Verbs + Prepositions

Question 1

absorbed

Answer 1

in something (especially absorbed in her work / a book

Question 2

confide

Answer 2

in someone

Question 3

be engrossed

Answer 3

in something

Question 4

implicate someone

Answer 4

in something

Question 5

involve someone

Answer 5

in something

Question 6

result

Answer 6

in something

Question 7

specialise

Answer 7

in something

Question 8

succeed

Answer 8

in something

Question 9

account

Answer 9

for something

Question 10

allow

Answer 10

for something (to take into consideration)

Question 11

apologise

Answer 11

for something / someone (on their behalf: Let me apologise for Jack.)

Question 12

blame someone

Answer 12

for something

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care

Answer 13

for something / someone

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cater

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for something / someone

Question 15

charge someone

Answer 15

for something (make them pay for it)

Question 16

count

Answer 16

for something (especially: / count for nothing in this company.)

Question 17

earmark something

Answer 17

for a particular use

Question 18

pay

Answer 18

for someone / something

Question 19

accuse someone

Answer 19

of something

Question 20

convict someone

Answer 20

of something

Question 21

remind someone

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of something

Question 22

suspect someone

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of something

Question 23

acquaint someone

Answer 23

with something

Question 24

associate someone

Answer 24

with something

Question 25

charge someone

Answer 25

with something

Question 26

clutter

Answer 26

with something (especially passive: The room was cluttered with boxes.)

Question 27

coincide

Answer 27

with something

Question 28

collide

Answer 28

with something

Question 29

comply

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with something

Question 30

concern

Answer 30

with something (usually passive: be concerned with)

Question 31

confront someone

Answer 31

with something

Question 32

confuse someone / something

Answer 32

with someone / something

Question 33

cram

Answer 33

with something (especially passive: be crammed with)

Question 34

deal

Answer 34

with someone / something

Question 35

discuss something

Answer 35

with someone

Question 36

face

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with something (especially passive: be faced with)

Question 37

ingratiate oneself

Answer 37

with someone

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meet

Answer 38

with something (especially: meet with an accident)

Question 39

pack

Answer 39

with something (especially passive: be packed with)

Question 40

plead

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with someone

Question 41

provide someone

Answer 41

with something

Question 42

tamper

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with something

Question 43

trust someone

Answer 43

with something

Question 44

bar someone

Answer 44

from a place

Question 45

benefit

Answer 45

from something

Question 46

derive something

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from something

Question 47

deter someone

Answer 47

from something

Question 48

differ

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from something

Question 49

distinguish one thing

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from another thing (also distinguish between two things)

Question 50

distract someone

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from something

Question 51

exempt someone

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from something

Question 52

expel someone

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from a place

Question 53

refrain

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from something

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resign

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from something

Question 55

result

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from something

Question 56

stem

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from something

Question 57

suffer

Answer 57

from something

Question 58

translate one language

Answer 58

from / into another language

Question 59

base something

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on someone

Question 60

blame something

Answer 60

on someone

Question 61

centre something

Answer 61

on something (usually passive: be centred on)

Question 62

concentrate something

Answer 62

on something

Question 63

decide

Answer 63

on something

Question 64

depend

Answer 64

on someone / something

Question 65

elaborate

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on something

Question 66

impose

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on someone

Question 67

insist

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on something / someone doing something

Question 68

pride oneself

Answer 68

on something

Question 69

insure something

Answer 69

against something

Question 70

protest

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against something

Question 71

argue

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about something

Question 72

be concerned

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about something (be worried about)

Question 73

boast

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about something

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decide

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about something

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protest

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about something

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phase something

Answer 76

out

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glance

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at something

Question 78

guess

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at something

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hint

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at something

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marvel

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at something

Question 81

answer

Answer 81

to something (especially: answer to a description)

Question 82

appeal

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to someone (beg)

Question 83

It appeals

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to me (meaning I like the idea)

Question 84

apply oneself

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to something (This rule doesn’t apply to you.)

Question 85

attend

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to something said / heard

Question 86

attribute something

Answer 86

to someone

Question 87

commit oneself

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to something (especially passive: be commited to)

Question 88

confess

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to something

Question 89

devote oneself

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to something

Question 90

prefer one thing

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to another thing

Question 91

react

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to something

Question 92

refer

Answer 92

to something (This number refers to the next page.)

Question 93

refer someone

Answer 93

to someone (The doctor referred me to a specialist.)

Question 94

be resigned

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to something

Question 95

resort

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to something

Question 96

see

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to something (meaning make sure it is done)

Question 97

subject someone

Answer 97

to something (stressed: subject)

Question 98

succeed

Answer 98

to the throne

Question 99

be used

Answer 99

to doing something