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Chicago Manual Of Style Idioms

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1. Movies are very different ___ books.
From [use this almost always]
As
[no idiom]
On

2. Goodness is inherent ___ Mal.
By
After
In
From [never of]

3. My mom badgered me ___ cleaning my room - but I refused to do it.
With [literal comparison]
To
In
About

4. The president is in accord ___ Congress's plan.
After
With
With or to
Into

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

6. I have no comment ___ that hideous painting.
With
On
From
For

7. I lulled Mal ___ believing that I would let him paint the basement red and black.
Into
On
To
Of

8. Quit arguing ___ my beliefs!
To [never than]
From [never of]
On
Against

9. Mal received the sanction of a time-out ___ his misbehavior.
To (you can also be unequal to a task)
On
For
With

10. Here is his written admission ___ guilt.
With
Out of
In or with
Of

11. Are you prepared to answer ___ your crimes?
Against
From
For
To or into

12. He succeeded ___ a lawyer - winning most of his cases.
In or at
Into
As
[no idiom when a prep. or adv.]

13. I don't want to reconcile ___ her because I am still angry.
For
Against [doing something detrimental]
With
For

14. His dissent ___ his mother became rancorous.
From or against
[no idiom]
[no idiom]
In

15. I consider him ___ the smartest person I know.
For
By
To be
In

16. I will accord the honor ___ him.
On
On
To
In or with

17. I am really adept ___ all forms of art.

18. I cajoled Mal ___ picking up ice cream on his way home.
Into
By
With
[no idiom]

19. I acquiesced ___Matt's choice of pizza for dinner.
To
In or with
For
At

20. Victorian husbands had mastery ___ their wives.
With - at - or about
With
Over
On

21. I don't want to argue ___ you.
With
As
In [when it's an art - use in; otherwise - use at]
(1) with (2) over or about

22. I am anxious ___ join the wrestling team.

23. He is undaunted ___ the number of vocabulary words he has to learn.
From [never of]
With
By
As

24. I inquired ___ the agent when my car would be ready.
To
Of
At
About

25. Mal will have to answer ___ me for this mess!
To
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
As
About

26. Our neighborhood abuts ___ a cow pasture.
To
For
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
From [use this almost always]

27. The debate centers ___ whether he would be a good president.
Into
With
On [never around]
(1) on (2) with

28. Mal was purged ___ the Gymboree class after he lit the teacher on fire.
From
Of
With
With

29. Shakespeare was a contemporary ___ Christopher Marlowe.
On
On
Of
In

30. My views are very different ___ his.
In
To
From
[no idiom]

31. The meal was accompanied ___ lovely music.
Into
In
On
By

32. Mal was hailed ___ the best teacher at PRHS last year.
As
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']
[no idiom]
With [literal comparison]

33. Can we agree ___ which paint colors to use in the basement?
To be
[no idiom]
On
With - at

34. I agree ___ your decision to paint the basement in UGA colors.
At
Over
With
Of [not from]

35. A wife can be assumed to be pregnant ___ her husband.
By
About [situation]
For
To

36. I hope that all of us can coalesce ___ a cohesive group.
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
With
About
Into

37. Can I trade you this pencil ___ that eraser?
In
To
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
For

38. When I was pregnant ___ Mal - I was miserable.
With
Of
To
(1) in (2) on

39. I have mastery ___ grammar.
About [situation]
By
Of
In

40. I was proud to bestow the award ___ my protege.
On
From
[no idiom]
With

41. She is reticent ___ sharing personal details.
In - within
With
About
In

42. This house is not in congruence ___ building codes.
For
With
To
As

43. I wish that we could agree ___ politics.
Into
By
About
For

44. I considered that ___ a possible answer but ultimately rejected it.
For
As
[no idiom]
With [literal comparison]

45. Mal coerced me ___ letting him paint the basement in UGA colors.
Of
[no idiom]
As
Into

46. I purged my closet ___ old - tacky clothes.
To
Of
To
To (you can also be unequal to a task)

47. Shall I compare thee ___ a summer's day?
To [poetic or metaphorical]
With
Of
By

48. He is undaunted ___ his quest for a perfect SAT score.
For
In
From
For

49. Apples differ ___ oranges.
In or at
From
In
With

50. I hate arguing ___ politics.
From
To
To
About or over