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Prepositional phrases with “OF” ( Part II )

aware of
unaware of
beware of
capable of
incapable of
take advantage of
take care of
cause of
certain of
clever of
consist of
definition of
proud of
example of
envious of
frightened of
full of
hear of
hope of
no hope of
intention of
have no intention of
take no notice of
regardless of
remind smb. of
smell of smth.
suspicious of
typical of
worthy of

Prepositional phrases with “OF” ( Part I)

accuse of
guilty of
advantage of
disadvantage of
afraid of
scared of
ahead of
get rid of
approve of
disapprove of
ashamed of
picture of / by
characteristic of
assure of
conscious of cold, discomfort, pain etc.
description of
die of / from
dispose of
fond of
jealous of
lack of
knowledge of
keep a record of
in search of
short of
tired of
make use of
kind of

Prepositional phrases with “TO” (Part II)

generous to
hint to
identical to
hope to do smth.
indifferent to
superior to
inferior to
obvious to
occur to
happen to
harmful to
harmless to
point to
polite to
impolite to
react to
reaction to
refer to
rude to
sensitive to
sentence smb. to
shout to / at
solution to
subscribe to
threat to
used to
grateful to
invite to
invitation to
look forward to
opposite to
peculiar to
pleasant to
prefer smth. to smth.
in / with reference to
related to
relevant to
reply to
respond to
similar to
speak to
subject to
submit to
sympathetic to
throw to / at
write to

Prepositional phrases with “TO” (Part I )

be obliged to smb. for smth.
according to
accustomed to
mean to
mention to
agree to
allergic to
in answer to
apologise to smb. for smth.
new to
nice to
kind to
good to
bad to
clear to
connect to
attend to
belong to
cruel to
cruelty to
close to
correspond to
dear to
date back to
married to
dedicate to
dedicated to
engage to
key to
familiar to = known to smb.
addicted to
adjacent to = neat to
objection to
object to
keen to do smth.
lend to
listen to
appeal to
apply to
compare to / with
attach to
attached to
contrary to
contribute to
damage to
faithful to
equal to
exception to
face up to
fail to do smth.

Prepositional phrases with “BY”

accompanied by
astonished by
surprised by
irritated by
pay by cheque
surrounded by
disgusted by
divided by
impressed by
puzzled by
shocked by

Prepositional phrases with “ABOUT”

anxious about
worried about
nervous about
care about
careless about
complain about
crazy about
curious about
discussion about
furious about
happy about
hear about
boast about
disappointed about
do smth. about
doubtful about
dream about
excited about
enthusiastic about
forget about
information about
be informed about
joke about
protest about
puzzled about
uneasy about
upset about
wonder about
wrong about
quarrel about
remind about
serious about
sorry about
sure about
think about

Prepositional phrases with “ON”

advice on
agree on
attack on
based on
get on with smb.
bet on
blame on
blame smth. on smb.
economise on
emphasis on
experiment on
impact on
make an impression on smb.
live on
intent on
lean on
pride oneself on smth./ doing smth.
report on
spy on
strain on
tread on
keep on
call on
comment on
compliment on
concentrate on
congratulate on
count on
decide on
depend on
dependent on
focus on
keen on
insist on
rely on
operate on
opinion on
have smth. on
research on
spend money / time on
waste money / time on
turn on
try on
effect on
ban on

Prepositional phrases with “FROM”

absent from
abstain from
date from
demand from
depart from
departure from
discharge from
discouraged from
dismiss from
expel from
hear from/about/of
prevent from
protect from
refrain from
result from
resulting from
safe from
save from
separate from
tired from
benefit from
borrow from
conceal from
descended from
die from
remove from
differ from
different from
escape from
flee from
hinder from
quotation from
receive from
recover from
shelter from
suffer from
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Prepositional Phrases with “AT”

aim at
amazed at
amuzed at
arrive at/in
astonished at
efficient at
expert at/in
hopeless at
intelligent at
knock at/on
laugh at
point at
protest at
smile at
stare at
throw at/to
surprised at
good at
bad at
brilliant at
clever at
genius at
talanted at
skillful at
skilled at
terrible at
call at smb. = visit
disgusted at
furious at
glance at
glare at
guess at
quick at
shocked at
shoot at
shout at/to

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