Idioms

Question 0

Albatross

Answer 0

A constant burden or worry

An obstable

Question 1

A given (in two word)

Answer 1

Something taken for granted

Question 2

All but

Answer 2

Almost definitely

Question 3

And yet

Answer 3

A steonger way to say yet

Question 4

Aside from

Answer 4

In addition to, not even counting

Question 5

At loggerheads

Answer 5

In conflict, ar a standstill

Question 6

At odds

Answer 6

In conflict

Question 7

The better part

Answer 7

The largest or longest part. (Does not have to be good)

Question 8

By no means

Answer 8

Not at all

Question 9

By the same token

Answer 9

This expression meand that the speaker will then say something else based on the same evidence he or she just used to make a different point

Question 10

The case at issue

Answer 10

The thing that is being discussed

Question 11

Curry favor

Answer 11

To try to gain favor through flattery or servile behavior

Question 12

Cut bait

Answer 12

Give up, abandon an activity

Question 13

For years to come

Answer 13

Until much later. The consequences won’t affect us for years to come means that they WILL affect us, but not for the next several years

Question 14

Garden-variety

Answer 14

Ordinary, common

Question 15

Hand-wringing

Answer 15

An excessive expression of concern, guilt, or distress

Question 16

On face

Answer 16

at first appearance, superficially

Question 17

Outside of the home

Answer 17

Working outside of the home means a regular job, such as in an office. However, working out of your home is actually working at home

Question 18

Red herri g

Answer 18

Something irrelevant that distracts from the real issue

Question 19

I value my ability

1) to sing
2) of singing
3) for singing

Answer 19

to sing

Question 20

ALLOW

The holyday ALLOWS maria TO WATCH the movie today

Maria WAS ALLOWED TO WATCH the movie

Answer 20

something allows someone to do something

Question 21

As…As

when comparing, as must be followed by a second as

Answer 21

“than…as” or “as…than” alone is definitly wrong

there are many other. ser p.113 FoV

Question 22

her performance is exceeded only by theirs

or

her performance is only exceeded by theirs

Answer 22

Right: her performance is exceeded only by theirs

“only” should be placed just before the words it is meant to modify. In both speech & writing, only is often placed before the verb, but this placement is generalky wrong according to the GMAT, since it is rarely meant that the verb is the only action ever performed by the subject

Question 23

when to use “so that”

Answer 23

for purpose