Forbid to do
or
Forbid something
Prohibit …
or
Prohibit …
Prohibit from
or
Prohibit something
Potential …
Potential for
Allow someone …
Allow someone to do
Celebrate …
or
Celebrate …
Celebrate someone
or
Celebrate something as
Regard …
In regard …
Regard as
In regard to
Define …
Define as
Dispute …
Dispute over
Debate …
Debated …
Debate over
Debated by
Credit …
or
Credit …
Credit someone
or
Credit something with
Estimated …
Estimated to be
Mistake …
Mistake for
Aid …
Aid in
The explorers needed aid in finding drinking water.
Hypothesis …
Hypothesis that
A scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
Except …
or
But except …
Except for
or
But except in
Consider …
or
Consider (think of/believe after) …
Consider as
or
Consider something
Claim …
or
Claim …
Claim that
or
Claim to be
x is dated … z years old
x is dated at z years old
in contrast … x, y
in contrast … x, y
in contrast with x, y
in contrast to x, y
As remarkable …
No less remarkable …
as remarkable as
no less remarkable than
Similar …
Similar … to
The same …
The same … as
Different …
Different … from
Serve …
Serve as
less / more than …
less / more … than …
less / more than - 3 books
less / more time than
Prefer …
Prefer to
Superior …
Superior to
we were advised …
we were advised of/to
Hand in hand …
Hand in hand with
Associate …
Associate with
Attribute …
Attribute to
Believe …
Believe … to be
Bored …
Bored by
Confusion …
Confusion about
Die …
Die of
Enthusiastic …
Enthusiastic about
Impressed …
Impressed by
Merge …
Merge … with
Native …
Native to
Not merely …
Not merely … but
Plan …
Plan to
Prevent …
Prevent … from
Prior …
Prior to
Target …
Target at
Uninterested …
Uninterested in
many/much
Uncountable/countable
plural)/(singular
Phenomenon …
Phenomenon that
Think of something …
Think of something …
Think of something to be
Think of something as
which
that
,which
that
susceptible …
susceptible to
useful …
useful to
translated …
translated into
Controversy …
Controversy over
Apply …
Apply for
go to great length …
go to great length to
using something …
using something as
owed restitution …
owed restitution for something
Suggest …
Suggest something …
Suggest that
Suggest something as
Acclaimed …
Acclaimed as
distinguishing something … …
distinguish between … …
distinguishing something from …
distinguish between … and …
Associate something …
Associate something with
Graduate …
Graduate from
preoccupied …
preoccupied about
curious …
curious about
the reasons …
the reasons for
qualified … something
qualified …
qualified for something
qualified to do
to push …
to push for
… being
… being
of being
after being
expressed anxiety …
expressed anxiety that
modeled …
modeled after
Thought … (would/will)
Think … (would/will)
Thought would
Think will
The number of X …
A number of X …
The number of X has
A number of X have
Reason …
Reason for
Basis …
Basis for
Grounds …
Grounds for
Clues …
Clues for
Method …
Method for
so …
so …
so … that
so … as to do
such …
such …
such … that
such … as
Rival …
Rival …
Rival for
Rival of
