List of Idioms

hey guys here's a list of idioms that i came across while prepping for
the GMAT, they've helped me a lot in the SC part of my prep thus far,
so i figured someone else out there could benefit from this as well.

able to
ability to
accede to
according to
account for
accuse of
acquaint with
agree with
allow for
amount to
appear to
apply to
argue over
as __ as
associate with
assure that
at a disadvantage
attempt to
attend to
attention to
attest to
attribute to
available to
afflicted with
argue with
averse to
ask of
agree to
angry at

based on, because of, believe to be, between [a] and [b],

call for, craving for, choice of, choose from, choose to, claim to,
collaborate with, conclude that, consequence of, consider, consistent
with, continue to, contrast with, contribute to, convert to, cost to/of,
credit with, comply with, conform to, consider to be, composed of,
compare with/to, consist in, consist with, consist of, correspond to,
correspond with

date from, deal with, debate over, decide to, defend against, define as,
delighted by, demonstrate that, depend on, depict as, descend from,
different from, difficult to, distinguish [a] from [b], draw on, due to,
desirous of, divergent from, decide on,

[in an] effort to, eitheror, enamored with, encourage to, estimate to
be, expose to, extend to, extent of, equal, equal to,

fear that, fluctuations in, forbid to, force to, frequency of, from [a] to
[b], fail in

hypothesize that,

in contrast to, in danger of, in order to, in violation of, inclined to,
infected with, instead of, introduce to, isolate from, intent to, in
search of, inside,

just asso too,

less than, likely to, liken to

mistake for, model after, more than, move away from, meet with,
meet,

[a] native of, native to, neithernor, not [a] but [b], not onlybut also,
not so muchas, necessity of, necessity for, name,

on account of, opportunity for, opportunity to, opposed to, opposite of,
ought to, off

prejudiced against, permit to, persuade to, predisposed to, pressure

to, prevent from, prized by, prohibit from, protect against, provide
with, preferable to, prior to, partake of, practice for, practice to,
practice of,

question whether, range from [a] to [b],

rather than, regard as, replace with, require to, required of, [the]
responsibility to, responsible for, result from, result in, rule that,
result of

[the] same as, see as, send to, sense of sothat, spend on, subject to,
substitute [a] for [b], suffer from, superior to, supplant by, suspicious
of, sympathy for, sympathize with, separate from,

target at, think ofas, threaten to, train to, transit to, try to, type of,
tamper with, tie to, try to, tend, tend to,
use as, [the] use of,

view as, vote for, visit,

willing to, worry about

These are idioms from Gmattutor.com. I have tried to talk to the

people who run the place, and today the site is not available.... I hope
they don't mind, but it would be a waste to lose them:

a debate over
a lot
a responsibility to
a result of
a sequence of
agree with
as an instance of
as good as/or better than
as great as
as good as...or better than
as much as
attend to (someone)
attribute X to Y/X is attributed to Y
based on
believe X to be Y
both X and Y
centers on
concerned with
conform to
created with
defined as
depends on whether
depicted as
different from/differ from
distinguishes between X and Y
distinguish from
doubt that
either...or
enable to
fascinated by
forbid X to do Y
identical with
in contrast to
independent from
indifferent towards
modeled after
(no) more...than/(no) less...than
more than ever
neither...nor
not only...but also
not so much...as
prohibits X from doing Y
potential to
range from X to Y
regard as
regardless
responsible for
resulting in
retroactive to
so X as to be Y
so (adjective) that
subscribe to
such...as
the same to X as to Y
to contrast X with Y
to mistake X for Y
to result in
to sacrifice X for Y

Here are some more:

preferto at oddswith is considered.(no as)

best known as well asif not better than estimated to be
distinguish between or among X and Y, the group about 2pm
consider X Regard as require X be Y
mandate that X be Y to creditwith to mistaken X for Y
predict ..will 2 percent of the cars are 2 percent of the water is
inevitable that so.as to be so..<adj> that
try to just as.so plan to.
it is hoped different from not onlybut also
not so much.as modeled after a result of
to result in a debate over responsibility to
different from a consequence of so has/have been
depicted as as great as as good as, or better than
attributed to agree with appear to
choose from conclude that contribute to
depend on due to in order to
instead of rather than subject to
is not only A, but also B the reason is/was that whether.or (not
whether or not)

Here are some more..... these are as common as it gets...

Not so much . as
Defined as
Regard as
Modeled after
Based on
A result of A debate over
A responsibility to
Responsible for
A consequence of
So as to be
So (adjective)that
As good as, or better than
Attribute to
Credited with
Different from
Depicted as
To result in

Here are some lists I have collected over the last few months from
various places to assist in SC:

Amount Vs number: amount for uncountable nouns, number

for countable nouns.
As Vs like: like is used to compare nouns; use is used to
compare actions. In other words, use as when what follows is a clause.
Examples

Like fine wine, fruitcake tastes better after it has aged.

Dogs dont scratch up furniture, as cats often do.
 Accede to
Access to .
Account for..
Acquaint with..
Agree with.
Allow for.
Appear to.
Argue over.
Associate with..
Attest to
Attribute to
As as
Associate with
At least as . As
Attribute to ..
Believe to be .
Both Vs each
Call for
Choose to.
Consider..
Consistent with..
Contrast with
Cost of .. Vs cost to.
Credit with
Compare with: In GMAT, compared with is preferred form.
Compare to: However, sometimes to is also used in some
cases.
Consider: Consider to be is also correct but not in GMAT.
Defend against
Delighted by
Demonstrate that
Descend from
Different from..
Difficult to ..
Distinguish between and
Distinguish from..
Double Vs twice: double is used as verb in GMAT and while
comparing, twice is used and is preferred.

He promised to double the companys profits in less than a year.

I ate twice as much as you did.
 Define as.
Draw on
Enamored with
Expose to ..
Extent of
Each other Vs one another: each other is used to refer to two
things, and one another is used for three or more.
Those two theories contradict each other.
Those three theories contradict one another.
Fear that.
Fluctuations in..
Forbid to..
Frequency of.
From A to B..
Hypothesize that.
Inclined to (or disinclined to)..
Infected with..
Introduce to ..
Isolate from..
Just as . so too..
Likely to (unlikely to)..
Liken to
Like Vs such as:
Mistake for
Model after..
Model after
Native to Vs native of: use native to, meaning indigenous to,
when discussing plants, animals etc. Use native of when discussing
people and where the were born.
The sugar is native to Canada.
Harry is a native of Canada.
Not . but [rather merely]:
Its not a bother but rather an honor to serve you.
Not so . as: Its not so bad as it seems.
Not so much . as .: The companys recent success is due
not so much to better management as to an improved economy.
Opportunity for.
Opportunity to.
Opposite of..
Permit to
Perceive as :
 Persuade to
Predisposed to..
Pressure to
Prized by
Prohibit from:
Protect against
Provide with..

Range from to:

Regard as..
Replace with.
Required to .
Required of
Responsibility to ..
Responsible to

So as to be.
Target at
Worry about

List of Idioms

hey guys here's a list of idioms that i came across while prepping for
the GMAT, they've helped me a lot in the SC part of my prep thus far,
so i figured someone else out there could benefit from this as well.

able to
ability to
accede to
according to
account for
accuse of
acquaint with
agree with
allow for
amount to
appear to
apply to
argue over
as __ as
associate with
assure that
at a disadvantage
attempt to
attend to
attention to
attest to
attribute to
available to
afflicted with
argue with
averse to
ask of
agree to
angry at

based on, because of, believe to be, between [a] and [b],

call for, craving for, choice of, choose from, choose to, claim to,
collaborate with, conclude that, consequence of, consider, consistent
with, continue to, contrast with, contribute to, convert to, cost to/of,
credit with, comply with, conform to, consider to be, composed of,
compare with/to, consist in, consist with, consist of, correspond to,
correspond with

date from, deal with, debate over, decide to, defend against, define as,
delighted by, demonstrate that, depend on, depict as, descend from,
different from, difficult to, distinguish [a] from [b], draw on, due to,
desirous of, divergent from, decide on,

[in an] effort to, eitheror, enamored with, encourage to, estimate to
be, expose to, extend to, extent of, equal, equal to,

fear that, fluctuations in, forbid to, force to, frequency of, from [a] to
[b], fail in

hypothesize that,

in contrast to, in danger of, in order to, in violation of, inclined to,
infected with, instead of, introduce to, isolate from, intent to, in
search of, inside,

just asso too,

less than, likely to, liken to

mistake for, model after, more than, move away from, meet with,
meet,
[a] native of, native to, neithernor, not [a] but [b], not onlybut also,
not so muchas, necessity of, necessity for, name,

on account of, opportunity for, opportunity to, opposed to, opposite of,
ought to, off

prejudiced against, permit to, persuade to, predisposed to, pressure

to, prevent from, prized by, prohibit from, protect against, provide
with, preferable to, prior to, partake of, practice for, practice to,
practice of,

question whether, range from [a] to [b],

rather than, regard as, replace with, require to, required of, [the]
responsibility to, responsible for, result from, result in, rule that,
result of

[the] same as, see as, send to, sense of sothat, spend on, subject to,
substitute [a] for [b], suffer from, superior to, supplant by, suspicious
of, sympathy for, sympathize with, separate from,

target at, think ofas, threaten to, train to, transit to, try to, type of,
tamper with, tie to, try to, tend, tend to,

use as, [the] use of,

view as, vote for, visit,

willing to, worry about

These are idioms from Gmattutor.com. I have tried to talk to the

people who run the place, and today the site is not available.... I hope
they don't mind, but it would be a waste to lose them:

a debate over
a lot
a responsibility to
a result of
a sequence of
agree with
as an instance of
as good as/or better than
as great as
as good as...or better than
as much as
attend to (someone)
attribute X to Y/X is attributed to Y
based on
believe X to be Y
both X and Y
centers on
concerned with
conform to
created with
defined as
depends on whether
depicted as
different from/differ from
distinguishes between X and Y
distinguish from
doubt that
either...or
enable to
fascinated by
forbid X to do Y
identical with
in contrast to
independent from
indifferent towards
modeled after
(no) more...than/(no) less...than
more than ever
neither...nor
not only...but also
not so much...as
prohibits X from doing Y
potential to
range from X to Y
regard as
regardless
responsible for
resulting in
retroactive to
so X as to be Y
so (adjective) that
subscribe to
such...as
the same to X as to Y
to contrast X with Y
to mistake X for Y
to result in
to sacrifice X for Y

Here are some more:

preferto at oddswith is considered.(no as)

best known as well asif not better than estimated to be
distinguish between or among X and Y, the group about 2pm
consider X Regard as require X be Y
mandate that X be Y to creditwith to mistaken X for Y
predict ..will 2 percent of the cars are 2 percent of the water is
inevitable that so.as to be so..<adj> that
try to just as.so plan to.
it is hoped different from not onlybut also
not so much.as modeled after a result of
to result in a debate over responsibility to
different from a consequence of so has/have been
depicted as as great as as good as, or better than
attributed to agree with appear to
choose from conclude that contribute to
depend on due to in order to
instead of rather than subject to
is not only A, but also B the reason is/was that whether.or (not
whether or not)

Here are some more..... these are as common as it gets...

Not so much . as
Defined as
Regard as
Modeled after
Based on
A result of A debate over
A responsibility to
Responsible for
A consequence of
So as to be
So (adjective)that
As good as, or better than
Attribute to
Credited with
Different from
Depicted as
To result in
Here are some lists I have collected over the last few months from
various places to assist in SC: