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    Preposition Combinations With Adjectives

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    This document provides examples of common preposition combinations with adjectives, nouns, and verbs in English. It lists prepositions that frequently follow specific adjectives like "angry", "nervous", and "interested". Nouns are also paired with prepositions to indicate concepts like "approval of", "desire for", and "participation in". Finally, examples demonstrate how certain verbs are typically used with prepositions, such as "account for", "apologize to", and "rely on". Notes further clarify the meanings and usage of some terms.

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    This document provides examples of common preposition combinations with adjectives, nouns, and verbs in English. It lists prepositions that frequently follow specific adjectives like "angry", "nervous", and "interested". Nouns are also paired with prepositions to indicate concepts like "approval of", "desire for", and "participation in". Finally, examples demonstrate how certain verbs are typically used with prepositions, such as "account for", "apologize to", and "rely on". Notes further clarify the meanings and usage of some terms.

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    This document provides examples of common preposition combinations with adjectives, nouns, and verbs in English. It lists prepositions that frequently follow specific adjectives like "angry", "nervous", and "interested". Nouns are also paired with prepositions to indicate concepts like "approval of", "desire for", and "participation in". Finally, examples demonstrate how certain verbs are typically used with prepositions, such as "account for", "apologize to", and "rely on". Notes further clarify the meanings and usage of some terms.

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    Preposition Combinations With Adjectives

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    This document provides examples of common preposition combinations with adjectives, nouns, and verbs in English. It lists prepositions that frequently follow specific adjectives like "angry", "nervous", and "interested". Nouns are also paired with prepositions to indicate concepts like "approval of", "desire for", and "participation in". Finally, examples demonstrate how certain verbs are typically used with prepositions, such as "account for", "apologize to", and "rely on". Notes further clarify the meanings and usage of some terms.

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    Preposition Combinations with Adjectives, Nouns, and Verbs

    After many adjectives, nouns and verbs, particular prepositions are used. The following are
    some common examples of these combinations:

    Adjective + Preposition
    *angry, annoyed, excited, furious, happy, nervous, worried about
    angry*, bad, clever, excited, expert, good, hopeless at
    astonished, amazed , surprised, shocked at/by
    eligible, famous, responsible, notorious, sorry, well known for
    afraid, ashamed, aware, capable, conscious, envious, fond,
    of
    frightened, full, jealous, made, proud, short, suspicious, tired
    addicted, engaged, married, similar, sympathetic to
    *angry, annoyed, bored, disappointed, furious, happy, please with
    different from/to
    interested, involved in
    keen on
    disqualified from
    Note:
    angry at/about something / with someone
    *annoyed/ furious/happy about something / with someone

    Noun + Preposition
    approval, awareness, cause, example, hatred, love, understanding of
    concern, desire, fondness, hope, grasp, need, reason, request, respect, thirst for
    belief, increase/decrease, rise/fall, interest, success, participation in
    answer, invitation, reaction, reply, solution, to

    Verb + Preposition
    account for depend on make up
    apologize to (someone)
    die of pay for
    apologize for (something/somebody)
    apply for differ from prepare for
    believe in dispose of rely on
    belong to focus on search for
    benefit from give up stem from
    bring up grow up study for
    care about/ for* insist on suffer from (an illness or problem)
    talk to/with (someone)
    coincide with laugh at / smile at
    talk about/of (someone/something)
    comply with listen to think about/ of *
    cope with look at/ for/ after/ into* wait for
    concentrate on look forward to worry about
    Note:
    * care about = think sb/sth is important; care for = look after
    * look at = use the eyes; look for = try to find; look after = take care of; look into = investigate
    * think about = use the mind, e.g. He looks sad. What is he thinking about?
    think of/about = consider, e.g. I'm thinking of/about changing my plan.
    think of = have as an opinion about, e.g. What do you think of Peter? He is very handsome.
    = bring to mind, e.g. I can't think of any reason why the accident happened.

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