MNO Flashcards
Manage
manage to
You’ve managed to screw this up again, Steve.
mandate
mandate that
He mandates that people walk here
*make X
*make + thing/person + verb (simple form)
Chocolate makes me think of Switzerland
Make X Y
as a means
as a means to / as a means of
As a means of car he is here
meet
meet with
I have to meet with her
*mistake X
*mistake + thing/person + for
I’m sorry. I mistook you for someone else.
modeled
modeled after
He is modeled after Elvis Presley
monitor
to monitor
He has to monitor
more common
more common among X than among Y
(no) more
(no) more…than/(no) less…than
more than
more than ever
move
move away from
He moved away from this city
*native
*native to
Penguins are native to the Antarctic.
*a native of
Steve is a native of Canada.
need
need X
need to walk
a need for help
necessary
to be + necessary + infinitive
It is necessary to walk away right now
necessity
necessity of
necessity for
neither
neither…nor
no less
no less… than
no less an authority than
no less was X than was Y
unknown
X is unknown, nor it is known – is a correct idiom (Neither is not required)
no sooner
no sooner…than
not X
not X but rather Y
noted
noted that
not [a]
not [a] but [b]
Not ……. but [rather merely]
not in a flash
not in a flash…but in a …
not only
not only…but also
Not so
Not so ……. as
not so much…
not so much…as
not so much to X…as to Y
not ( X or Y )
not ( X or Y ) nor Z
oblivious
be oblivious of (Zabivayushiy)
oblivious to
One X
One X for every Z ( some numeric number) Y’s …
opportunity
opportunity for
opportunity to
opposed
opposed to
opposition
opposition to
opposite
opposite of
orbit
to orbit
X ordered Y
X ordered Y to do Z
incorrect
x ordered y should
would
the gerund
ought
ought to
Originate
Originate in
