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GMAT Idioms

Critical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension
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by sgmuthukumar » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:49 am
Hi,

I increasingly finding the GMAT verbal questions with Idioms a difficult one to crack,though I do reasonably well in RC and CR.I have my exams on Oct1 st, in another 10 days. Perhaps can anyone help me out here in rectifying my problem with GMAT Idioms?

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by Tani » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:23 pm
Idioms are tough. Native speakers simply hear them, explaining them to a non-native speaker is tough. There are several online sources, but the only answer is to find a good list memorize them. By definition idioms do not obey rules or follow standard formats.
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by sgmuthukumar » Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:15 pm
Tani Wolff - Kaplan wrote:Idioms are tough. Native speakers simply hear them, explaining them to a non-native speaker is tough. There are several online sources, but the only answer is to find a good list memorize them. By definition idioms do not obey rules or follow standard formats.
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by nehs » Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:18 pm
Like Tani has mentioned, it is hard to try to 'cram' it. Make a list of 10-15 idioms and some sample sentences everyday and go through it all day whenever you get a chance. That will help it get cemented :)
Repeat for other idioms.
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