Preposition combinations: - be innocent of
- insist on/upon
- be interested in
- introduce to
- be involved in
- be limited to
- be located in
- look forward to
- be made of, from
- be married to
- participate in
- be patient with
- be pleased with
- be polite to
- pray for
- be prepared for
- prevent from
- prohibit from
- be protected from
- be proud of
- provide with
- recover from
- be related to
- be relevant to
- reply on/upon
- be remembered for
- rescue from
- respond to
- be responsible for
- be satisfied with
- be scared of, by
- stare at
- stop from
- subscribe to
- substiture for
- succeed in
- take advantage of
- take care of
- talk about, of
- be terrified of, by
- thank for
- think about, of
- be tired of, from
- be absent from
- be accused of
- be accustomed to
- be acquainted with
- be addicted to
- be afraid of
- agree with
- be angry at, with
- be annoyed with, by
- apologize for
- apply to, for
- approve of
- argue with, about
- arrive in, at
- be associated with
- be aware of
- believe in
- blame for
- be blessed with
- be bored with, by
- be capable of
- care about, for
- be cluttered with
- be committed to
- compare to, with
- complain about, of
- be composed of
- be concerned about
- be connected to
- consist of
- be content with
- contribute to
- be convinced of
- be coordinated with
- count on/upon
- be covered with
- be crowded with
- decide on/upon
- be dedicated to
- depend on/upon
- be devoted to
- be disappointed in, with
- be discriminated against
- distinguish from
- be divorced from
- be done with
- dream of, about
- be dressed in
- be engaged in
- be envious of
- be equipped with
- escape from
- excel in, at
- be excited about
- be exhausted from
- excuse for
- be exposed to
- be faithful to
- be familiar with
- feel like
- fight for
- be filled with
- be finished with
- be fond of
- forget about
- forgive for
- be friendly to, with
- be frightened of, by
- be furnished with
- be gone from
- be grateful to, for
- be guilty of
There are certain combinations of prepositions with adjectives and verbs that we always use. These combinations are frequently different from those of other languages.
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