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Chicago Manual Of Style Idioms

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1. He tried to mitigate ___ disaster but failed.
With
Against
With - but to is also acceptable
Between [things]

2. Mal has a real predilection ___ mess-making.
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']
With or in
Between [things]
For

3. Movies are very different ___ books.
From [use this almost always]
From [never of]
From
To

4. He has been absolved ___ guilt.
For or of
Over
Against
From

5. Are you prepared to answer ___ your crimes?
For
As
With
To

6. He succeeded ___ his attempt to persuade her to marry him.
To
To
Against
In

7. He was banned ___ school after his fifth discipline violation.
About
With or to
With
From

8. I subscribe ___ InStyle Magazine.
About
To
From
From

9. Shall I compare thee ___ a summer's day?
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']
To [poetic or metaphorical]
Out of
From

10. Mal is very skillful ___ tools; in fact - he built that table.
To
With - but to is also acceptable
By
With

11. Well - that depends ___ your point of view.
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']
[no idiom]
On
To

12. Is he badgering ___ the witness?
On
[no idiom]
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.'
About

13. Mal is very independent ___ his parents.
Of [not from]
With
To
For

14. I wish that we could agree ___ politics.
About
On
For
In

15. Can you account ___ your whereabouts at the time of the robbery?
Of
To
As
For

16. I used the fun song as a pretext ___ getting Mal to help me clean up.
By
With
For
With

17. I inquired ___ the agent when my car would be ready.
In or with
With or in
To
Of

18. I jumped off ___ the swing.
In
Over
To [never than]
[no idiom when a prep. or adv.]

19. UGA predominated ___ UF in their most recent game.
With
About - on
Over
To [never than]

20. This house is not in congruence ___ building codes.
With
From
In
For

21. This was meant ___ encouragement.
As
Over
To
With

22. I don't want to reconcile ___ her because I am still angry.
By
Against
With
About

23. I would hate to impose ___ you if it's inconvenient.
With
From
On
As

24. He chafes ___ strict authority.
In - into
In
From
Under

25. I inquired ___ the price of the statue.
About
Into
With
Of [not from]

26. He was convicted ___ the crime.
Of
To
To
On

27. I confided ___ Liz Lemon.
For or of
In
At
To

28. Here is his written admission ___ guilt.
In
By
Of
Into

29. He was inaugurated ___ president.
By
In - within
As
Of [not from]

30. GCPS placed a ban ___ cell phones in class.
In
For
As
On

31. I will accord the honor ___ him.
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']
In or with
To
In - into

32. Mal is usually oblivious ___ the dangers of activities he loves.
In or at
To
From [use this almost always]
Out of

33. I considered that ___ a possible answer but ultimately rejected it.
Over
As
From
Into - about

34. Will you agree to abide ___ your contract?
By
In [when it's an art - use in; otherwise - use at]
Of
In

35. The Renaissance was not contemporary ___ the Medieval Period.
With
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
To [poetic or metaphorical]
On

36. I want to instill good values ___ Mal.
With
With
Against
In - into

37. He usually subscribes ___ the ideals of the Republican party - but this time - he disagrees.
On
At
Of
To

38. The president is in accord ___ Congress's plan.
By
From
With
In

39. I have no comment ___ that hideous painting.
To
Of
On
To

40. I will consider ___ your proposal.
Against
With
[no idiom]
For

41. I lulled Mal ___ believing that I would let him paint the basement red and black.
Into
For
About
About - on

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

43. I beguiled Mal ___ my awesome cooking and mix CDs.
Of
To
At
With

44. Some groups have been repeatedly excluded ___ historical accounts.
By
From
Into
For

45. I am vexed ___ the current political situation.
About or at
As
With
Against

46. There is dissent ___ the group.
From
In - within
Against [doing something detrimental]
About

47. I cautioned him ___ going out with her.
Into - about
Against [doing something detrimental]
From
For

48. He is shivering ___ cold!
With
From
To
With or in

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

50. I cautioned him ___ his behavior.
Of
To
On
About [situation]