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Appendix: words + dependent prepositions
Here are some common words and their dependent prepositions. You should check exactly how each is
used in a dictionary.

Verb + preposition help with Adjective + preposition
account for hinder from afraid of
accuse of hope for angry with/about
accustom to impress with anxious about
agree with/about include in available to/for
amount to insure against capable of
apologise to/for interfere with confident of
appeal to invest in delighted with
apply to involve in dependent on
approve of link to/with different to/from
attach to listen to disappointed with
attend to long for frightened of
attribute to object to good/bad/clever at
base on operate on independent of/from
believe in participate in interested in
belong to persist in involved in
blame for prepare for kind to
charge for prevent from pleased with
comment on prohibit from prejudiced against
compare to/with protest against proud of
compete with provide for/with relevant to
concentrate on react to/against responsible to/for
congratulate on recognise as shocked at/by
connect with recover from sorry about/for
consider as refer to suitable for
consist of reflect in/on suited to
contrast with regard as surprised at/by
cope with relate to tired of
count on rely on upset about
deal with remind of
dedicate to resort to Noun + preposition
depend on result in attention to
devote to search for belief in
differ from separate from capacity for
disapprove of spend on confidence in
discourage from stem from criticism of
distinguish from subject to difference of
distract from suffer from difficulty in/with
divert from think about/of discussion about
divide into warn about/against experience of
dream of worry about information on/about
exclude from problem of/with
experiment on reputation for
focus on trust in