Idioms Flashcards
He can’t abide _ the no-spitting rule.
by
Winona accused me _ stealing.
of
I agreed _ eat the rotten broccoli.
to
I apologised _ losing the hamsters in the heating vent.
for
She applied _ another credit card.
for
My mother pretends _ approve of my boyfriend.
to
She argued _ the bouncer.
with
I arrived _ work at noon
at
I arrived at work _ noon
at
You believe _ ghosts.
in
I can’t be blamed _ your problems.
for
Do you care _ me and my problems?
about
He’s in charge _ grocery shopping.
of
Nothing compares _ you.
to
What is there to complain _?
about
He can always count _ his mommy.
on
Ice cream consists _ milk, fat, and sugar.
of
I depend _ no one.
on
That’s where cats differ _ dogs.
from
It’s terrible to discriminate _ chimpanzees.
against
I have a plan _ escape from high school.
to
There’s no excuse _ your awful behavior
for
You can’t hide _ your past.
from
It was all he’d hoped _.
for
I must insist _ it.
upon
It’s impossible to object _ her intelligent arguments.
to
I refuse _ participate in this discussion.
to
Pray _ me.
for
Protect me _ evil.
from
Provide me _ plenty of food, shelter, and Skittles.
with
She stayed home _ recover from the flu.
to
I rely _ myself.
on
She stared _ his ridiculous haircut.
at
He subscribes _ several trashy magazines.
to
I succeeded _ seducing him.
in
Wait _ me!
for
Work _ me, people!
with
Support _ Franklin Delano Roosevelt
for
Compared _ other girls
to
comply
with
Comply _ the federal law
with
Enthusiasm _ Hilary Clinton
for
Listening _ “Lips of An Angel”
to
Something _ an enigma
of
Preoccupation _ the history of Franks
with
Attributed _ the technical work
to
Regard _ best album of the year
as
I am preoccupied _ work at the office.
with
succeed
in
absent
from
accustomed
to
acquainted
with
associated
with
basis
of
conscious
of
insights
into
instrumental
in
subscribes
to
support
for
compared
to
protest
(none)
enthusiasm
for
excuse
for
preoccupation
with
attributed
to
insist
upon/ on
object
to
count
on
consist
of
differ
from
discriminate
against
escape
from
to be familiar
with
to take an interest
in
to have an interest
in
to arrive
in/ at
to agree
with
to be consistent/ inconsistent _ something
with
to consist
of
to succeed
in
to disagree
with
to enter
into
to have confidence
in
to have insight
into
to be consistent _ (one’s action)
in
to believe
in
to accept an offer
of
to be convinced
of
to trust
in
to be suspicious
of
to count
on
to turn
to
the key
to
to gain the respect
of
to have an understanding
of
to be prized
for
to be grown
for
to be available
to
to be suspicious
of
to have memories
of
to work
on
to stumble (up)
on
to take the form
of
to be grown
for
to be prized
for
to endure/last
for
to gain the trust/ mistrust
of
to be characteristic
of
to endure/ last
for
to call
for
to be indifferent
to
to the dismay
of
to be in favor
of
to call
for
to receive compensation
for
in the hope
of
to argue
for
to blame
for
at the expense
of
to predate
by
to be engaged
by
to be apparent
from
to defend
from
to wonder
about
to differ
from
to think
about
to be complicated
by
to protest _ the school
(none
to protest _
from/ against
to abide
by
regarded _ being
as
effective _ being
in/at
viewed _ being
as
seen _ being
as
in the hope _ being
of
capable _ being
of
to have difficulty _ being
in
stop _ being
(none)
insist _ being
on
deny _
being
report _
being
tempted _
to be
cease _
to be
seem _
to be
wish _
to be
refuse _
to be
after _
being
strive _
to be
choose _
to be
decide _
to be
absent
from
accustomed
to
acquainted
with
afraid
of
annoyed
with
apologize
for
arise
from
associated
with
aware
of
basis
of
believe
in
belong
to
blame
for
came into
use
capable
of
charactristic
of
commited
to
composed
of
concept
of
connected
to
conscious
of
contributed
to
dedicated
to
difference
between
different
from
distinguish
from
emphasis
on
encourage
by
escape
from
finished
with
fond
of
great deal
of
guilty
of
hide
from
hint
at
hope
for
impose
on/ upon
in connection
with
indifference
to
insist
on/ upon
instrumental
in
interested
in
involved
in
irritating
to
lead
to
limited
to
object
to
obsessed
with
obtain
from
opposed
to
participate
in
particular
about
prepared
for
prevent
from
proclaimed
as
protest
against
proud
of
react
to
recover
from
related
to
rescue
from
respond
to
responsible
for
result
in
reversal
of
satisfied
with
scene
of
similiar
to
stare
at
stop
from
substitute
for
succeed
in
suffer
from
sympathize
with
thank
for
think
of
tired
of
upset
with
vote
for/ against
went
about
with the help
of
worry
about
offers _ assistance
of
