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Chicago Manual Of Style Idioms

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1. Quit arguing ___ my beliefs!
With
With
On
Against

2. Victorian husbands had mastery ___ their wives.
With
Over
As
Among [groups]

3. I have no comment ___ her; she is beneath my notice.
In
On
With
About

4. A strong work ethic predominates ___ this house.
To
For
In
On

5. I can always bank ___ Mal to take care of me.
With - at - or about
[no idiom]
After
On

6. My research is based ___ linguistic theory.
In
About
In - within
[no idiom when a prep. or adv.]

7. He succeeded ___ his attempt to persuade her to marry him.
In
By
For
For

8. He was inaugurated ___ president.
As
On
By
(1) on (2) with

9. I forbid you ___ date that scumbag!
To
On [never off]
As
To [poetic or metaphorical]

10. I have been enamored ___ Mal for years.
(1) on (2) with
With - but to is also acceptable
From
Of

11. Mal is conversant ___ political theory.
With or in
About or over
With
With

12. This was meant ___ encouragement.
About [situation]
(1) on (2) with
As
From

13. Mal is usually oblivious ___ the dangers of activities he loves.
By
As
To
In

14. My dad badgered me ___ changing my outfit.
With
For
For or of
Into

15. He chafes ___ strict authority.
As
From
On [never around]
Under

16. Mal is very skillful ___ tools; in fact - he built that table.
Into
With or to
With
At

17. I confided ___ Liz Lemon that I had stolen $10 million.
To
By
About
Over

18. Movies are very different ___ books.
From [use this almost always]
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
From
With

19. He was inaugurated ___ the club.
In - into
Into
By
To

20. I considered that ___ a possible answer but ultimately rejected it.
From
To [never than]
As
To

21. We set up a trust ___ Mal to inherit when he is eighteen.
Into
For
To
To

22. I bank ___ Bank of America.
In
For or of
Into
With - at

23. Mal was stigmatized ___ his bad behavior at Gymboree.
To
Into
In [when it's an art - use in; otherwise - use at]
For

24. I cajoled Mal __[2 words]__ his comfy old sweatshirt.
On
In [when it's an art - use in; otherwise - use at]
After
Out of

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

26. I acquiesced ___Matt's choice of pizza for dinner.
With
To
[no idiom]
About or at

27. An epiphany is different ___ an 'aha moment.'
From
From
With - at
In

28. I was accompanied to the wedding ___ my husband.
With
By
[no idiom]
At

29. I was forced to acquiesce ___ the matter and allow my husband to paint our basement in UGA colors.
To
In
By
From

30. Our neighborhood abuts ___ a cow pasture.
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
Of
From
With

31. Chocolate is preferable ___ vegetables.
[no idiom]
From
To [never than]
In

32. UGA predominated ___ UF in their most recent game.
With
On
Over
To

33. I inquired ___ the situation.
Into - about
Of [not from]
Of
To

34. I am used ___ tutoring great people.
With
Of
For
To

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

36. Mal hails ___ Texas.
By
From
At
Of

37. I am vexed ___ the current political situation.
For
To
In - into
About or at

38. Can you account ___ your whereabouts at the time of the robbery?
In [qualities of abstract things]
With - at - or about
To
For

39. I am always vexed ___ Mal when he makes a huge mess.
On
In [qualities of abstract things]
To
With

40. Spouses abide ___ each other through tough times.
Under
In
With
From

41. I admitted her ___ my confidence - and she betrayed my trust.
About
To or into
From
Of

42. Mal coerced me ___ letting him paint the basement in UGA colors.
For
Of
With
Into

43. Here is his written admission ___ guilt.
Of
On [never around]
For or of
For

44. I would hate to impose ___ you if it's inconvenient.
To (you can also be unequal to a task)
As
With [literal comparison]
On

45. Shakespeare was a contemporary ___ Christopher Marlowe.
Of
In
About
For

46. The Renaissance was not contemporary ___ the Medieval Period.
In [qualities of abstract things]
By
With
For

47. He has been absolved ___ guilt.
At
From
On
Of

48. He was convicted ___ failure to report to jail.
From
Among [groups]
For or of
To

49. He succeeded ___ the title after the death of his father.
To
In
By
Of

50. The jury acquitted ___ the defendant.
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
By
[no idiom]
From [never of]