I hereby collect idioms extracted from GMAT Verbal Sentence Correction books.
MANHATTAN GMAT (Guide 8)
- I have one chance in a thousand of winning the contest tonight
- We have confidence that the automotive market will recover soon
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- CONCEIVE: He conceives of architect as a dialogue
- PRONOUNCE: She pronounces the book a triump
- KNOW
1. I know her to be very diligent and determined in pursuing her objectives
2.I know her as "Coco Tracie" (=> to be known as)
- DECLARE
1. I declared the election a fraud
2. I declared the referendum invalid
3. I declared invalid the referendum that the new regime imposed
4. They declared that the election was a fraud
- RECOGNIZE
1. They recognized that the entrance fee was a bargain
2. They recognized the entrance fee to be a bargain
3. They recognized the entrance fee as a bargain
- SHOW:
1. A discovery shows that an object is strange
2. A discovery shows an object to be strange
- VIEW: I view this process as a mistake
- CONSIDER:
1. I consider illegal the law passed last week by the new regime
2. I consider her a good friend
3. I consider her intelligent
4. The law is considered illegal
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- Pollution costs us billions in increased medical bills
- They dated the artifact at 300 years old
- I love the discovery that carbon can form molecules
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- DOUBT
1. We do not doubt that the apples are ripe
2. We have no doubt that the apples are ripe
3. We doubt whether he will arrive on time
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- I estimate the cost to $100,000
- For every dollar saved, three dollars are wasted
- There is an expectation that the price will rise again
- We expend energy on development
- The goal is to expand the company
- The law holds that jaywalking is illegal
- We eat out often; for instance, last week we ate out 4 times during weekdays
- I went with the intent to leave soon/of leaving soon
- The interaction of 2 nuclei colliding releases energy
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- LIKELY
1. My friend is more likely than my enemy to win the case
2. My friend is twice as likely as my enemy to win the case
3. More than likely my friend will win the case
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- LOSS
1. I have suffered a loss of strength
2. They have suffered a loss in the euro
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- We have a mandate to call an election soon
- The truck has ten times the mass of the car
- A tomato is not a vegetable but rather a fruit
- The academy gave senior cadets dancing privileges
- The problem ranks as one of the worst we have seen
- The rates for education services have risen considerably
- She definitely has a reason for lawsuit
- She requires of her friend that work be done
- The sauce was so hot as to burn my mouth
- Gingham is coming back in style, and so too are vest
- There are variations in colors and shapes
- The best way to reach the goal is to focus one's energy
- I don't know whether I will go (don't use "if" because "if" requires consequence, according to GMAT)
(don't use "whether or not" as well)
- Naomi wrote 10 letters, double the number that Alex wrote
- Just as you practice, so shall you play
- I believe me to perform well in the test
GMAT OFFICIAL GUIDE
- as much as = non-countable nouns & percentages That pair of shoes costs as much as my last month's rent! The failure rate for this class can be as much as 25 percent.
as many as = countable nouns There will be as many as 250 people at our graduation party. My coworkers work as many as 15 percent more hours than I do each week
- WOULD:
1. so that/in order that somebody/something would used for saying why somebody does something She burned the letters so that her husband would never read them
2. used to show that somebody/something was not willing or refused to do something She wouldn't change it, even though she knew it was wrong.My car wouldn't start this morning
3. would imagine, say, think, etc. (that)… used to give opinions that you are not certain about I would imagine the job will take about two days.I'd say he was about fifty
4. used for talking about things that often happened in the past synonym used toWhen my parents were away, my grandmother would take care of me.He'd always be the first to offer to help
- as the means to
=> The Eastern State Penitentiary was established in 1822 by reformers advocating solitary confinement and hard labor as the means to reform prisoners
- attest to the fact that
- immune to/from
=> In Country X, diplomats are immune from prosecution for minor offenses => immune to a disease
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