MNO

Question 1

Manage

Answer 1

manage to

You’ve managed to screw this up again, Steve.

Question 2

mandate

Answer 2

mandate that

He mandates that people walk here

Question 3

*make X

Answer 3

*make + thing/person + verb (simple form)
Chocolate makes me think of Switzerland

Make X Y

Question 4

as a means

Answer 4

as a means to / as a means of

As a means of car he is here

Question 5

meet

Answer 5

meet with

I have to meet with her

Question 6

*mistake X

Answer 6

*mistake + thing/person + for

I’m sorry. I mistook you for someone else.

Question 7

modeled

Answer 7

modeled after

He is modeled after Elvis Presley

Question 8

monitor

Answer 8

to monitor

He has to monitor

Question 9

more common

Answer 9

more common among X than among Y

Question 10

(no) more

Answer 10

(no) more…than/(no) less…than

Question 11

more than

Answer 11

more than ever

Question 12

move

Answer 12

move away from

He moved away from this city

Question 13

*native

Answer 13

*native to
Penguins are native to the Antarctic.
*a native of
Steve is a native of Canada.

Question 14

need

Answer 14

need X
need to walk
a need for help

Question 15

necessary

Answer 15

to be + necessary + infinitive

It is necessary to walk away right now

Question 16

necessity

Answer 16

necessity of

necessity for

Question 17

neither

Answer 17

neither…nor

Question 18

no less

Answer 18

no less… than
no less an authority than
no less was X than was Y

Question 19

unknown

Answer 19

X is unknown, nor it is known – is a correct idiom (Neither is not required)

Question 20

no sooner

Answer 20

no sooner…than

Question 21

not X

Answer 21

not X but rather Y

Question 22

noted

Answer 22

noted that

Question 23

not [a]

Answer 23

not [a] but [b]

Not ……. but [rather merely]

Question 24

not in a flash

Answer 24

not in a flash…but in a …

Question 25

not only

Answer 25

not only…but also

Question 26

Not so

Answer 26

Not so ……. as

Question 27

not so much…

Answer 27

not so much…as

not so much to X…as to Y

Question 28

not ( X or Y )

Answer 28

not ( X or Y ) nor Z

Question 29

oblivious

Answer 29

be oblivious of (Zabivayushiy)

oblivious to

Question 30

One X

Answer 30

One X for every Z ( some numeric number) Y’s …

Question 31

opportunity

Answer 31

opportunity for

opportunity to

Question 32

opposed

Answer 32

opposed to

Question 33

opposition

Answer 33

opposition to

Question 34

opposite

Answer 34

opposite of

Question 35

orbit

Answer 35

to orbit

Question 36

X ordered Y

Answer 36

X ordered Y to do Z

incorrect
x ordered y should
would
the gerund

Question 37

ought

Answer 37

ought to

Question 38

Originate

Answer 38

Originate in