A debate over               Care about                   Easy to
A lot                       Care for                     Either...or
A native of                 Centers on                   Elect + person
A responsibility to         Centers on +                 Elect to
A result of                 person/thing                 Emerges from
A sequence of               Choose + infinitive          Enable + person +
Able + infinitive           Compare a to b               infinitive
Access to                   Compare a with b             Enable to
Agree on + gerund           Concerned with               Encourage + person +
Agree on + noun             Conform to                   infinitive
Agree to                    Consider + person/thing      Escape from
Agree with                  Consistent with              Except for + gerund
Aid + person/thing          Contend that                 Except for + person/thing
Allows for                  Continue + infinitive        Explain to
Appeal to                   Contrast a with b            Expose to
Are in danger of +          Convert to
gerund                      Count on + person/thing
As                          Created with                 Fail to
As an instance of                                        Fascinated by
As good as...or better                                   Flee from
than                        Decide + infinitive          Focus on + thing/person
As good as/or better        Decide on +                  Forbid to
than                        thing/person                 Forbid x to do y
As great as                 Defined as                   Force + thing/person +
As much as                  Delighted by                 infinitive
As....as                    Depend on
Ask + infinitive            Depends on whether
Ask + person + infinitive   Depicted as                  Get credit for/give credit
Associate with              Different from               for
Attend to (someone)         Different from/differ from   Give credit for
Attribute to                Difficult + infinitive       Grow from
Attribute x to y/x is       Disclose to +                Grow out of
attributed to y             person/organization
                            Distinguish between x
                            and y                        Help + thing/person +
Base on                     Distinguish from             infinitive
Based on                    Distinguish x from y
Begin + infinitive          Distinguishes between x
Believe x to be y           and y                        Identical with
Boom in                     Doubt that                   In contrast to
Both x and y                Draw + thing                 Independent from
Built by                    Draw on (take out)           Indicate that
                            Dream of/about               Indicate to + person
                            Dwindle from                 Indifferent towards
Inherit from               Require + thing/person +       To mistake x for y
Invest in                  infinitive                     To result in
                           Resemble + thing/person        To sacrifice x for y
                           Responsible for                Transmit to
Leads to                   Resulting in
Localized in               Results from
                           Results in                     Use + person/thing +
                           Retroactive to                 infinitive
Make + thing/person +      Rivalry between x and y        Used + infinitive
verb (simple form)
Manage to
Mistake + thing/person +   Save for
for                        Save from
Modeled after              Seek + infinitive
More than ever             Seek + thing/person
                           Seem + infinitive
                           Sleep with
Native to                  So (adjective) that
Need to                    So x as to be y
Neither...nor              Speak to + person
Not only...but also        Speak with + person
Not so much...as           Subscribe to
                           Such...as

Originate in               Take advantage of
                           Teach + person +
                           infinitive
Permit + thing/person +    Teach + person + thing
infinitive                 Tell + person
Potential to               The rivals x and y
Prized as                  The same to x as to y
Prized for                 Tie to
Prohibit from + gerund     To be + composed of +
Prohibits x from doing y   thing
Promise of + thing         To be + essential to +
Promise to                 person/thing
Published by               To be + necessary +
Published in               infinitive
                           To be + used to + gerund
                           To be + willing + infinitive
Range from x to y          To be drawn to +
Refer to                   thing/person
Regard as                  To contrast x with y
Regardless                 To credit with

Gmat Idiom

  • 1.
    A debate over Care about Easy to A lot Care for Either...or A native of Centers on Elect + person A responsibility to Centers on + Elect to A result of person/thing Emerges from A sequence of Choose + infinitive Enable + person + Able + infinitive Compare a to b infinitive Access to Compare a with b Enable to Agree on + gerund Concerned with Encourage + person + Agree on + noun Conform to infinitive Agree to Consider + person/thing Escape from Agree with Consistent with Except for + gerund Aid + person/thing Contend that Except for + person/thing Allows for Continue + infinitive Explain to Appeal to Contrast a with b Expose to Are in danger of + Convert to gerund Count on + person/thing As Created with Fail to As an instance of Fascinated by As good as...or better Flee from than Decide + infinitive Focus on + thing/person As good as/or better Decide on + Forbid to than thing/person Forbid x to do y As great as Defined as Force + thing/person + As much as Delighted by infinitive As....as Depend on Ask + infinitive Depends on whether Ask + person + infinitive Depicted as Get credit for/give credit Associate with Different from for Attend to (someone) Different from/differ from Give credit for Attribute to Difficult + infinitive Grow from Attribute x to y/x is Disclose to + Grow out of attributed to y person/organization Distinguish between x and y Help + thing/person + Base on Distinguish from infinitive Based on Distinguish x from y Begin + infinitive Distinguishes between x Believe x to be y and y Identical with Boom in Doubt that In contrast to Both x and y Draw + thing Independent from Built by Draw on (take out) Indicate that Dream of/about Indicate to + person Dwindle from Indifferent towards
  • 2.
    Inherit from Require + thing/person + To mistake x for y Invest in infinitive To result in Resemble + thing/person To sacrifice x for y Responsible for Transmit to Leads to Resulting in Localized in Results from Results in Use + person/thing + Retroactive to infinitive Make + thing/person + Rivalry between x and y Used + infinitive verb (simple form) Manage to Mistake + thing/person + Save for for Save from Modeled after Seek + infinitive More than ever Seek + thing/person Seem + infinitive Sleep with Native to So (adjective) that Need to So x as to be y Neither...nor Speak to + person Not only...but also Speak with + person Not so much...as Subscribe to Such...as Originate in Take advantage of Teach + person + infinitive Permit + thing/person + Teach + person + thing infinitive Tell + person Potential to The rivals x and y Prized as The same to x as to y Prized for Tie to Prohibit from + gerund To be + composed of + Prohibits x from doing y thing Promise of + thing To be + essential to + Promise to person/thing Published by To be + necessary + Published in infinitive To be + used to + gerund To be + willing + infinitive Range from x to y To be drawn to + Refer to thing/person Regard as To contrast x with y Regardless To credit with