Sc Idiom List

Idiom List Comments 1

"-er"

than

2

A result

of

3

A sequence

of

4

Access

to

5

Act

as

6

Aid

in

7

Aim

at

8

With the aim

of

9

Allocated

to

10

Allow

to be

11

Allows

for

12

An instance

of

13

As

as

14

As well as

if not better than

15

Associate

with

16

At least as

as

17

Attempt

to

18

Attend

to

19

Attribute

X to Y

20

Attributed

to Y

21

Based

on

22

Believe

to be

23

Between

and

24

Both

and

25

Care

about

26

Centers

on

27

Choose

between

28

compare

to

Stresses similarities

29

compare

with

Stresses differences

30

conform

to

31

Connection

between

32

Consequence

of

33

Consider

as

34

consistent

with

35

contend

to

36

Continue

to be

37

Contrast

with

38

count

on

if not ….

should always be followed by to

should not be followed by "as" or "to be"

39

Created a need

for

40

Credit

with

41

Decide

to

42

Debate

over

43

Decided

that

44

Define

as

45

depend

on

46

Determined

by

47

Different

from

48

Difficult

to

49

Discourage

from

50

Dispute

over

51

Distinguish

between

52

Either

or

53

Estimate

to be

54

Except

for

55

Expose

to

56

Extent

to which

57

Flee

from

58

Forbid

to

59

Forcing

to

60

From

to

61

Grew

out of

They quickly grew out their office

62

Grew

from

X grew from A to B

63

In Danger

of

64

Indicate

that

65

Inevitable

that

66

Just as

so

67

Just as X

so Y

68

Less

than

69

Likely

to

70

Likely

that

71

Localized

in

72

Mistook

for

73

Model

sfter

74

More

than

75

Native

to

Discussing animals and plants

76

Native

of

Discussing people

77

Neither

nor

78

Necessary

to

X is likely to do Y It is likely that X will do Y

79

Not only

but also

80

Not so

as

81

Not so much

as

82

Not X

but Y

83

Opposition

to

84

Perceive

as

85

Potential

to

86

Prefer

to

87

Prohibit

from

88

Range from X

to Y

89

Refer

to

90

Regard

as

91

Relative

of

92

Require X

to do Y

93

Requiring

that XY

94

Resistance

to

95

Responsibility

to

"+ Verb"

96

Responsible

for

"+ Noun"

97

Rivalry

Between X and Y

98

Rivals X

and Y

99

Same

as

100

Seem

to

101

Settlement

of

102

So

as to be

103

So

that

104

Such

as

105

Superior

to

106

Target

at

107

Tie / Tied

to

108

Think of X

as Y

109

Try

to

110

Unique

in

111

Use

as

112

Used

to / to be

113

View

as

114

Worry

about

115

X Ordered that

Y be Z'ed

116

X Ordered Y

to

117

More Common among X

Than Among Y

118

Subjunctive

Sunjunctive