There a frequency lists for Mandarin radicals, characters, and words, but are there frequency lists for grammar points?

I'm curious because it seems like A1 and A2 levels are easier rather than more frequent. Some things like idiomatic expressions, slang, and concepts that require a bit more nuance may come up more often.

I ask because I'm having trouble learning how to "think in Chinese," talking to people in Tandem or WeChat, I always have to look things up which of course gives me an English translation, which gets me thinking in terms of English structure and thus clunky translations that don't work literally.

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