Idioms

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<p>Anyone know how to memorize idioms? or where I can find a complete list of idioms we have to know?</p>

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<p>i know that gruber's has a list of idioms in its grammar section. but unless you're a non-native speaker, i don't see why you should have to memorize idioms, which ought to come naturally to you...</p>

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<p>im from america, just a few of them confuse me like something with to or of or with.</p>

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<p>you should make a thread and lets get a list going</p>

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<p>I'll start first (got this from an SAT practice test):</p>

<p>Prefer TO </p>

<p>Prefer the mall to street stores....NOT prefer the mall more than street stores</p>

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<p>prefer ____ to _____
just as _____ so _____
in contrast of
preoccupied with</p>

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<p>allow for;
consistent with;
invest in</p>

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<p>protest against
vote for
worried about
either<strong><em>or</em></strong>
neither<strong><em>nor</em></strong>__
not<strong><em>but</em></strong></p>

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<p>ability....to
attempt...to
so much...as ( know this <---)
so...that</p>

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<p>can u give me an example of so much... as?
It helps me remember o_O</p>

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<p>The oceans do not so much divide the world as unite it．
most of the time it's not so much...as, notice the parallelism there.
not so much ...as means--- rather than..</p>

<p>The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning．</p>

<p>by the way, the may 08 SAT actually tested this, i didn't know it back then =S
i also found one like this structure in the online course tests ,somewhere. =p</p>

<p>idiom list going:</p>

<p>Desirous of.</p>