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 if not ….
15 Associate with
16 At least as as
17 Attempt to should always be followed by 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 should not be followed by "as" or "to be"
34 consistent with
35 contend to
36 Continue to be
37 Contrast with
38 count on
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 X is likely to do Y
70 Likely that It is likely that X will do Y
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
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 Subjunctive
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 Sunjunctive
116 X Ordered Y to
117 More Common among X Than Among Y
118