Must Know Flashcards
a consequence ……
a consequence of
a debate ……
a debate over
a responsibility ……
a responsibility to
able ……
able to (verb)
access ……
access to
agree …… (person/idea)
agree with (person/idea)
allows ……
allows for
appeal ……
appeal to
approve/disapprove ……
approve/disapprove of
an instance ……
an instance of
as a result ……
as a result of
as good ……
as good as
as great ……
as great as
as many ……
as many ….. as
as much ……
as much as
as X ……
as X as to Y
ask X ……
ask X to Y
associate ……
associate with
attend ……
attend to
attribute X ……
attribute X to Y
based ……
based on
be afraid ……
be afraid of
believe X ……
believe X to be Y
better ……
better than
both X ……
both X and Y
capable ……
capable of
centers ……
centers on
claims ……
claims to be
compare …… (similarities)
compare to
compare …… (differences)
compare with
concerned ……
concerned with
conform ……
conform to
connection ……
connection between X and Y
consider ……
consider X Y
contend ……
contend that
contrast ……
contrast X with Y
credited ……
credited with
defined ……
defined as
demand ……
demand that
dependent ……
dependent on
agree …… (a plan or action)
agree to (a plan or action)
depends ……
depends on whether
depicted ……
depicted as
determined ……
determined by
differ ……
differ from
different ……
different from
disagree …… (person/idea)
disagree with (person/idea)
discourage ……
discourage from
ex. I hope I can discourage Tom from leaving.
dispute ……
dispute whether
ex. I disputed whether she had done the work properly.
distinguish ……
distinguish between X and Y
distinguish X from Y
doubt ……
doubt that
either ……
either X or Y
encourage ……
encourage X to (verb)
estimated ……
estimated to be
except ……
except for
expect ……
expect to
fascinated ……
fascinated by
ex. I’ve always been fascinated by other cultures.
forbid ……
forbid X to (verb)
identical ……
identical with
in contrast ……
in contrast to
in danger ……
in danger of
independent ……
independent from
indifferent ……
indifferent towards
ex. his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
insist ……
insist that
interaction ……
interaction of
isolated ……
isolated from
just as X ……
just as X so Y
know ……
know to do X
less ……
less X than Y
likely ……
likely to be
mandate ……
mandate that
mistake ……
mistake X for Y
modeled ……
modeled after
more …… than ……
more …… than ever
more common ……
more common among X than Y
native ……
native to
a native ……
a native of
a neither ……
a neither of
neither ……
neither X nor Y
no less ……
no less …… than
no less was X ……
no less was X than was Y
not so much X ……
not so much X as Y
not X but ……
not X but rather Y
noted ……
noted that
permit X ……
permit X to Y
prefer X ……
prefer X to Y
prohibits X ……
prohibits X from Y
potential ……
potential to
range from X ……
range from X to Y
rates ……
rates for (not “of”)
regard ……
regard as
requiring ……
requiring that
responsible ……
responsible for
resulting ……
resulting in
retroactive ……
retroactive to
sacrifice X ……
sacrifice X for Y
seem ……
seem to indicate
similar ……
similar to
…… …… hindered ……
so as not to be hindered by
so X ……
so X as to
…… X …… …… constitute Y
so X as to constitute Y
subscribe ……
subscribe to
such X ……
such X as Y and Z
targeted ……
targeted at
the more X ……
the more X the greater Y
the same to X ……
the same to X as to Y
