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using idioms in your custom essay

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using idioms in your custom essay

 

Idioms are groups of words that, when used together, have a special meaning apart from their literal meaning. People who "run for office," for example, need not be track stars; this idiom means they are seeking public office. Although idioms are most troublesome to people who are not native speakers of a language, even native speakers of English sometimes have trouble remembering which preposition idiomatically follows certain verbs and adjectives. The following list gives some of those combinations. Consult a dictionary for idioms that do not appear here. (See also phrasal verbs.)

abide by (a decision) acquaint with
abide in (a place) adapt for (a purpose)
according to adapt to (a situation)
accountable for (actions) adapt from (a source)
accountable to (a person) agree on (terms)
accused by (a person) agree to (a plan)
accused of (a deed)

agree with (a person)

analogous to

differ with (a person)

analogy between (two things)

different from (not than)

analogy with (something)

excerpt from (not of)

angry with (a person)

forbid to (not from)

angry at, about (an action or a thing)

identical with, to

apply (one thing) to (another thing)

impose upon

apply for (a position) apply to (someone)

in accordance with

argue for, against (a policy)

inferior to

argue with (a person)

inseparable from

arrive in (a place)

liable for (actions)

arrive at (a decision, conclusion)

liable to (an authority)

blame (someone) for (an action) opposition to possibility of

blame (an action) on (someone)

prefer (one thing) to (a second thing)

capable of

prevent from
charge for (a service)

prior to rely on, upon

charge with (a crime)

reward for (an accomplishment)

compare to (an unlike thing)

reward with (a gift) reward by (an action)

compare with (a thing of the same kind)

sensitive about (a slight, an offense)

comply with

sensitive to (an external condition)

consist of (ingredients)

similar to

consist in (a characteristic, cause)

substitute for
convenient for (a purpose) superior to

convenient to (a place)

thoughtful of

correspond to, with (something being compared) correspond with (the recipient of a letter)

unequal in (qualities)
deal with (people or things)

unequal to (a challenge)

deal in (a product)

wait at (a place)

depend on

wait for (a person, event)

deprive of

 

differ on, about, over (an issue)

 

differ from (something being compared)

 

 

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