بیش از 150 عبارت و اصطلاح مفید کاربردی در آزمون GMAT

بیش از 150 عبارت و اصطلاح مفید کاربردی در آزمون GMAT

Major Idioms you should be pretty familiar with:

1)             a debate over

2)             a lot

3)             a responsibility to

4)             a result of

5)             a sequence of

6)             acclaimed as is the correct idiom (Acclaimed to be is wrong)

7)             accompanied by....

8)             adapted for

9)             Adverb twice cannot be an object of proposition ‘by’. ‘Increase by twice’ is incorrect; ‘doubled’ is correct

10)          affect to..

11)          agree with

12)          Aid in (Aid for is incorrect)

13)          Allergy to (Allergy of, allergy for are incorrect)

14)          Allocated to is the correct idiom

15)          alternative to....

16)          as a result of...

17)          as an instance of

18)          as good as...or better than

19)          as great as

20)          as much as

21)          Associate X with Y

22)          assume ...to be of...

23)          At least as strong as(At least as great as)

24)          Attempt to ‘do something’ (Attempt at doing is incorrect).

25)          attend to (someone)

26)          attribute X to Y/X is attributed to Y

27)          based on

28)          believe X to be Y

29)          Believed to have

30)          benefit from...

31)          better served by X than Y ..

32)          between X and Y

33)          Both X and Y (Both X as well as Y is incorrect) Both at X and at Y is correct. Both on X or on Y is correct.

34)          Business ethics - Is a singular word

35)          call...to consider...

36)          centers on

37)          Combined X with Y OR Combined X and Y (Both are correct)

38)          Compensate for

39)          Concerned for - worried; concerned with - related/affiliated

40)          conform to

41)          Consider X to be Y (a little controversial)

42)          contrary to...

43)          created with

44)          Credit X Rupees to Y’s account (When money is involved)

45)          Credit X with discovering Y (Credit with doing something)

46)          decline in....

47)          defined as

48)          depends on whether

49)          depicted as

50)          Descendent of (Descendent for is incorrect)

51)          Different from one another (Different one from the other is wrong)

52)          Distinguish between X and Y (2 very different items, distinguished, say red and green colors)

53)          Distinguish between X and Y (Distinguish X from Y is incorrect)

54)          Distinguish X from Y (Two pretty similar items, say original paintings from fake ones)

55)          doubt that

56)          either...or

57)          enable to

58)          entrusted with...

59)          Estimated to be (Estimated at is incorrect)

60)          expected that X would be Y ...

61)          expected X to be Y ...

62)          extent to ...

63)          fascinated by

64)          for jobs..

65)          for over...XXX years...

66)          forbid X to do Y identical with

67)          forcing ...to...

68)          From X to Y (Grow from 2 million to 3 billion) (From X up to Y is wrong)

69)          Given credit for being ones - who

70)          had better(do)

71)          In an attempt to (gain control)

72)          in contrast to

73)          independent from

74)          indifferent towards

75)          Intent on

76)          interaction of ...

77)          Just as - So too

78)          May be (This is a word) is idiomatic, maybe (This means perhaps) is not idiomatic

79)          Mistake X for Y

80)          modeled after

81)          more than ever

82)          more X than Y ...

83)          more...than / less...than

84)          more...than ever...

85)          must have (done)

86)          Native of (Native to is also used in some cases)

87)          Neither - Nor should have parallel forms associated to it.

88)          no less....than

89)          No sooner than

90)          Not in a flash but in a

91)          not only...but also

92)          Not so much to X as to Y

93)          not X ...but rather Y ..

94)          noted that ..

95)          one attributes X (an effect) to Y (a cause)

96)          One X for every ZZ( some numeric number) Y's ...

97)          Persuaded X to do Y

98)          Plead guilty for failing

99)          Potential for causing

100)        potential to

101)        prohibits X from doing Y

102)        range from X to Y

103)        range of ...

104)        reason….. that incorrectly seen as reason….. because

105)        “Regard as” is the correct idiom -- Regarded as having, Regarded as ones who have

106)        regardless

107)        regards X as Y ...

108)        replacing with...

109)        Require that X be Y (Not require that X is Y)

110)        research to

111)        responsible for

112)        restitution...for ...

113)        resulting in

114)        retroactive to

115)        Same as X..as to Y

116)        same to X as to Y

117)        seem...to...(seem is plural)

118)        so (adjective) that

119)        So X as to be Y (So unreal as to be true)

120)        So X that Y (So poor that they steal)

121)        subscribe to

122)        such...as

123)        targeted at

124)        that X ...that Y ...

125)        That X is called for is indicated both by Y and by Z.

126)        the same to X as to Y

127)        to .. used to (example to get used to or to become used to)

128)        to contrast X with Y

129)        To exchange X for Y (exchange X with Y or any other form is incorrect)

130)        to mistake X for Y

131)        to monitor ...

132)        to orbit...

133)        To ratify (At ratifying is incorrect) An attempt to ratify is the correct use

134)        to result in

135)        to sacrifice X for Y

136)        to survive

137)        To try to fix is the right idiom (to try and fix is incorrect)

138)        To worry about someone’s condition (To keep worrying over an action)

139)        used in the construction...

140)        used to (do)

141)        viewed marriage as

142)        way to provide (Way for providing is incorrect)

143)        When ‘rates’ means ‘prices charged’ it should be followed with ‘for’

144)        widely anticipated that....

145)        Worried about (When talking about someone’s condition)

146)        X [is] expected to Y

147)        X as Y ..

148)        X forbids Y to do Z ...

149)        X is attributed to Y

150)        X is different from Y (different than Y is incorrect)

151)        X is to what Y is to

152)        X is unknown, nor it is known - is a correct idiom (Neither is not required)

153)        X ordered that Y be Z'ed...

154)        X ordered Y to be Z'ed..

155)        X ordered Y to do Z

156)        X prohobits Y from doing Z ...