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Idiom
E.g. City Council members frequently meet until the early morning hours in order to work in their problems. The preposition work “in” a location is idiomatically incorrect. The phrase “work in” should be replaced as “work out” their problems. E.g. The local band’s new album was frowned at by many parents because of its suggestive lyrics. Usually is physically “frown at” a person or thing, but when you disapprove of something in general, you “frown upon” it. ** In Identifying Sentence Errors questions, if you see a proposition underlined, check for idiomatic errors.
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absent from                 accused of                        accustomed to       

acquainted with          afraid of                              annoyed with

apologize for               arise from                           as a whole

associated with          aware of                              basis of

believe in                    belong to                            blame for

came into use             capable of                          committed to

composed of               concept of                          connected to

conscious of                contribute to                      cover with

dedicated to                difference between            different from

distinguish from          encouraged by                   escape from

finished with                fond of                               great deal of                     

guilty of                        hide from                           hint at

hope for                       impose on (or upon)          in connection with

indifference to              insist on                             instrumental in

interested in                 involved in                         irritating to

lead to                          limited to                           object to                            

obtain from                  opposed to                         participate in

prepared for                 prevent from                      proclaimed as

prohibit from                protest against                    proud of

react to                        recover from                       related to        

rescue from                 respond to                          responsible for

result in                       reversal of                          satisfied with

scene of                      similar to                             stare at            

stop from                     substitute for                      succeed in     

suffer from                   sympathize with                 thank for         

think of                         tired of                               upset with      

vote for                        went about                         with the help of          

worry about