Important prepositions

• Abstain from

The first step to virtue is to abstain from vice.

• Account for

Jack could not account for his foolish mistake.

• Accuse of

Those people should accuse of using living animals like chickens or rabbits fledge boa.

• Accustomed to

We were accustomed to working together.

• Adapted to

The post is adapted to her ability.

• Addicted to

Many of the women are addicted to heroin and cocaine.

• Approve of

I wholeheartedly approve of his actions.

• Ask for

Mr Spero was reluctant to ask for help.

• Associated with

I don’t want to be associated with your scheme; I’m contracting out.

• Aware of

He doesn’t seem to be aware of the problems.

• Benefit from

Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.

• Blame for

Driver fatigue was to blame for the accident.

• Capable of

He may be capable of jealousy when you have made superior progress in your work.

• Compatible with

The new system will be compatible with existing equipment.

• Composed of

But the Rehnquist court is supposed to becomposed of conservatives.

• Consist of

Their lives consist of the humdrum activities of everyday existence.

• Content with

He professed to be content with the arrangement.

• Contrary to

The results were contrary to expectation.

• Contribute to

City employees cannot contribute to political campaigns.

• Convert to

Mr Kinnock is a relatively recent convert to revisionism.

• Cope with

Will she be able to cope with the work?

• Count on

If there’s anything I can do, count on me.

• Deal with

She has a lot of correspondence to deal with.

• Dedicate to

She is dedicated to her job.

• Dependent on

You can’t be dependent on your parents all your life.

• Deprived of

She was deprived of schooling at ten.

• Derive from

Many English words derive from Latin.

• Devoid of

Their apartment is devoid of all comforts.

• Devote to

He seemed to have unlimited time to devote to us.

• Differ from

On one point I differ from you.

• Distinct from

Silk is distinct from rayon in every respect.

• Distinguish from

You can also color code scenarios to make them easier to distinguish from one another.

• Emerge from

Several facts started to emerge from my investigation.

• Equal to

One unit of alcohol is equal to half a pint of beer.

• Exempt from

Some students are exempt from certain exams.

• Exposed to

These drawings must not be exposed to the air.

• Famous for

This town is famous for its beautiful buildings.

• Fed up with

He had become fed up with city life.

• Focus on

It’s time to focus on the company’s core business.

• Fond of

Boys are fond of playing football.

• Get rid of

I began to suspect they were trying to get rid of me.

• Hinder sb from

Financial troubles hindered him from going on the trip.

• Indifferent to

I pretended to be indifferent to it.

• Infer from

What do you infer from the voting figures?

• Insist on

I insist on paying for the damage.

• Involve in

They expostulate with him about the risk involve in his plan.

• Irrespective of

He is going to buy it irrespective of what you say.

• Keen on

John’s always been keen on music.

• Lead to

He speculated that this might lead to a success.

• Notorious for

She’s notorious for her wild behaviour.

• Obliged to

I was obliged to abandon that idea.

• Obsessed with

Why are people so obsessed with money?

• Oppose to

Do you support or oppose to the setting up of this sort of prior communication channel?

• Peer at

Love is not to peer at each other but to stare the same way together.

• Persist in

If you persist in upsetting her, I will have to punish you.

• Prevent from

We were prevented from entering the site.

• Prone to

I’ve always been prone to headaches.

• Ready for

Time to pick up and get ready for dinner.

• Recover from

We prayed she would recover from her illness.

• Refrain from

We must refrain from spitting in public places.

• Respond to

How did she respond to the news?

• Responsible for

He is directly responsible for this

• Search for

He is on a perpetual search for truth.

• Short of

A fool always comes short of his reckoning.

• Spend on

How long do you spend on your homework?

• Stem from

Her problems stem from her difficult childhood.

• Succeed in

She was filled with the aspiration to succeed in life.

• Suffer from

I suffer from the classic working mother’s guilt trip.

• Superior to

I don’t see either product as superior to the other.

• Susceptible to

It is at this free-swimming stage that it is susceptible to treatment.

• Tend to

I tend to overuse certain favourite expressions.

• Vote for

Heck, if you don’t like it, don’t vote for him.

• Wait for

Time does not wait for me, you forgot to take me away.

• Worry about

Life’s too short to worry about money!

• Yield to

It’s very easy to yield to temptation and spend too much money.