Comprehensive.Gmat.idiom.list

caicainiao

User: crejoc
1.        A
2.        able + infinitive
3.        ability to
4.        accede to
5.        access to
6.        acclaimed as is the correct idiom (Acclaimed to be is wrong)
7.        accompanied by
8.        according to
9.        account for (When explaining something)
10.        on account of
11.        account to (When receiving blame or credit)
12.        accuse of
13.        acquaint with
14.        acquiesce in
15.        adapted for
16.        affect to
17.        affinity with
18.        afflicted with
19.        afraid of
20.        agree on + noun
21.        agree on + gerund
22.        agree to
23.        agree with
24.        aid + person/thing
25.        aid in + gerund
26.        aim at
27.        allergy to (Allergy of, allergy for are incorrect)
28.        allocated to
29.        allows for
30.        a lot
31.        although x,y
32.        alternative to
33.        amount to
34.        analogy with
35.        analogous to
36.        angry at
37.        widely anticipated that
38.        appear to
39.        apply to
40.        argue over/ with
41.        appeal to
42.        approve/disapprove of
43.        *as....as
44.        as X so Y
45.        as …so too…

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46.        as X to Y
47.        ask of
48.        ask X to Y
49.        ask + infinitive
50.        ask + person + infinitive
51.        *associate with
52.        associate X with Y
53.        assume ...to be of...
54.        assure that
55.        at least as . . . as
56.        attend to (someone)
57.        attribute X to Y / X is attributed to Y
58.        attempt to
59.        attention to
60.        attended by
61.        attest to
62.        authority on
63.        available to
64.        averse to
65.        aware of
66.        aware that

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67.        B
68.        *base on
69.        based on
70.        because of
71.        begin + infinitive
72.        believe X to be Y
73.        belief in
74.        benefit from
75.        between [a] and [b]
76.        better served by X than by Y
77.        better than
78.        both X and Y (Both X as well as Y is incorrect)
79.        both at X and at Y
80.        both on X or on Y
81.        boom in
82.        bringing to
83.        built by

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84.        C
85.        call for
86.        capable of
87.        care about
88.        care for
89.        centers on + person/thing
90.        center upon ( not round)
91.        chance to / chance of ( chance for is wrong)
92.        choice of
93.        choose to / from
94.        choose + infinitive
95.        claims to
96.        claims to be / claims that
97.        collaborate with
98.        collide with (not against)
99.        comment on
100.        combined X with Y  
101.        combined X and Y
102.        compare to (similarities)
103.        compare with (differences)
104.        *compare A to B
105.        *compare A with B
106.        compensate for
107.        comply with
108.        comprise of
109.        to be + composed of + thing
110.        concerned for – worried

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111.        concerned with
112.        conclude that
113.        concur in ( an opinion)
114.        concur with ( a person)
115.        conducive to
116.        conform to
117.        in conformity with
118.        connection between X and Y
119.        consequence of
120.        consider X Y (without to be)
121.        consist with
122.        consist in
123.        consist of
124.        consistent with
125.        contend that
126.        *consider + person/thing
127.        continue + infinitive
128.        contrast A with B
129.        in contrast to
130.        contribute to
131.        contrary to
132.        convert to
133.        correspond to
134.        correspond with
135.        *count on + person/thing
136.        cost to/of
137.        craving for
138.        created with (not to)
139.        give credit for (money received for or in exchange for something)
140.        to credit with (something or doing something)
141.        credit X Rupees to Y’s account (When money is involved)

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142.        D
143.        are in danger of + gerund
144.        date from
145.        deal with
146.        debate over
147.        debate on
148.        decide + infinitive
149.        decide on + thing/person
150.        decline in
151.        defend against
152.        defined as
153.        delighted by
154.        demand that
155.        demonstrate that
156.        depend on
157.        depends on whether
158.        depicted as
159.        descend from
160.        descendent of (descendent for is incorrect)
161.        desirous of
162.        determined by
163.        *different from/differ from
164.        difficult + infinitive
165.        at a disadvantage
166.        disclose to + person/organization
167.        *distinguish between X and Y
168.        *distinguish X from Y
169.        disagree with (person/idea)
170.        discourage from

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171.        disdain of
172.        dispose of
173.        feel disgusted with ( not at)
174.        at one’s disposal
175.        dispute whether
176.        divergent from
177.        doubt that ( doubt whether is wrong)
178.        draw on (take out)
179.        draw + thing
180.        to be drawn to + thing/person
181.        *dream of/about
182.        due to
183.        dwindle from

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184.        E
185.        [in an] effort to
186.        easy to
187.        [in an] effort to
188.        either …or
189.        elect to
190.        elect + person
191.        be embarrassed by ( not at)
192.        emerges from
193.        *enable + person + infinitive
194.        enable X to Y
195.        enamored with
196.        *encourage + person + infinitive
197.        encourage X to Y
198.        encouraged by
199.        end with, end in (not by)
200.        entrusted with
201.        be envious of, jealous of
202.        be equal to ( not as)
203.        escape from
204.        be essential to
205.        estimate to be
206.        to be + essential to + person/thing
207.        except for + person/thing
208.        except for + gerund
209.        except that
210.        to exchange X for Y (exchange X with Y or any other form is incorrect)
211.        expect to
212.        X expected to Y
213.        expected X to be Y ...
expected that X would be Y
214.        explain to
215.        expose to
216.        extend to
217.        extent of/ extent to
218.        equal
219.        equal to

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220.        F
221.        fail in
222.        fail to
223.        fear that
224.        fluctuations in
225.        be familiar with
226.        fascinated by
227.        flee from
228.        *forbid to
229.        forbid X to do Y
230.        for over...XXX years...
231.        force + thing/person + infinitive
232.        focus on + thing/person
233.        frequency of
234.        from [a] to [b]

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235.        G
236.        get credit for/give credit for
237.        get rid of
238.        grounds for
239.        grow from
240.        grow out of

241.        H
242.        help + thing/person + infinitive
243.        be hindered by
244.        hypothesize that