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Language reference

t I don’t eat lamb or chicken. (= general types of meat) consist of recognise sb/sth as
I’m going to roast a chicken tonight. (= a whole bird) contrast sb/sth with recover from
I love lambs and chickens. (= animals) cope with refer sb/sth to
t Coffee is expensive here. (= the type of drink) dedicate sth to regard sb/sth as
Can I have two coffees, please? (= cups of coffee) depend on relate sb/sth to
devote sth to rely on
t People are crazy about sport. (= the general fi eld of
activity) differ from remind sb of
Football is a great sport. (one of many individual sporting disapprove of resort to
activities) discourage sb from result in
distinguish sb/sth from search for
distract sb from separate sb/sth from
Dependent prepositions divide sth into/between spend sth on

Many verbs, nouns and adjectives are followed by a dream of suffer from
particular preposition before a noun, noun phrase, pronoun exclude sb/sth from think about/of
or verb + -ing: experiment on warn sb about/against
The fi lm reminded me of my childhood.
He apologised to them for damaging their car. "EKFDUJWF QSFQPTJUJPO
afraid of kind to
There are no clear rules to help you decide which angry with/about pleased with
preposition to use: the best strategy is to learn the anxious about prejudiced against
preposition with the word. Examples given in a dictionary
will show how they are used. available to/for proud of
capable of relevant to
Here are some common words + prepositions ( sb = confi dent of responsible to/for
somebody; sth = something). delighted with shocked at/by
dependent on sorry about/for
7FSC QSFQPTJUJPO
different from/to suitable for
account for focus on
disappointed with suited to
accuse sb of help (sb) with
good/bad/clever at surprised at/by
accustom sb to hope for
independent of tired of
agree with (sb/sth) about impress sb with
interested in upset about
amount to include sb/sth in
involved in
apologise (to sb) for insure (sth) against
appeal to interfere with /PVO QSFQPTJUJPO
apply to invest (sth) in attention to discussion about
approve of involve sb in belief in experience of
attach sth to link sb/sth to/with capacity for information on/about
attribute sth to listen to confi dence in problem of/with
criticism of reputation for
base sth on object to
diffi culty in/with trust in
believe in operate on
blame sb/sth for participate in
charge sb for persist in
comment on prepare ( sb/sth) for
compare sb/sth to/with prevent sb/sth from
compete with prohibit sb/sth from
concentrate on protest against
connect sb/sth with provide sb with
consider sb/sth as react to/against

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