Idioms Flashcards
Estimated…
…to be
Dated…
…at
Ability…
…to
Allows / Allowed… (permits)
…to
Allows… (permits the existence of)
…for
And…
comma before is safe approach as conjunction or pairs of three objects; suspect to combine with also
As part of / as a part of
as part of
Because… / because of
subject-verb / subject or noun only
Believes…
That _ Is / _ to be
Is Believed…
to be
It is believed
that
both….and
preposition either before both, or preposition after “both” and “and” (interested both in plants and in animals or interested in both plants and animals).
As…
…As (“as many apples as need”)
Either…
…or
From…
…to (right - from $10 to $3, wrong from $10 down to $3)
in order
to
Expect…
…to
Expect that…
…something “will” occur
is an expectation
that
Indicates…
that
Is indicative…
of (suspect, but better than alternatives)
Not…but
not verb, but verb (no comma), not…but rather