Idioms Flashcards
Albatross
A constant burden or worry
An obstable
A given (in two word)
Something taken for granted
All but
Almost definitely
And yet
A steonger way to say yet
Aside from
In addition to, not even counting
At loggerheads
In conflict, ar a standstill
At odds
In conflict
The better part
The largest or longest part. (Does not have to be good)
By no means
Not at all
By the same token
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
The case at issue
The thing that is being discussed
Curry favor
To try to gain favor through flattery or servile behavior
Cut bait
Give up, abandon an activity
For years to come
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
Garden-variety
Ordinary, common
Hand-wringing
An excessive expression of concern, guilt, or distress
On face
at first appearance, superficially
Outside of the home
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
Red herri g
Something irrelevant that distracts from the real issue
I value my ability
1) to sing
2) of singing
3) for singing
to sing
ALLOW
The holyday ALLOWS maria TO WATCH the movie today
Maria WAS ALLOWED TO WATCH the movie
something allows someone to do something
As…As
when comparing, as must be followed by a second as
“than…as” or “as…than” alone is definitly wrong
there are many other. ser p.113 FoV
her performance is exceeded only by theirs
or
her performance is only exceeded by theirs
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
when to use “so that”
for purpose
