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Chicago Manual Of Style Idioms

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. I purged my closet ___ old - tacky clothes.
For
With or in
Of
For

2. Mal is really adept ___ playing frisbee golf.
On
Of [not from]
At
With

3. I consider him ___ the smartest person I know.
On [never off]
To be
Of
From [use this almost always]

4. I wish that we could agree ___ politics.
With
From or against
About
From

5. I can always bank ___ Mal to take care of me.
About [situation]
With
On
In

6. Mal was stigmatized ___ his bad behavior at Gymboree.
From
For
In
As

7. Your idea is dissimilar ___ mine.
To
With
As
In - within

8. I was proud to bestow the award ___ my protege.
On
[no idiom]
(1) in (2) on
Against [doing something detrimental]

9. Can I trade you this pencil ___ that eraser?
At
From
At
For

10. The debate centers ___ whether he would be a good president.
Out of
From [use this almost always]
On [never around]
With

11. I agree ___ your demand that we paint the basement in UGA colors.
From
To
For or of
For

12. I cautioned him ___ going out with her.
Against [doing something detrimental]
For
With - but to is also acceptable
With

13. I differed ___ Mal ___ whether to paint the basement in UGA colors.
Among [groups]
To
About or at
(1) with (2) over or about

14. My research is based ___ the assumption that aliens exist.
On [never off]
As
To
In

15. He was banned ___ school after his fifth discipline violation.
On [never around]
Into
From
Of

16. I was forced to acquiesce ___ the matter and allow my husband to paint our basement in UGA colors.
With or in
As
In
From

17. I hate arguing ___ politics.
With
With
On
About or over

18. I have mastery ___ grammar.
With
In
(1) for (2) to be
Of

19. Mal is very skillful ___ tools; in fact - he built that table.
To
Of
With
(1) with (2) over or about

20. I am vexed ___ the current political situation.
By
As
About or at
With

21. I colluded ___ Mal to trick Mal into going to bed early.
To
With
With or to
By

22. I have no comment ___ that hideous painting.
Against
In
On
With

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

24. Well - that depends ___ your point of view.
To
To
On
From

25. Are you equal ___ the task of learning all of these idioms?
To (you can also be unequal to a task)
With
With
From

26. Will you agree to abide ___ your contract?
By
As
In
Of

27. Mal hails ___ Texas.
For
To (you can also be unequal to a task)
As
From

28. An epiphany is different ___ an 'aha moment.'
With
About
Between [things]
From

29. Here is his written admission ___ guilt.
From
To
In - into
Of

30. He is shivering ___ cold!
From
In
To
Of

31. Quit arguing ___ my beliefs!
On [never around]
For
Against
For

32. Her birthday coincides ___ Thanksgiving this year.
With
At
Of
To

33. This was meant ___ encouragement.
By
Of
As
To

34. I have been enamored ___ Mal for years.
Of
To be
Into
From

35. You should not fraternize too much ___ your boss.
Of
To
About - on
With

36. I beguiled Mal ___ my awesome cooking and mix CDs.
[no idiom]
With
From [never of]
In

37. There is dissent ___ the group.
With
In - within
[no idiom]
From

38. Goodness is inherent ___ Mal.
In
In [when it's an art - use in; otherwise - use at]
To or into
For

39. I was accompanied to the wedding ___ my husband.
Into
After
To
By

40. My research is based ___ linguistic theory.
For or of
For
[no idiom]
In

41. Movies today are very different ___ they were in the fifties.

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42. I have absolved him ___ his obligation to me.
From
Of
In
To

43. She was considered ___ the position but was ultimately found ___ unqualified.
With or in
Of
To [poetic or metaphorical]
(1) for (2) to be

44. I inquired ___ Inara when I saw River Tam the other day.
About
Into
In
After

45. Spouses abide ___ each other through tough times.
With or to
With
To
From [never of]

46. Mal was hailed ___ the best teacher at PRHS last year.
As
About or at
About - on
For

47. I try to control my impatience ___ Mal's messiness.
With
To [never than]
In
For

48. I commented ___ Liz Lemon that her daughter is cute.
To [poetic or metaphorical]
To
From
With

49. I confided my secret ___ Liz Lemon.
With
In
To
About or at

50. This was meant ___ him.
Of
With
In
For