Pararel Idiom

Question 1

Spot the parallel idiom

So poorly educated and trained are many young recruits to the u.s.a. work force that many business executives fear this country will lose its economic preeminence.

Answer 1

So X that Y

Question 2

Spot the parallel idiom

Just as an archaelogist needs a background in art history to evaluate finds of ancient art, so the nautical archaelogist needs specialized knowledge of the history of ship design in order to understand shipwrecks.

Answer 2

Just as X, so Y

Question 3

Spot the parallel idiom

Skeptics propose that many eyewhitnesses have mistaken an ordinary animal or even a floating inanimate object for the lock ness monster.

Answer 3

Mistake X for Y

Question 4

Spot the parallel idiom

According to a survey of graduating medical students conducted by the association of american medical colleges, minority graduates are nearly four times as likely as other graduates to plan on practing.

Answer 4

X is Y times as likely as Z to do something

Question 5

Spot the parallel idiom

The state of Washington recently passed a statewide law prohibiting public facilities from allowing outside smoking within 25 feet of doors, windows and vents.

Answer 5

Prohibit X from Y

Question 6

Between X __ Y

Answer 6

Between X And Y

Question 7

Compared __ X, Y

Answer 7

Compared to X, Y

Question 8

Consider__ X, Y

Answer 8

Consider X, Y

Question 9

Declare__ X Y

Answer 9

Declare X Y

Question 10

Distinguish X ___ Y

Answer 10

Distinguish X ___ YDistinguish X From Y

Question 11

Estimate X to ___ Y

Answer 11

Estimate X to be Y

Question 12

In Contrast __ X, Y

Answer 12

In Contrast To X, Y

Question 13

Make__ X Y

Answer 13

Make X Y

Question 14

Mistake X __ Y

Answer 14

Mistake X for Y

Question 15

Not ___ X, but ___ Y

Answer 15

Not only X, but also Y

Question 16

Regard X __ Y

Answer 16

Regard X as Y

Question 17

Think __ X __ Y

Answer 17

Think of X as Y

Question 18

View X ___ Y

Answer 18

View X as Y

Question 19

Whether X __ Y

Answer 19

Whether X or Y

Question 20

X Acts __ Y

Answer 20

X Acts As Y

Question 21

X Develops __ Y

Answer 21

X Develops Into Y

Question 22

X Differs __ Y

Answer 22

X Differs From Y

Question 23

X instead __ Y

Answer 23

X instead of Y

Question 24

X is good and so ___ is Y

Answer 24

X is good, and so too is Y

Question 25

X is known __ __ Y

Answer 25

X is known to be Y

Question 26

X is less ___ Y

Answer 26

X is less than Y

Question 27

X is the same ___ Y

Answer 27

X is the same as Y

Question 28

X is thought __ __ Y

Answer 28

X is thought to be Y

Question 29

X, such __ Y (example)

Answer 29

X, such as Y

Question 30

X differs (differ) from Y __

Answer 30

X differs (differ) from Y in that