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IntroductionHow important are idioms?

What are idioms?What this ebook covers

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Section 1: Idioms & Prepositions

Introduction

Prepositions & Idioms: “From”Prepositions & Idioms: “To”Prepositions & Idioms: “WithPrepositions & Idioms: ”Of”Prepositions & Idioms: “For”Prepositions & Idioms: “Against”Prepositions & Idioms: “On”Prepositions & Idioms: “In” & “By”A Potpourri (4 more prepositions)Compound prepositions“Because” vs. “Because of”Idioms involving “as”Do you know your prepositions?

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Section 2: Clauses & Organizations of a SentenceVerbs that take the infinitiveVerbs + “that” clausesIdioms involving “so”Idioms of cause & consequenceIdioms of comparison“The”: A quirky comparions idiomComparisons: “More” vs. “Greater”, “Less” vs. “Fewer”“Act like” vs. “Act as”Idioms of whole and parts“Means of” vs. “Means to”“Idea” words: Idioms of beliefs & ideas“Consider” this idiom

Correlative Conjunctions“If” vs. “Whether”Idioms involving “Whether”

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Practice QuestionsEasyMediumVery Hard

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based on the OG, of the 13-14 Sentence Correctionquestions you see on the GMAT Verbal Section...

about 3-4 of them should test idioms

The chance that, of the 14 sentence correction questionson the real GMAT, you do not see an idiom question is abou

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Ability to do X

Prevent from doing X

Scarcer than hen’s teeth

Raining cats and dogs

kinds of idioms on the GMAT

WHAT THIS EBOOK COVERSThe articles in this ebook cover idioms as well as a bit about dictionand a bit about rhetorical construction. Idioms are about unique com-

binations of words, which words always “belong together”. Dictionconcerns the meaning of individual words, and whether this single

word is used properly in a sentence. Rhetorical construction concernsthe overall flow of a sentence, how a sentence is put together for the

most clarity and power, but no ambiguity. Discussion of idioms neces-sarily reaches into these other two areas, so topics in diction and

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easyChoose the option that best answers the question.

The answer is B.

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