Verbs + Prepositions Flashcards
absorbed
in something (especially absorbed in her work / a book
confide
in someone
be engrossed
in something
implicate someone
in something
involve someone
in something
result
in something
specialise
in something
succeed
in something
account
for something
allow
for something (to take into consideration)
apologise
for something / someone (on their behalf: Let me apologise for Jack.)
blame someone
for something
care
for something / someone
cater
for something / someone
charge someone
for something (make them pay for it)
count
for something (especially: / count for nothing in this company.)
earmark something
for a particular use
pay
for someone / something
accuse someone
of something
convict someone
of something
remind someone
of something
suspect someone
of something
acquaint someone
with something
associate someone
with something
charge someone
with something
clutter
with something (especially passive: The room was cluttered with boxes.)
coincide
with something
collide
with something
comply
with something
concern
with something (usually passive: be concerned with)
confront someone
with something
confuse someone / something
with someone / something
cram
with something (especially passive: be crammed with)
deal
with someone / something
discuss something
with someone
face
with something (especially passive: be faced with)
ingratiate oneself
with someone
meet
with something (especially: meet with an accident)
pack
with something (especially passive: be packed with)
plead
with someone
provide someone
with something
tamper
with something
trust someone
with something
bar someone
from a place
benefit
from something
derive something
from something
deter someone
from something
differ
from something
distinguish one thing
from another thing (also distinguish between two things)
distract someone
from something
exempt someone
from something
expel someone
from a place
refrain
from something
resign
from something
result
from something
stem
from something
suffer
from something
translate one language
from / into another language
base something
on someone
blame something
on someone
centre something
on something (usually passive: be centred on)
concentrate something
on something
decide
on something
depend
on someone / something
elaborate
on something
impose
on someone
insist
on something / someone doing something
pride oneself
on something
insure something
against something
protest
against something
argue
about something
be concerned
about something (be worried about)
boast
about something
decide
about something
protest
about something
phase something
out
glance
at something
guess
at something
hint
at something
marvel
at something
answer
to something (especially: answer to a description)
appeal
to someone (beg)
It appeals
to me (meaning I like the idea)
apply oneself
to something (This rule doesn’t apply to you.)
attend
to something said / heard
attribute something
to someone
commit oneself
to something (especially passive: be commited to)
confess
to something
devote oneself
to something
prefer one thing
to another thing
react
to something
refer
to something (This number refers to the next page.)
refer someone
to someone (The doctor referred me to a specialist.)
be resigned
to something
resort
to something
see
to something (meaning make sure it is done)
subject someone
to something (stressed: subject)
succeed
to the throne
be used
to doing something
