ADJ + PREP Flashcards
AMBIVALENT _____/_____ sth/sb
AMBIVALENT ABOUT/TOWARDS sth/sb
She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job.
He has an ambivalent attitude towards her.
ANGRY _____/_____ sb
ANGRY _____/_____ sb
_____/_____ sth
ANGRY ____/____/___ sth
ANGRY WITH/AT sb
Please don’t be angry with me.
ANGRY WITH/AT sb FOR/ABOUT sth
I was very angry with myself for making such a stupid mistake.
ANGRY AT/ABOUT/OVER sth
- angry at the injustice of the situation
- angry about the delay
- angry over the decision.
ANNOYED _____ sb
ANNOYED _____/_____ sth
ANNOYED WITH sb
ANNOYED AT/ABOUT sth
He was beginning to get very annoyed with me about my carelessness.
ANXIOUS _____ sth
ANXIOUS _____ sb
ANXIOUS ABOUT sth
ANXIOUS FOR sb
He seemed anxious about the meeting.
Parents are naturally anxious for their children.
APOLOGETIC _____ sth
APOLOGETIC ABOUT sth
They were very apologetic about the trouble they’d caused.
APPREHENSIVE __/__ sth
APPREHENSIVE ABOUT/OF sth
We’d been a little apprehensive about their visit.
You have no reason to be apprehensive of the future.
CAREFUL _____ sth
CAREFUL ___/___ sth
CAREFUL ABOUT sth
CAREFUL OF/WITH sth
• You are careful WITH something:
You must be careful with the knife.
Please be careful with my glasses (= Don’t break them).
• You are careful ABOUT what you do:
I was careful about how I spoke to him.
Mara was careful about what she ate.
I’m very careful about washing my hands before eating (= I make sure I do it).
CARELESS \_\_\_\_\_ sb (to do sth) CARELESS \_\_\_\_\_ sth CARELESS \_\_\_\_\_ (doing sth)
CARELESS OF sb (to do sth)
CARELESS WITH sth
CARELESS ABOUT doing sth
It was careless of me to leave the door open.
He’s very careless with money.
Don’t be so careless about spelling.
People have become increasingly careless about revealing personal information online.
CAUTIOUS _____ sth
CAUTIOUS ABOUT sth
He was very cautious about committing himself to anything.
COMPLACENT _____ sth/sb
COMPLACENT ABOUT sth/sb
We must not become complacent about progress.
CONCERNED _____
CONCERNED ABOUT
CRAZY _____
CRAZY ABOUT
CURIOUS _____
CURIOUS ABOUT
DEPRESSED _____
DEPRESSED ABOUT
DIFFIDENT _____
DIFFIDENT ABOUT
DOUBTFUL _____
DOUBTFUL ABOUT
EMBARRASSED _____
EMBARRASSED ABOUT
ENTHUSIASTIC _____
ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT
EXCITED _____
EXCITED ABOUT
FURIOUS _____
FURIOUS ABOUT
FUSSY _____
FUSSY ABOUT
GLAD _____
GLAD ABOUT
GOOD _____
GOOD ABOUT
GUILTY _____
GUILTY ABOUT
HESITANT _____
HESITANT ABOUT
HOPEFUL _____
HOPEFUL ABOUT
IGNORANT _____
IGNORANT ABOUT
INDIGNANT _____
INDIGNANT ABOUT
MAD _____
MAD ABOUT
METICULOUS _____
METICULOUS ABOUT
MISTAKEN _____
MISTAKEN ABOUT
NERVOUS _____
NERVOUS ABOUT
OBSESSED ___/___
OBSESSED BY/WITH
obs) OBSESS (verb) ABOUT sth/sb
OPTIMISTIC _____
OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
PEEVED _____
PEEVED ABOUT
PESSIMISTIC _____
PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
POSITIVE _____
POSITIVE ABOUT
POSSESSIVE _____
POSSESSIVE ABOUT
PUZZLED _____
PUZZLED ABOUT
RELAXED _____
RELAXED ABOUT
RESENTFUL _____
RESENTFUL ABOUT
RETICENT _____
RETICENT ABOUT
RIGHT _____
RIGHT ABOUT
RUDE _____
RUDE ABOUT
SAD _____
SAD ABOUT
SANGUINE _____
SANGUINE ABOUT
SECRETIVE _____
SECRETIVE ABOUT
SENSITIVE _____
SENSITIVE ABOUT
SERIOUS _____
SERIOUS ABOUT
SHY _____
SHY ABOUT
SILENT _____
SILENT ABOUT
SORE _____
SORE ABOUT
SORRY _____
SORRY ABOUT
SURE _____
SURE ABOUT
SYMPATHETIC _____
SYMPATHETIC ABOUT
TERRIBLE _____
TERRIBLE ABOUT
TOUCHY _____
TOUCHY ABOUT
(UN)CERTAIN _____
(UN)CERTAIN ABOUT
(UN)CLEAR _____
(UN)CLEAR ABOUT
UNDECIDED _____
UNDECIDED ABOUT
UNEASY _____
UNEASY ABOUT
(UN)HAPPY ABOUT
(UN)HAPPY ABOUT
UPFRONT _____
UPFRONT ABOUT
UPSET _____
UPSET ABOUT
UPTIGHT _____
UPTIGHT ABOUT
VAGUE _____
VAGUE ABOUT
WORRIED _____
WORRIED ABOUT
WRONG _____
WRONG ABOUT
