 A check FOR 10000$.
 To be kind, nice, good, generous, polite,
 A need or demand FOR sth.
 A reason FOR sth.
 A rise, an increase, a fall, a decrease IN sth.
 An advantage, a disadvantage OF sth / or
verb + ing / there is an advantage IN (or
TO) doing sth.
 A cause OF sth.
 A picture, a photograph OF
someone/something.
 Damage TO sth.
 An invitation TO sth.
 A reaction TO sth.
 A solution TO a problem, an answer TO a
question, a reply TO a letter, the key TO a
door.
 An attitude TO/TOWARD someone/sth.
 A relationship, a connection, contact WITH
someone/sth. But a relationship, a
connection, a difference BETWEEN two
things.
 To pay BY check, to pay IN cash or to pay
cash.
 (To do sth) BY accident, BY mistake, BY
chance.
 A play BY Shakespeare, a painting BY
Rembrandt, a novel BY Tolstoy…
 (To be, to fall) IN love WITH someone.
 IN (my) opinion
 In time (soon enough). On time (punctual,
not late).
 (To be) ON fire.
 (To be) ON the phone, on the telephone.
 ON television, ON the radio.
 (To be, to go) ON a diet.
 (To be, to go) ON strike.
 (To be, to go) ON business, ON vacation,
ON a trip, ON a tour, ON a cruise, ON an
expedition. We can say“to go to a place
FOR a vacation/FOR my vacation”.
 (To go, to come) FOR a walk, FOR a swim,
FOR a meal.
 (To have sth) FOR breakfast, FOR lunch,
FOR dinner.
 Nice, kind, good, generous, means, stupid,
silly, intelligent, sensible, polite, impolite,
rude, unreasonable OF someone (TO do
something).
impolite, rude, unpleasant, unfriendly, cruel
TO someone.
 Angry, annoyed, furious ABOUT
something/ or WITH someone FOR doing
something.
 Delighted, pleased, satisfied, disappointed
WITH something.
 Bored, fed up WITH something.
 Surprised, shocked, amazed, astonished
AT/BY something.
 Excited, worried, upset ABOUT something.
 Afraid, frightened, terrified, scared OF
someone/something.
 Proud, ashamed OF someone/something.
 Jealous, envious, suspicious OF
someone/something.
 Aware, conscious OF something.
 Good, bad, excellent, brilliant AT (doing)
something.
 Married, engaged TO someone.
 Sorry ABOUT something/but: sorry FOR
doing something.
 (To feel, to be) sorry FOR someone.
 Crazy ABOUT something.
 Impressed BY/WITH someone/something.
 Famous FOR something.
 Responsible FOR something.
 Different FROM someone/something.
 Interested IN something.
 Capable or incapable OF something.
 Fond OF someone/something.
 Full OF something.
 Short OF something.
 Tired OF something.
 Similar TO something.
 Crowded WITH (people, etc.).
 To apologize (TO someone) FOR
something (to seek excuse).
 Apply FOR a job/admission to a university.
 Believe IN something.
 Belong TO someone.
 Care ABOUT someone/something (think
someone or something is important).
 Care FOR someone/something (like
something but look after someone).
 Take care OF someone/something (look
after).
 Collide WITH someone/something.
 Complain (TO someone) ABOUT
someone/something.
 Concentrate ON something.
 Consist OF something.
 Crash, drive, bump, run INTO
someone/something.
 Depend ON someone/something. But you
can leave out ON before question words
(when, how, where, etc.): it depends (on)
how much it is.
 Die OF an illness.
 Dream ABOUT someone/something.
 Dream OF being something, doing
something (imagine).
 Happen TO someone/something.
 Hear ABOUT something (be told about
something).
 Hear OF someone/something (know that
someone/something exists).
 Hear FROM someone (receive a letter,
phone call from someone).
 Laugh, smile AT someone/something.
 Listen TO someone/something.
 Live ON money/food.
 Have a look AT, stare AT, glance AT…
 Meet WITH someone (have a meeting
with).
 Pay (someone) FOR something. But: pay a
bill, a fine, $50, a fare, taxes…
 Rely ON someone/something.
 Search (a person/a place/a bag…) FOR
someone/something.
 Shout AT someone (when angry).
 Shout TO someone (call to hear you).
 Speak, talk TO someone (“with” is also
possible).
 Suffer FROM an illness.
 Think ABOUT someone/something
(consider, concentrate the mind on).
 Think OF (remember, bring to mind, have
an idea). Also when we ask for or give an
opinion.
 Write TO or write someone.
 We do not use a preposition with:
call/phone someone, discuss something,
and enter (go into a place).
 Accuse someone OF (doing) something.
 Ask (someone) FOR something. But: ask
(someone) a question.
 Blame someone/something FOR something.
Or blame something ON
someone/something. We also say
“(someone) is to blame FOR something”.
 Borrow something FROM someone.
 Charge someone WITH (an offense/a
crime).
 Congratulate someone ON (doing)
something.
 Divide, cut, split something INTO (two or
more parts).
 Do something ABOUT something (do
something to improve a bad situation).
 Explain (a problem, a situation, a word…)
TO someone. Also explain (to someone)
that/what/how/why…
 Invite someone TO (a party, a wedding…).
 Leave (a place) FOR (another place).
 To point, to aim something AT
someone/something.
 Prefer someone/something TO
someone/something.
 Protect someone/something FROM (or
against) someone/something.
 Provide someone WITH something.
 Regard someone/something AS something.
 Remind someone OF someone/something
(cause someone to remember). But: remind
someone ABOUT something (tell him not
to forget). And: remind someone TO do
something.
 Sentence someone TO (a period of
imprisonment). He was found guilty…
 Spend (money) ON something. We usually
say “spend (time) doing something”.
 Throw something AT someone/something
(in order to hit them). But: Throw something
TO someone (for someone to catch it).
 Translate (a book, etc.) FROM one
language INTO another language.
 Warn someone ABOUT
someone/something (of is also possible
sometimes). But: “warn someone against
doing something” and “warn someone not
to do something”.
 Ability
with a thing: ability with tools
at an activity: ability at carpentry
Accompanied
by a person: accompanied by his lawyer
with a thing: accompanied with a mound of legal Reconciled
briefs to a situation: reconciled to her divorce
Accountable with a person: reconciled with her ex-husband
to a person: accountable to the baby-sitter Resentment
for an action: accountable for their naughty against a person: resentment against her mother
behavior for or at a wrong: resentment at her mother’s
Angry neglect
at a thing or action: angry at Bob’s insult Revenge
with a person: angry with Bob for a wrong: revenge for Ed’s nasty remark
Anxious on a person: revenge on Ed
about a thing: anxious about his boss’s well-being Suitable
for a person: anxious for his boss for a purpose: suitable for decorating any home
Apply to an occasion: suitable to the holiday
to an object: apply paint to a wall Sympathy
for a position: apply for many jobs for a person: sympathy for my aunt
Astonished with an emotion or situation: sympathy with my
at something upsetting: astonished at the price of aunt’s quandary
the ticket United
by something thrilling: astonished by the magician’s by a thing or cause: united by their support of the
act president’s proposal
Concur in an idea or cause: united in their decision to
in a decision: concur in our opinion boycott the meeting
with a person: concur with my partner with a person: united with the president in
Divided supporting the proposal
by an action or thing: divided by the court decision; Wait
a room divided by a curtain for a person or thing: waiting for his date; waiting
into components: divided into several factions for his lunch
Fascinated on a table or person: waiting on a party of six;
by a person: fascinated by her astronomy professor waiting on her aunt, hand and foot
with a subject: fascinated with astronomy
Familiar
to a person: familiar to my neighbors
with a subject or thing: familiar with my
neighborhood
Healed
of an ailment: healed of an ugly rash
by a treatment: healed by calamine lotion
Intervene
in a dispute: intervene in Mary and Tom’s argument
between antagonists: intervene between Mary and
Tom
Mastery
of a subject: mastery of educational theory
over a person: mastery over a class of
kindergartners
Practice
of a profession: practice of law
in an activity: practice in legal negotiation
Preoccupied
with a thing: preoccupied with thoughts of Susan

APPROVED
by a person: preoccupied by Susan

By MARIE at 9:27 pm, 7/9/08