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Chicago Manual Of Style Idioms

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. He has been acquitted ___ the charge of robbery.
Into
From [use this almost always]
To
Of

2. I have mastery ___ grammar.
[no idiom when a prep. or adv.]
Of
To
Against [doing something detrimental]

3. He chafes ___ strict authority.
As
On
About
Under

4. You should not fraternize too much ___ your boss.
With
To
(1) in (2) on
Of

5. He tried to mitigate ___ the impact of his words by smiling.
In
[no idiom]
On
On

6. He was inaugurated ___ president.
To [never than]
As
To
Into

7. Mal is very skillful ___ tools; in fact - he built that table.
(1) in (2) on
With
In
With - at - or about

8. He succeeded ___ the title after the death of his father.
To
Over
In [qualities of abstract things]
With

9. I confided ___ Liz Lemon.
In
[no idiom]
From
At

10. Apples differ ___ oranges.
In or with
With
From
In

11. He is undaunted ___ the number of vocabulary words he has to learn.
As
With
(1) for (2) to be
By

12. I am vexed ___ the current political situation.
About or at
With
With [literal comparison]
Of

13. I am used ___ tutoring great people.
Of
From
Of
To

14. I admitted her ___ my confidence - and she betrayed my trust.
To or into
In
About
By

15. I agree ___ your demand that we paint the basement in UGA colors.
Into
For
To
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']

16. I subscribe ___ InStyle Magazine.
To
From
Of
In

17. I used the fun song as a pretext ___ getting Mal to help me clean up.
With or to
For
Among [groups]
To

18. Beauty consists ___ an ineffable quality of grace.
By
Into
From
In [qualities of abstract things]

19. Our neighborhood abuts ___ a cow pasture.
In
Of
For
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]

20. Mal hails ___ Texas.
To
As
Off
From

21. My dad badgered me ___ changing my outfit.
From [never of]
[no idiom]
With - but to is also acceptable
Into

22. I cautioned him ___ his behavior.
From
By
About [situation]
On

23. I forbid you ___ date that scumbag!
To
About
[no idiom]
[no idiom]

24. The debate centers ___ whether he would be a good president.
On [never around]
In
(1) with (2) over or about
Against [doing something detrimental]

25. Movies are very different ___ books.
From [use this almost always]
For
On
As

26. I jumped off ___ the swing.
Into
To
With
[no idiom when a prep. or adv.]

27. Your idea is dissimilar ___ mine.
With
Into
Against [doing something detrimental]
To

28. Spouses abide ___ each other through tough times.
On
On
With
On

29. There is little cohesion ___ Republicans and Democrats.
From [never of]
Among [groups]
About
Out of

30. I wanted to dissociate myself ___ his company.
As
To
From
By

31. Mal coerced me ___ letting him paint the basement in UGA colors.
From [use this almost always]
Into
Of
For

32. Mal is very skillful ___ frisbee golf.
With
As
To [never than]
In or at

33. He has been absolved ___ guilt.
As
[no idiom]
As
From

34. You will have to give your account ___ me under oath.
In
After
To
By

35. I acquiesced ___Matt's choice of pizza for dinner.
On
On
To
With

36. He succeeded ___ a lawyer - winning most of his cases.
To (you can also be unequal to a task)
As
Among [groups]
Into

37. It makes no sense to compare apples ___ oranges.
Among [groups]
With
With [literal comparison]
From

38. I can always bank ___ Mal to take care of me.
(1) for (2) to be
On
In
For or of

39. Mal was stigmatized ___ his bad behavior at Gymboree.
About [situation]
With
For
From

40. There is little cohesion these ideas.
Between [things]
To
At
At

41. I hope that all of us can coalesce ___ a cohesive group.
Into
With or in
[no idiom]
Of

42. I am always anxious ___ Mal's health.
With
With
About
To

43. She was considered ___ the position but was ultimately found ___ unqualified.
(1) for (2) to be
From
From [never of]
On

44. Mal was purged ___ the Gymboree class after he lit the teacher on fire.
With [literal comparison]
In - within
From
Into

45. He is undaunted ___ his quest for a perfect SAT score.
In
To or into
For
To

46. An epiphany is different ___ an 'aha moment.'
From
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.'
With
With

47. The jury acquitted ___ the defendant.
From [never of]
With
[no idiom]
From

48. Mal is really adept ___ playing frisbee golf.
At
To
With
In

49. I confided ___ Liz Lemon that I had stolen $10 million.
To
About or over
Among [groups]
With

50. I lulled Mal ___ sleep.
To be
In [qualities of abstract things]
With
To