Prepositional Phrases

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

above all contrast with above any means contribute toabove suspicion convenient forabove the average convenient toabreast of convert to absent from convince aboutabsorbed in convince of abstain from convinced ofacceptable to coordinated withaccompanied by cope withaccording to correspond with account for corresponding toaccountable to count onaccurate in covered withaccuse of crash intoaccused of stg by sbd crazy aboutaccustom to crazy of accustomed to crazy toacquainted with critical ofacross the ocean cross withacross the road crowded withacross the room cruel to act for cruelty towardsact on cure of adapted for/to cured ofaddicted to curious aboutadequate for cut intoadjust to damage toadorned with deaf toadvantage of deal with afraid of dear to after all decide on/upon/againstafter dark decrease inagainst a motion dedicate toagainst fire dedicated toagainst one's will defend againstagainst orders defend fromagainst the current deficient inagainst the law delay inagainst the rules delay of

against the temptation delight in against the theft delighted aboutagainst the tide delighted atagree to delighted to agree with delighted withagreeable to demand forahead of demand foralarmed at demand fromalarmed by demand of alive to depend on

dependent (up) onamazed at deprived ofamazed by derived fromambitious for descriptive ofamount to deserted bymused at desirous ofamused by despair of angry about devoid ofangry at stg devote toangry with sbd devoted toannoyed about die forannoyed at stg die ofannoyed with sbd differ fromanswer to difference betweenanxious about difference inanxious for difference ofanxious to different fromapart from difficulty inapologize for stg difficulty withapologize to sbd disadvantage ofappeal to disagree aboutappear before disagree withapplicable to disagreeable toapply for stg disappointed atapply lo sbd disappointed inappropriate for disappointed to appropriate to disappointed withapprove of discourage from argue about stg discriminated againstargue with sbd disgust with arrange for disgusted atarrest for disgusted witharrive at/in dismiss from ashamed for displeased of shamed of displeased withask for displeasing to

allergic to

ask of dissatisfied aboutask to dissatisfied withassociated with distinct fromassure of distinguish betweenastonished at distinguish fromastonished by divide intoat a distance divorced fromat a glance doubtful aboutat a guess doubtful of at a loss draw from at a profit draw on at all costs dream of/aboutat all events drop inat any rate due toat case dull ofat fault dull ofat first eager forat first hand eager ofat first sight eager to at full speed east ofat hand economize on at heart efficient atat interest efficient in at issue embark onat last emerge from at least employ in at leisure employed inat one's mercy encouraged inat one's test engage inat peace engaged in at peace with engaged toat play enough for at random enthusiastic aboutat sea entitle toat the age of entitled to at the back of envious of at the bottom of envious ofat the cost of equal toat the expense of equipped withat the front of escape fromat the hands of essential toat the head of essential toat the latest excellent atat the most exchange for at the point of excited aboutat the progress excited about

at the rate of excited at at the risk of excited byat the time of exclaim at at the top of exclusive ofat the touch of excuse forat war excuse forattach to excuse from attached to exhausted withattack on expect ofattend to experience in attentive to experiment onattitude to/towards expert at stgawake to expert at/ inaware of expert in doing stgaway from expert withbad at exposed tobad for face up tobare of fail in base on faithful tobased (up) on fall inbecoming at false tobeg for familiar tobegin with familiar withbehind one's back familiarize with

famous forbehind the times (= ld-fashioned)far frombelieve in fatal tobelong to favorable tobelonging to fearful ofbeloved by fed up with beloved of feel likebelow the average fight against beneficial to fight for/againstbeside the mark finish with beside the point fit for beside the question fit to beside the river fond of better at foolish of beware of foolish to beyond belief for (the) love ofbeyond description for a changebeyond dispute for a holidaybeyond doubt for businessbeyond expectation for fear ofbeyond hope for goodbeyond measure for hire

behind schedule/ time (= late)

beyond question for instancebeyond reach for lack ofbeyond recall for lifebeyond repair for loveblame for for nothingblind in for onceblind of for pleasure blind to for sale boast about for shortboast of for someone's sakeboastful about for the benefit ofboastful of for the good atbored by for the purpose ofbored with for the sake ofborn in for the time ofborn of forbid fromborrow from forget aboutbound for forgetful of brilliant at forgive forbusy at fortunate in busy with fortunate of by accident fortunate to by air free from by airmail free of by all means friendly to stg by chance friendly with sbdby check frightened of by day from beginning to endby dint of from experienceby far from seedby force of full of by good luck furious about by hand furious with by heart furnished with by heaven future ofby land gain by by machinery generous about by mail generous in by means generous toby means of generous with by mistake gentile with by name glad aboutby night glad ofby no means glance at by oneself good atby order of good for

by post good ofby reason of good to by request good with by sea grateful forby sight grateful toby surprise guess at by the aid of guilty of by the help of happen to sbd/stgby the name of happy aboutby the pound happy at by the seashore happy for by the side of happy over by the way happy to by virtue of happy withby way of harm in by weightcall for harmful tocall on hear about/of/fromcapable of help in care about help withcare for helpful about careful about hide fromcareful of hinder from careful with honest in careless about honest with careless of hope forcareless to hope forcause of hope ofcautious of hopeful about celebrated for hopeful of certain about hopeless at certain of hostile tochallenge to identical to chance of identical withchance to ignorant ofcharacteristic of ill of charge for ill withcharge with impatient at cheque for impatient to choose between impatient withchoose from impolite of clear of impolite to clear to important toclever at impossible to clever of impressed by clever to impressed on

harmful for

close to impressed with clumsy at in a ... mood /tempercomment on in a hurry committed to in a momentcommon to in a whispercommunicate with in accordance withcomparable to in addition tocomparable with in advancecompare to/with in advance ofcomparison between in agreement withcomplain about in aid ofcomplain of in allcomplain to in answer tocomplained of in anticipation ofcomplete against in any casecomply with in beautycomposed of in bedconcentrate on in captivityconcerned atom in care ofconcerned for in case ofconcerned in in cashconcerned with in chargecondemn to in charge ofcondemned to in combination withconfess to in commonconfident of in common withconfine to in company withconfuse with in comparison tocongratulate on in comparison withconnected to in compliance withconnection between in conflict withconnection with in conjunction withconscious of in connection withconsent to in consequence ofconsist of in consideration ofconsistent with in contrast toconsult on in contrast withcontact between in dangercontact withcontent to content withcontented withcontrary to contrary tocontrast to

PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

in danger of past beliefin debt past controlin default of past curein defense of past hopein deference to patient with in difficulties pay for in error pay forin exchange for pay inin fact peculiar toin fashion peel at in favour of peer at in flames perfect for in front of perform on in general perish within good health persist inin half photograph ofin hand picture ofin honour of plan forin ink plan ofin lieu of pleasant to in love please with in love with pleased about in memory of pleased forin mistake for pleased with in mourning pleasure inin my/your opinion point atin need of polite to in number poor in in obedience to popular within one's hand positive aboutin one's interest possibility ofin one's own praise forin opposition to praised for in order pray forin order words precious toin pain prefer to in particular preferable toin peril of preference forin pieces prepare forin place prepared for

in place of prepared for in practice prevent fromin preference to previous to in print pride in in private pride on in progress prior toin proportion toin public problem ofin pursuit of problem within reach proficient inin recognition of profitable toin reference to prohibit from in regard to promote toin relation to prompt inin remembrance of prone to in reply to proper to in respect of protection fromin respect to protest about in return protest at in return for protest toin safety proton against/fromin search of proud of in secret provide for in self defense provide sbd with stgin short provide stg for sbd in sight provided with in sight of punish forin silence puzzled aboutin spite of puzzled by in stock qualified forin store quarrel about stg

in tears quick about in terms of quick atin the bush react againstin the course of react toin the custody of reaction toin the event of ready forin the face of ready toin the form of reason forin the habit of reason with in the hand receive fromin the hope of recover fromin the mailer of reduction inin the middle of refer toin the name of regard as

problem about

in support of quarrel with sbd

in the new regardless of in the wake of related toin the way relationship betweenin token of relationship within touch relative toin touch of relevant to in trouble reluctant about in tune reluctant toin turn rely onin uniform remarkable for in use remind about/ofin vain remote from in want of reply toin work report aboutin writing report onincapable of rescue fromincident to resign frominclined to respected by include in respected for inclusive of respond toincrease in responsible for indebted to sbd for stg responsible toindependent of responsible to sbd for independent to stg indifferent to result inindifferent towards result inindignant at retire fromindispensable to rich in indulge in rid ofinferior to right about information about right toinhabited by rise ininjurious to room forinnocent of rude of insist on rude to instruct in sacred to insured again sad about intent of sad at intent on safe from intention of satisfied byinterest in satisfied with interested in save forinterfere in/with save frominto difficulties scared of into trouble search forinvitation to search for

involve in secure against stg involved in stg secure from sbdinvolved with sbd see to irritated by stg seized with irritated with sbd sensible about jealous of sensible ofjoke about sensitive about judge by sensitive to just of sentence tokeen on separate fromkind of serious aboutkind to share in kind to shock atknock at shock by known as shocked atknown for shocked atlack of shocked by late for short oflaugh about shortage oflaugh at shout at/tolean against shy oflean on sick ofleave behind significant ofleave for similar tolend for sincere aboutlevel with skilful atliable for skilful inliable to stg slow atliberal to slow in likely to smell oflimited to smile aboutlisten to smile atlive on (money /food) solution tolock for long for sorry forlook after south of look at space forlook at speak to/withlook for specialize inlook forward to spend onloyal to stand forlucky at stare at lucky to starved tomad about starved withmad with strange tomade from stupid of

sorry about

made of stupid tomarried to subject tomarvel at submit to mention to subscribe tomerciful to substitute tomethod for succeed inmethod in successful inmethod of suffer frommindful of sufficient formistake sbd for sbd suitable forelse suitable to

suited formourn for suited tonatural to superior tonaughty of sure aboutnaughty to sure ofneed for sure to need of surprise atneed to surprise by neglectful of surprised atnervous about surprised bynervous of surrender tonew to surrounded bynews about suspect ofnews of suspicious aboutnorth of suspicious ofnoted for swear by notice of sympathetic tonotorious for sympathetic towardsobedient to take inobject to talk aboutobliged to talk to/withobvious to terrible at occupied in doing stg terrified of occupied with thank foroccupy with thankful for occur to thankful to off colour think about/ofoff duty threaten withon (that) date threatened with on (the) top of thrilled about on a cruise thrilled with on a diet tire ofon account of tired of on an explanation tired to on average to one's liking

mistaken about

on behalf of to one's successon board to one's taste on business to the joy ofon duty to the left ofon fire to the pointon food to the right ofon good terms with to the satisfaction ofon guard to the surprise ofon holiday trade in on horse back translate from/intoon land trouble with on loan trouble withon occasions troublesome to on one's honour true to on one's mind turn toon order typical of on purpose under ageon request under controlon sale under cover ofon sea under discussion on sight under guaranteeon strike under orderson television under penalty ofon the basis of under pressureon the chance of under repairon the contrary under the circumstances

under the impression on the left of under the influence on the lip of under the name ofon the occasion of under the pretence ofon the one hand uneasy about on the other hand unheard of on the outskirts unknown to on the part of unwise ofon the phone unwise to on the point of upset about on the pretence of upset aton the radio upset with on the right of use ofon the strength of used to on the subject useful for on the whole useful to on trial valid for on vegetables vote againston view vote foroperate on vote on

on the increase

opinion about wait foropinion of wait on opportunity for wait toopportunity of warn aboutopportunity to warn againstoppose to warn ofopposed to weak atopposed to weak inopposite to west of out of breath wise of out of control wise toout of danger with a rushout of date with a smileout of debt with a view toout of doors with an eye toout of fashion with careout of luck with coldout of order with pleasureout of place with recourse toout of practice with reference toout of print with regardout of reach with regard toout of season with respect toout of sight with tearsout of stock with the exception ofout of the question with the help ofout of tune with the hope ofout of uniform with the intention ofout of work within callowe for within hearingpainful to within limitspaint at within reachpaint to without delaypale with without doubtparallel to part with partial to participate inparticular about