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Chicago Manual Of Style Idioms

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Mal is conversant ___ political theory.
In or at
From
With or in
On

2. He has been absolved ___ guilt.
From
For
Into
On

3. I bank ___ Bank of America.
Off
On
With - at
With

4. Mal is conversant ___ Spanish.
About or over
In or with
For
In

5. I cautioned him ___ his behavior.
For
About [situation]
In
For

6. Here is his written admission ___ guilt.
To
Of
After
For

7. When I was pregnant ___ Mal - I was miserable.
In
In
Over
With

8. I subscribe ___ InStyle Magazine.
On [never around]
To
(1) on (2) with
To or into

9. I lulled Mal ___ believing that I would let him paint the basement red and black.
After
Into
At
For

10. I inquired ___ the price of the statue.
[no idiom when a prep. or adv.]
With
About
To

11. I am used ___ tutoring great people.
To
With [literal comparison]
Of
For

12. His dissent ___ his mother became rancorous.
From or against
From
For
In

13. She is reticent ___ sharing personal details.
For
In or with
About
With - but to is also acceptable

14. Will you agree to abide ___ your contract?
From
By
To
With

15. He was banned ___ school after his fifth discipline violation.
(1) with (2) over or about
As
To
From

16. I have been enamored ___ Mal for years.
In
Out of
About
Of

17. Movies are very different ___ books.
On
From [use this almost always]
(1) in (2) on
[no idiom]

18. We set up a trust ___ Mal to inherit when he is eighteen.
For
In or with
Into
In - into

19. I agree with you ___ general - but not ___ this issue.
To
For
(1) in (2) on
On [never off]

20. I admitted her ___ my confidence - and she betrayed my trust.
For
To or into
In or with
In

21. He banked quickly ___ the wall and drove his bumper car into mine.
Against
About
Off
On

22. I differed ___ Mal ___ whether to paint the basement in UGA colors.
To
From
For
(1) with (2) over or about

23. Shall I compare thee ___ a summer's day?
In or with
To [poetic or metaphorical]
Into
On

24. He is undaunted ___ his quest for a perfect SAT score.
Out of
For
In
By

25. I inquired ___ the situation.
To
With [literal comparison]
Into - about
In

26. I beguiled Mal ___ my awesome cooking and mix CDs.
This is a trick question; this construction is not preferred - as anxious means worried - not looking forward to something. You should say 'I am excited to join the team' or 'I look forward to joining the team.'
To (you can also be unequal to a task)
With
Into

27. Can I trade you this pencil ___ that eraser?
For
In
By
About or at

28. I wish that we could agree ___ politics.
From
About
With
On [never around]

29. He admits ___ the crime.
By
To
From or against
With

30. Your idea is dissimilar ___ mine.
To
From
On
For

31. This tool would have been used ___ farming.
To
For
Of
In [qualities of abstract things]

32. Don't infringe ___ my rights!
Of
On
By
With

33. My views are very different ___ his.
To
From
In
To

34. I hate arguing ___ politics.
About or over
With - at
To
To be

35. Her birthday coincides ___ Thanksgiving this year.
With
As
From
From

36. This was meant ___ encouragement.
With [literal comparison]
As
[no idiom]
In - into

37. Mal is very independent ___ his parents.
Of [not from]
From [never of]
To (you can also be unequal to a task)
As

38. He was inaugurated ___ the club.
To
Into
From
Of [not from]

39. There is little cohesion ___ Republicans and Democrats.
To [never than]
In
After
Among [groups]

40. You will have to give your account ___ me under oath.
To
In
In - within
Against

41. The meal was accompanied ___ lovely music.
By
For
For
With

42. I inquired ___ Inara when I saw River Tam the other day.
By
For
To
After

43. I will consider ___ your proposal.
Of
On
[no idiom]
In [qualities of abstract things]

44. I cautioned him ___ going out with her.
Against [doing something detrimental]
With
As
Against

45. Georgia is contiguous ___ Alabama.
[no idiom]
In or at
On
With or to

46. He tried to mitigate ___ disaster but failed.
As
Against
Of
Of

47. My research is based ___ the assumption that aliens exist.
Of
From
In
On [never off]

48. Will you admit ___ that you were wrong?
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
[no idiom]
Against [doing something detrimental]
For

49. Inara is identical ___ her twin sister - River Tam.
On [never off]
For
With - but to is also acceptable
In

50. An epiphany is different ___ an 'aha moment.'
On
With
For
From