Common Verbs and Adjectives With Prepositions
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Common Verbs and Adjectives with Prepositions
agree withapologize forapply forapply toapprove ofargue forargue witharrive atarrive inbebe absent frombe accused ofbe accustomed tobe acquainted withbe addicted tobe afraid ofbe angry atbe angry withbe annoyed atbe annoyed withbe associated withbe aware ofbe capable ofbe cluttered withbe committed tobe composed ofbe concerned aboutbe connected tobe content withbe convinced ofbe coordinated withbe covered withbe crowded withbe devoted tobe disappointed inbe disappointed withbe discriminated againstbe divorced frombe done withbe dressed inbe engaged tobe envious ofbe equipped with
be made frombe made ofbe married tobe opposed tobe pleased withbe polite withbe prepared forbe prepared tobe proud ofbe qualified forbe related tobe relevant tobe responsible forbe satisfied withbe terrified ofbe tired ofbe upset withbe used tobe worried aboutbelieve inblame (someone) forcompare tocompare withcomplain aboutcomplain ofconsist ofcontribute tocount oncount upondecide ondecide upondepend ondistinguish fromdream aboutdream ofescape fromexcel atexcel inexcuse forfeel forfight forforgive (someone) forhave a reason for
be excited aboutbe exhausted frombe exposed tobe faithful tobe familiar withbe filled withbe finished withbe fond ofbe frightened ofbe friendly tobe friendly withbe frightened bybe furnished withbe gone frombe grateful forbe grateful tobe guilty ofbe innocent ofbe interested inbe involved withbe jealous ofbe known forbe limited tobe located inbe located to
have an excuse forhide fromhope forinsist onintroduce tokeep (someone) from (doing something)look forward toobject toparticipate inpray forprevent (someone) from (doing something)prohibit (someone) from (doing something)recover fromrescue fromrespond tostop (someone) from (doing something)succeed intake advantage oftake care oftalk abouttalk ofthank someone forthink aboutthink of
PREPOSITION-DEPENDENT VERBS
Aabide byabstain fromaccuse someone ofadd something to somethingadhere toadvise someone toagree on/withaim at/forallow forapologize forapply to/forapprove ofargue with/aboutarise fromarrest someone forarrive in/at
Ddeal withdecide about/on/upondepend on/upondisagree on/withdiscriminate againstdistinguish fromdo research on/into/aboutdo something for someonedream of/about
Eescape fromexcel inexchange something for
Oobject tooffer something to someone
Pparticipate in somethingpay for somethingpay something to someonepersist inpraise someone forpray forprepare forpresent someone withprevent someone/something fromprohibit someone fromprotect someone/something
ask forattend to
Bbeg forbelieve inbelong tobeware ofblame someone forboast aboutborrow something from someonebrag aboutbuy something for someone
Ccall forcare about/forchoose betweencomment oncompare to/withcomplain about/ofcomply withconceal something fromconcentrate oncondemn someone forconform tocongratulate someone on/for somethingconsent toconsist ofcontribute tocook something for someonecount on/uponcure someone of a disease
excuse someone forexpect someone to
Fface up tofind something for someonefine someone forforget aboutforgive someone for
Gget something for someonegive something to someone
Hhide fromhope for
Iinsist on/uponinterfere with/inintroduce toinvite someone to
Jjoke about
Llaugh atleave for some placeleave something for someonelend something to someonelisten tolong for
Mmake something for someone mistake someone for
fromprotest aboutprovide someone/something withpunish someone for
Rrecover fromrefer torely on/uponrescue fromrespond to
Ssave someone fromsell something to someonesend something to someonesentence someone toshow something to someonesmile atstare atstop fromsubscribe tosubstitute forsucceed insuffer from
Ttake advantage/care oftalk with/to someone about somethingthank someone forthink of/about
Vvolunteer tovote for
Wwait forwarn someone aboutworry about
PREPOSITION-DEPENDENT ADJECTIVES
abreast ofabsent fromaccused of/byaccustomed toacquainted withaddicted toadjacent toafraid of / to (infinitive)angry atannoyed with/byassociated withaware of
blessed withbored with/by
capable ofclose tocluttered withcommitted tocompatible withcomposed ofconcerned aboutconfronted withconnected toconscious ofconsistent withcontent withcontrary toconvinced ofcoordinated withcovered withcrowded with
dedicated todevoted todisappointed withdiscriminated againstdivorced fromdone withdressed in
engaged in/toenvious ofequipped withequivalent toexcited aboutexhausted fromexposed to
faithful tofamiliar withfilled withfinished withfond offriendly to/withfrightened of/byfull offurnished with
gone fromgrateful to/forguilty of
innocent ofinterested ininvited toinvolved in
jealous of
known for
limited tolocated in
made of/frommarried to
opposed to
patient withpleased withpolite toprepared forprotected fromproud of
qualified for
related torelevant toremembered forresponsible for
satisfied withscared of/bysuitable for
terrified of/bytired of/from
upset withused touseful to
worried about