GMAT - Idiom

Question 1

a consequence …

Answer 1

a consequence of

“Many have been laid off from work as a consequence of the administration’s policies”

Question 2

a debate …

Answer 2

a debate over

“The research will also reignite the debate over the use of cannabis for other medicinal purposes”

Question 3

a responsibility …

Answer 3

a responsibility to

“Individuals have a responsibility to control personal begavior”

Question 4

Access …

Answer 4

access to

“The staircase gives a access to the top floor”

Question 5

Agree … (person/idea)

Answer 5

agree with (person/idea)

“I completely agree with your recent editorial”
“I don’t agree with random drugs testing in schools”

Question 6

Agree … (plan/action)

Answer 6

Agree to

“Mrs Martin agreed to take the suggestion to the town council”

Question 7

Allows …

Answer 7

Allows for

“The house was demolished to allow for road widening”

Question 8

Appeal …

Answer 8

appeal to

“The range of topics will appeal to yongsters”

Question 9

Approve …

Answer 9

approve of

“I approve of your choice”
“I don’t approve of smoking in any form, whether it’s cannabis or nicotine”
“He generally disapproved of borrowings outside of financing entrepreneurship”

Question 10

Instance …

Answer 10

an instance of

“Last wednesday I saw three such instances of this abuse, and it really is a matter that needs to be tackled head on by the council”
“A serious instance of corruption”

Question 11

Associate …

Answer 11

associate with

“We associate illness with aging”
“The company wants to associate itself with the arts”

Question 12

Attribute …

Answer 12

Attribute X to Y

“He attributed the firm’s success to the efforts of the managing director”

Question 13

Afraid …

Answer 13

be afraid of

“I’m afraid of dogs”
“In all her life she had never been afraid of a singe man besides her father”

Question 14

Believe …

Answer 14

Believe to be

“The fugitive is believed to be headed for the Mexican border”

Question 15

Capable …

Answer 15

capable of

“I’m quite capable of taking care of myself”

Question 16

Centers …

Answer 16

Centers on

“He centered his novel on the civil war”

Question 17

Claim …

Answer 17

Claim to be

Question 18

Better served …

Answer 18

better served by X than by Y

Question 19

Compare … (similarities)

Answer 19

compare to (similarities)

Question 20

Compare … (differences)

Answer 20

compare with (differences)

“Dekker’s plays cannot compare with shakespeare’s”
“Their development compares poorly with that of neighbor nations”

Question 21

Concern …

Answer 21

concern with

“She concerns herself with every aspect of the business”
“Our concern is with the children”

Question 22

Conform …

Answer 22

conform to

“The kitchen does not conform to hygiene regulations”
“It’s not a typical horror movie, in that it really doesn’t conform to the genre rules”

Question 23

Connection …

Answer 23

connection between X and Y

“The connections between social attitudes and productivity”

Question 24

Consider …

Answer 24

Consider X Y (without to be)

“Do you consider him a good player?”

Question 25

**Contend ...**

Answer 25

contend that ## Footnote "He **contends that** the judge was wrong"

Question 26

**Contrast ...**

Answer 26

contrast X with Y ## Footnote "His friend's success **contrasted with** his own failure"

Question 27

**Credit ...**

Answer 27

credit with ## Footnote "In former times many herbs were **credited with** healing powers"

Question 28

**Defined ...**

Answer 28

defined as

Question 29

**Dependent ...**

Answer 29

dependent on ## Footnote "The various benefits will be **dependent on** length of service" "As we become **dependent on** technology we become vulnerable"

Question 30

**Depict ...**

Answer 30

Depicted as ## Footnote "As in a disaster movie, the lives are **depicted as** parallel narratives, hinged on the impending disaster" "Her relationship with William was **depicted as** a love affair, involving many partings and returns from war"

Question 31

**Determined ...**

Answer 31

determined by

Question 32

**Differ ...**

Answer 32

differ from ## Footnote "The second set of data **differed from** the first"

Question 33

**Disagree ... (person/idea)**

Answer 33

disagree with ## Footnote "No one was willing to **disagree with** him"

Question 34

**Discourage ...**

Answer 34

discourage from ## Footnote "Research also indicates that negative school experiences can **discourage** students **from** teaching careers"

Question 35

**Dispute ...**

Answer 35

dispute whether

Question 36

**Distinguish ...**

Answer 36

distinguish between X and Y distinguish X from Y ## Footnote "Copyright law does not **distinguish between** sampling **and** counterfeiting" "The child is perfectly capable of **distinguishing** reality **from** fantasy"

Question 37

**Doubt ...**

Answer 37

doubt that

Question 38

**Encourage ...**

Answer 38

encourage X to *(verb)* ## Footnote "Higher education carries much prestige, and parants stongly **encourage** children **to** earn their diplomas"

Question 39

**Estimated ...**

Answer 39

estimated to be ## Footnote "The population that year was **estimated to be** 4,790,000"

Question 40

**Except ...**

Answer 40

Except for ## Footnote "All benchmarks in the region fell for the week **except for** Hong Kong"