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. Roc, For master list of GMAT Idioms, see this post: gmat-idioms-comprehensive-gmat-idiom-lists-80342.html IDIOMS 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 and , 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 from , draw on, due to, desirous of, divergent from, decide on, effort to, eitherâ€¦or, 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 to , 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 asâ€¦so too, less than, likely to, liken to mistake for, model after, more than, move away from, meet with, meet, native of, native to, neitherâ€¦nor, not but , not onlyâ€¦but also, not so muchâ€¦as, 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 to , rather than, regard as, replace with, require to, required of, responsibility to, responsible for, result from, result in, rule that, result of same as, see as, send to, sense of soâ€¦that, spend on, subject to, substitute for , suffer from, superior to, supplant by, suspicious of, sympathy for, sympathize with, separate from, target at, think ofâ€¦as, threaten to, train to, transit to, try to, type of, tamper with, tie to, try to, tend, tend to, use as, use of, view as, vote for, visit, willing to, worry about

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When I try to download your zipped file I get an error, "file is corrupted or invalid." Could you repost?

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Try again. It works for me.

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Are u sure resulting from is the correct idiom?

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Hi guys:

When do you "forbid X to do Y" and "forbid X from doing Y."

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Hi guys:

When do you "forbid X to do Y" and "forbid X from doing Y."

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Forbid to is the correct idiom.

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Forbid x to do y is correct idiom.

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From the Freen Online Dictionary - re: forbid... USAGE: It was formerly considered incorrect to talk of forbidding someone from doing something, but in modern usage either from or to can be used: he was forbidden from entering/to enter the building.

That said, this being GMAT SC, I would go with "forbid TO."

Note though that it is "prohibit FROM."

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Thanks a lot dude

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Thaks a lot

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CHECK THIS LINK FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST, WHICH INCLUDES ALMOST ALL, COLLECTIVELY..
comprehensive-gmat-idiom-list-80342.html?view-post=603458#p603458

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thanks a lot for the excel sheet of idioms...it will definitely help

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MGMAT SC has a good list of idioms with examples. They grouped in 3 types. Right, Wrong, Suspect (could be right if everything else has other grammatical errors).

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by the way, is "just as..., so..." an idiom?

Just as..so... is correct usage. not sure if i can call it an idiom.

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It is an idiom. I had this in one my GMATPrep tests, and they classified it as an idiom.

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Very useful list. The excel download is excellent too.
Thank you very much

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thanks for this guys - very helpful

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nice post.. thanks !

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Thanks a lot, this is great!!

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From the Freen Online Dictionary - re: forbid... USAGE: It was formerly considered incorrect to talk of forbidding someone from doing something, but in modern usage either from or to can be used peter tross it was forbidden from entering/to enter the building.

That said, this being GMAT SC, I would go with "forbid TO."

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Found an idiom on MGMAT SC.

*As much ...so..as*

Eg : He wins frequently,as much because he plays so hard as because he cheats.

I am completely lost on this usage. I can decipher that it is used for contrast, however the usage sounds quite awkward.

Please explain if this is a correct understanding and if there are more examples.

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