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Chicago Manual Of Style Idioms

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1. The heretic committed blasphemy ___ the church.
Of [not from]
Out of
Against
From

2. I agree with you ___ general - but not ___ this issue.
(1) in (2) on
From
Of
On

3. He succeeded ___ the title after the death of his father.
Over
To
Against
From

4. He was inaugurated ___ president.
Against
Into
From
As

5. He banked quickly ___ the wall and drove his bumper car into mine.
In or with
Off
As
In [qualities of abstract things]

6. I inquired ___ the price of the statue.
About
By
To
In

7. Mal is very skillful ___ tools; in fact - he built that table.
About
To
With
For or of

8. Victorian husbands had mastery ___ their wives.
On [never off]
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']
With
Over

9. I was forced to acquiesce ___ the matter and allow my husband to paint our basement in UGA colors.
Against
In or at
With - at
In

10. I have no comment ___ that hideous painting.
To
On
From [use this almost always]
For

11. He is undaunted ___ the number of vocabulary words he has to learn.
About
[no idiom]
By
[no idiom]

12. I beguiled Mal ___ marrying me.
Into
[no idiom when transitive; against or on if intransitive]
To
With

13. I shivered ___ the terrible monster in the movie.
With
With
With
At

14. I lulled Mal ___ sleep.
With
To
To or into
With - but to is also acceptable

15. Mal will have to answer ___ me for this mess!
To
About
With
In

16. I refuse to trade ___ that merchant any more after his incendiary remarks.
With
Between [things]
(1) for (2) to be
To [never than]

17. I hope that all of us can coalesce ___ a cohesive group.
After
Of
[no idiom when a prep. or adv.]
Into

18. One cup is equivalent ___ eight ounces.
On
On
To
With

19. Georgia is contiguous ___ Alabama.
From
With or to
With
About

20. My decision is contingent ___ your compliance ___ our rules.
From
(1) on (2) with
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']
On

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

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22. Mal was stigmatized ___ a bad kid when he set the Gymboree teacher on fire.
To
With [literal comparison]
As
With

23. This was meant ___ him.
Of [not from]
As
[no idiom]
For

24. I was proud to bestow the award ___ my protege.
About
For
To
On

25. I inquired ___ Inara when I saw River Tam the other day.
By
At
To
After

26. Spouses abide ___ each other through tough times.
For
With
To
For or of

27. A strong work ethic predominates ___ this house.
Than [only when an independent clause follows 'different']
In
As
On

28. He tried to mitigate ___ the impact of his words by smiling.
Of
[no idiom]
To
To

29. Can you account ___ your whereabouts at the time of the robbery?
Into
Of
In
For

30. The meal was accompanied ___ lovely music.
With
By
About
In

31. I just have to be reconciled ___ the fact that Mal is a messy person.
On
To
With
From

32. He was convicted ___ failure to report to jail.
In
About
For or of
In

33. Can I trade you this pencil ___ that eraser?
Into
For
Of
In

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

35. Shakespeare was a contemporary ___ Christopher Marlowe.
In - into
At
To
Of

36. This tool would have been used ___ farming.
To
From
In
For

37. An epiphany is different ___ an 'aha moment.'
As
Into
For
From

38. This house is not in congruence ___ building codes.
In
On
With
To [poetic or metaphorical]

39. I try to control my impatience ___ Mal's messiness.
With
To be
In - into
Of

40. He admits ___ the crime.
To
Under
As
About

41. Inara is identical ___ her twin sister - River Tam.
[no idiom]
Among [groups]
Against
With - but to is also acceptable

42. He is undaunted ___ his quest for a perfect SAT score.
With
To
With
In

43. He succeeded ___ his attempt to persuade her to marry him.
To
In or with
In
With

44. Can we agree ___ which paint colors to use in the basement?
To
On
To
For

45. My views are very different ___ his.
From [never of]
About
From
By

46. I would hate to impose ___ you if it's inconvenient.
Into
On
[no idiom]
By

47. Are you prepared to answer ___ your crimes?
With
For
Between [things]
To

48. GCPS placed a ban ___ cell phones in class.
By
By
In - into
On

49. Quit arguing ___ my beliefs!
From [use this almost always]
For
Against
[no idiom]

50. The Renaissance was not contemporary ___ the Medieval Period.
Against
At
With
On