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Chicago Manual Of Style Idioms

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1. GCPS placed a ban ___ cell phones in class.
Of
On
From
About

2. He was convicted ___ failure to report to jail.
For or of
Under
In
To

3. I jumped off ___ the swing.
As
[no idiom]
With
[no idiom when a prep. or adv.]

4. He succeeded ___ the title after the death of his father.
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
Against [doing something detrimental]
About - on
To

5. Georgia is contiguous ___ Alabama.
With
With or to
To
As

6. I subscribe ___ InStyle Magazine.
For
To
About or over
Into

7. Mal will have to answer ___ me for this mess!
By
Into
To
To [never than]

8. I shivered ___ the terrible monster in the movie.
Into
Against
[no idiom]
At

9. I used the fun song as a pretext ___ getting Mal to help me clean up.
On
With
From
For

10. Mal was stigmatized ___ a bad kid when he set the Gymboree teacher on fire.
As
For
For
To [poetic or metaphorical]

11. This mixture consists ___ three ingredients.
Of
On [never around]
To (you can also be unequal to a task)
To [poetic or metaphorical]

12. My views are very different ___ his.
With
With [literal comparison]
[no idiom]
From

13. Buford abounds ___ cows.
In
In or with
To
From

14. I will consider ___ your proposal.
To
With
[no idiom]
Into

15. I wanted to dissociate myself ___ his company.
To or into
From
Out of
With

16. I am always anxious ___ Mal's health.
Of
From [never of]
About
Of

17. I refuse to trade ___ that merchant any more after his incendiary remarks.
For
With
Of
With - at

18. You will have to give your account ___ me under oath.
To
With
In or at
From

19. Well - that depends ___ your point of view.
On
In - into
For
By

20. Liz Lemon commiserated ___ me when I hurt my ankle.
Under
By
As
With

21. I confided ___ Liz Lemon.
To
About
In
Of

22. We usually differ ___ politics.
Off
In or with
[no idiom]
About - on

23. I hate arguing ___ politics.
Of
From
For
About or over

24. Mal has a real predilection ___ mess-making.
For
In
About or over
To

25. Will you agree to abide ___ your contract?
By
As
Of [not from]
To

26. The heretic committed blasphemy ___ the church.
About
On
To
Against

27. I admitted her ___ my confidence - and she betrayed my trust.
To or into
On
To be
To

28. Beauty consists ___ an ineffable quality of grace.
[no idiom]
In [qualities of abstract things]
From
With

29. Mal received the sanction of a time-out ___ his misbehavior.
In
Of
For
Of

30. I wish that we could agree ___ politics.
With
Over
About
With

31. Some groups have been repeatedly excluded ___ historical accounts.
On
For or of
From
Off

32. There is little cohesion ___ Republicans and Democrats.
Of
Among [groups]
Into
Against

33. It makes no sense to compare apples ___ oranges.
To or into
With [literal comparison]
[no idiom]
To [never than]

34. Your idea is dissimilar ___ mine.
To
In
Over
About [situation]

35. Mal is conversant ___ political theory.
Of
From
To
With or in

36. My research is based ___ the assumption that aliens exist.
On [never off]
In - within
For
Among [groups]

37. Mal is very skillful ___ tools; in fact - he built that table.
Of
About - on
In
With

38. Mal is conversant ___ Spanish.
To or into
In
With
On

39. I am always vexed ___ Mal when he makes a huge mess.
From
At
Of
With

40. He succeeded ___ his attempt to persuade her to marry him.
To
In
To
Over

41. He is undaunted ___ his quest for a perfect SAT score.
With
At
From
In

42. His business is built on his trade ___ weapons.
In
About or at
To
Over

43. I agree with you ___ general - but not ___ this issue.
By
(1) in (2) on
Into
Of

44. He is undaunted ___ the number of vocabulary words he has to learn.
To
Into
By
For

45. I will accord the honor ___ him.
To
With
With
(1) on (2) with

46. I chafed ___ having to put my book down.
In - within
At
About or over
In

47. I just have to be reconciled ___ the fact that Mal is a messy person.
To
Against
[no idiom]
Of

48. Is he badgering ___ the witness?
Of
To
[no idiom]
With - at

49. Chocolate is preferable ___ vegetables.
On
To [never than]
With
With

50. He tried to mitigate ___ the impact of his words by smiling.
On [never around]
To or into
[no idiom]
By