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
