ABC Flashcards
able
able + infinitive
Tom is able to play the guitar with his toes.
access
access to
Steve never has access to his dad’s bank account.
act
X act as Y
Tom acts as a scout for GQ here in South America.
agree
agree on + noun We agreed on the plan. agree on + gerund We agreed on going to town. agree to We agreed to go away.
aid
aid + person/thing
The magnifying glass aided his search.
aid in + gerund
allow
allows for
Your schedule does not allow for much time.
appeal
appeal to
He wants to appeal to my good sense.
*as….as
She is as tired as I am.
as X so Y
as …so too…
as X to Y
ask
ask + infinitive He asked to go home. ask + person + infinitive He asked me to go home. ask of
ask X to Y
*associate
*associate with
We never associate with Steve - he is far too tacky!
associate X with Y
attribute
attribute to
His tackiness can be attributed to too many comic books as a child.
*base
*base on
I think that the movie Star Wars is based on a true story.
begin
begin + infinitive
It soon began to rain.
boom
boom in
There was a boom in the sale of yellow polka-dot bikinis as soon as Natalia Paris tried one on.
built
built by
The Avro Arrow was built by proud Canadians.
care
care about
Who cares about that?
care for
I don’t care for your tone.
centers
centers on + person/thing
The story centers on the struggle for meaning in a chaotic universe.
center upon ( not round)
choose
choose + infinitive
I do it because I choose to do it.
choose to / from
composed
to be + composed of + thing
The atom is composed of various parts.
consistent
consistent with
Your story is not consistent with Joel’s story.
contend
contend that
Joel contends that you are lying.
*consider
*consider + person/thing
I consider you a friend.
continue
continue + infinitive
If you continue to do that we will not be friends.
contrast
contrast A with B
If you contrast Bill with Bob, you find….
convert
convert to
The new device will convert matter to energy.
*compare
*compare A to B
Caliban is compared to a beast in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
(compare to stresses similarities).
*compare A with B
Compared with you, I cannot sing well at all.
(compare with stresses differences).
*count
*count on + person/thing
I count on you for the correct answers.
credit
to credit with
Columbus is credited with discovering the Americas.
give credit for
I have to give you credit for working so hard.
ability
ability to
accede
accede to
присоединиться к
according
according to
account
account for (When explaining something)
account to (When receiving blame or credit)
on account
on account of
accuse
accuse of
acquaint
acquaint with познакомить с
acquiesce
acquiesce in согласиться с
adapted
adapted for
affect
affect to
affinity
affinity with сродство с
afflicted
afflicted with пораженный
afraid
afraid of
aim
aim at
allergy
allergy to (Allergy of, allergy for are incorrect)
allocated
allocated to
although
although x,y
alternative
alternative to
amount
amount to
analogy
analogy with
analogous
analogous to
angry
angry at
widely anticipated
widely anticipated that
appear
appear to
apply
apply to
argue
argue over/ with
approve/disapprove
approve/disapprove of
assume
assume …to be of…
assure
assure that
at least as
at least as . . . as
attend
attend to (someone)
attempt
attempt to
attention
attention to
attended
attended by
attest
attest to
authority
authority on
available
available to
averse
averse to
aware
aware of
aware that
based
based on
because
because of
believe X
believe X to be Y
belief
belief in
benefit
benefit from
between [a]
between X and Y
better served by X
better served by X than by Y
better
better than
both X
both X and Y (Both X as well as Y is incorrect)
both at X and at Y
both on X or on Y
bringing
bringing to
call
call for
capable
capable of
chance
chance to / chance of ( chance for is wrong)
choice
choice of
claims
claims to
claims to be / claims that
collaborate
collaborate with
collide
collide with (not against)
comment
comment on
combined
combined X with Y
combined X and Y
compensate
compensate for
comply
comply with
comprise
comprise of
to be + composed
to be + composed of + thing
concerned
concerned for – worried
concerned with
conclude
conclude that
concur
concur in ( an opinion) concur with ( a person)
conducive
conducive to
conform
conform to
in conformity
in conformity with
connection
connection between X and Y
consequence
consequence of
consider
consider X Y (without to be)
consist
consist with
consist in
consist of
contribute
contribute to
contrary
contrary to
convert
convert to
correspond
correspond to
correspond
correspond with
cost
cost to/of
craving
craving for
created
created with (not to)
abide
abide BY
abide by the law
application
application to
by … rather
by X rather than Y
acquainted
acquainted with
compete
compete for
confrontation
confrontation with
prone
prone to
compared
Compared to X, Y
in contrast
in contrast to X, Y
allude
allude to
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