Prepositions after Particular Words

  ◼️ Accompanied with/by    
🔶  E.g. I was accompanied with my fiancée to the dinner party.

  ◼️Accused of
🔶  E.g.  They stand accused of crimes against humanity.

  ◼️Accustom to
🔶  E.g. It took him a while to accustom himself to the idea.

  ◼️Account for
🔶  E.g. The poor weather may have accounted for the small crowd.

  ◼️Addicted to
🔶  E.g. She had become addicted to tranquillizers.

  ◼️Adept in/at
🔶  E.g. He was an adept at concealing the truth.

  ◼️Adhere to
🔶  E.g. For ten months he adhered to a strict no-fat low-salt diet.

  ◼️Afraid of
🔶  E.g. It’s all over. There’s nothing to be afraid of now.

  ◼️Agree on, to, with
🔶  E.g. He agreed with them about the need for change.

  ◼️Angry at, with, about
🔶  E.g. He felt angry at the injustice of the situation.

  ◼️Anxious about
🔶  E.g. He seemed anxious about the meeting.

  ◼️Apply for, to
🔶  E.g. He has applied to join the army.

  ◼️Aware of
🔶  E.g. I don’t think people are really aware of just how much it
costs.

  ◼️Arrive in
🔶  E.g. She’ll arrive in New York at noon.

  ◼️Ashamed of
🔶  E.g. She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party

  ◼️Attached to
🔶  E.g. I’ve never seen two people so attached to each other.

  ◼️Argue about, with
🔶  E.g.  We’re always arguing with each other about money.

  ◼️Averse to
🔶  E.g. I mentioned it to Kate and she wasn’t averse to the idea.

  ◼️Beneficial to
🔶  E.g. A good diet is beneficial to health.

  ◼️Bad at
🔶  E.g. She is so bad at keeping secrets.

◼️Base on
🔶  E.g. What are you basing this theory on?

  ◼️Belong to
🔶  E.g. The islands belong to Spain.

  ◼️Blamed for
🔶  E.g. A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire

  ◼️Bore with
🔶  E.g. Has he been boring you with his stories about his trip?

  ◼️Busy with
🔶  E.g.  Kate’s busy with her homework.

  ◼️Capable of
🔶  E.g. You are capable of better work than this.

  ◼️Characteristic of
🔶  E.g. They suffer from many of the environmental problems
that are characteristic of inner-city areas.

  ◼️Compare to, with
🔶  E.g. This school compares with the best in the country

  ◼️Confer on, upon, with
🔶  E.g. He wanted to confer with his colleagues before reaching a
decision.
 

◼️Concern in
🔶  E.g. Everyone who was directly concerned in the incident has now resigned.

◼️ Concerned with
🔶  E.g. The book is primarily concerned with Soviet-American
relations during the Cold War.

◼️ Conform to
🔶  E.g. He refused to conform to the local customs.

◼️ Consist in, of
🔶  E.g. The beauty of the city consists in its magnificent
buildings.

◼️ Convenient for, to
🔶  E.g. The house is very convenient for several schools.

◼️ Confident of
🔶  E.g. I’m 95% confident of success.

◼️ Concentrate on
🔶  E.g. We were told to concentrate on a black dot in the middle
of the screen.

◼️ Congratulate on
🔶  E.g. I congratulated them all on their results.

◼️ Cruel to
🔶  E.g. I can’t stand people who are cruel to animals.

◼️ Correspond to, with
🔶  E.g. Your account of events does not correspond with hers.

◼️ Count on
🔶  E.g. I’m counting on you to help me.

◼️ In danger of
🔶  E.g. The building is in danger of collapsing

◼️ Deal in, with
🔶  E.g. The company deals in computer software.

◼️ Depend on
🔶  E.g. He was the sort of person you could depend on.

◼️ Deprived of
🔶  E.g. They were imprisoned and deprived of their basic rights.

◼️ Desire for
🔶  E.g. She felt a surge of love and desire for him.

◼️ Desirous of
🔶  E.g. At that point Franco was desirous of prolonging the war.

◼️ Devoid of
🔶  E.g. The letter was devoid of warmth and feeling.

◼️ Devoted to
🔶  E.g. He devoted a lifetime to working with disabled children.

◼️ Differ about, from, with
🔶  E.g.  French differs from English in this respect.

◼️ Different from, than
🔶  E.g. American English is significantly different from British
English.

◼️ Disagree with
🔶  E.g. I disagree strongly with this idea.

◼️ Disdain for
🔶  E.g. Judges sometimes show great disdain for the law.

◼️ Distaste for
🔶  E.g. Joe had a profound distaste for violence.

◼️ Distinguish from
🔶  E.g. What was it that distinguished her from her classmates?

◼️Dreamt about
🔶  E.g. I had a vivid dream about my old school.

◼️  Dream of
🔶  E.g. She had this romantic dream of living in a windmill.

◼️  Disappointed with
🔶  E.g. I was very disappointed with myself.

◼️  Empty of
🔶  E.g. The room was empty of furniture.

◼️  Envious of
🔶  E.g. They were envious of his success.

◼️  Expert in/at
🔶  E.g. He’s an expert at getting his own way.