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APPENDIX 2 COMBINATIONS WITH PREPOSITIONS Appendix 2 contains five lists of words which combine with prepositions. In each list the headwords are given in alphabetical order. The lists are not complete. A dictioncshould be consulted for words r:: appearing in these lists. See a :: Unit 25. PREPOSITION + NOUN by air by accident at/in the beginning by bicycle for breakfast on business by bus in cash by cheque by chance in contact with out of/under control on a cruise on a diet for dinner for a drink at/in the end on fire on foot on holiday for a holiday in jest on line in love with in my (your, etc.) opinion for lunch for a meal by mail by mistake in my opinion on the phone by plane by post on the radio by sea by ship on strike for supper for a swim on television on/in time in touch with on tour by train on a trip on vacation for a, my (your, etc.) vacation for a walk NOUN + PREPOSITION Note: Some other prepositions may also combine with these nouns. the advantage of an advantage over/in to an answer to an attitude towards /to a cause of a chance to/of a cheque for a choice between a connection with/between contact with/between control of/over damage to a decrease in a demand for a difference between a drop in 450a fall in an increase in an interest in an invitation to a key to the meaning of a need for a photo/picture of a reaction to a reason for a reply to a relationship with/between responsibility for a rise in a solution to ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION Note: In some cases other prepositions may also combine with these adjectives. absent from accustomed to addicted to afraid of amazed at/by amused at/by angry about something angry with/at someone annoyed about something annoyed with/at someone ashamed of astonished at/by aware of bad at something, for someone bored with/by brilliant at capable of certain about concerned about connected to conscious of convinced of crowded with delighted with different from distant from disappointed with/in discriminated against divorced from dressed in envious of equal to excellent at excited about/by exhausted from exposed to faithful to familiar with famous for fed up with filled with finished with fond of friendly with/to/towards frightened of/by full of furious about something with someone generous with something to someone grateful to someone, for something good at guilty of hopeless at hungry for ideal for identical with impressed by/with inferior to innocent of interested in involved in impressed by/with 451jealous of keen on kind to known for limited in/to lucky at/in mad at made of/from married to necessary for nice to occupied with/in patient with pleased with polite to prejudiced against prepared for proud of qualified for ready for related to relevant to remembered for responsible for satisfied with scared of/by shocked at/by short of sick of similar to sorry for/about suitable for superior to sure about/of surprised at/by suspicious of terrified of/by thirsty for tired of/from upset about/with/by used to useful for something, to someone worried about VERB + PREPOSITION The list is not complete. A dictionary should be consulted for words not appearing on this list. admire (someone) for account for accuse (someone) of adapt to add to adjust to agree with (someone) about/on aim at amount to appeal to (someone) for apply for approve of argue with (someone) about arrest (someone) for arrive at (a building, a room) arrive in (a city, a country) ask about/for assign (someone/something) to attach (something) to attend to belong to bargain with (someone) for (something) beg for believe in benefit from -152bet against blame (someone) for boast about book (something) for borrow from bump into care about (= think someone/something is important) care for (= look after/love) centre on charge for cheat out of choose between coincide with collide with combine with comment on communicate with compare (someone/something) to/with (someone/something) compensate for compete against/with complain to (someone) about compliment (someone) on confess to congratulate (someone) on consent to consist of consult with (someone) about/on contrast with contribute to convince (someone) of (something) cooperate with count on cover with cure (someone) of crash into deal with, in (= trade) decide on/about depend on/upon (someone) for develop into die of differ from discourage (someone) from distinguish (somebody/something) from dream about/of dress in drive into enquire into/about escape from excel in exchange for excuse (someone) for explain to feed on feel like fight for/about forget about forgive (someone) for get rid of glance at graduate from happen to hear about (= be told about) hear of (= know that someone/something exists) hear from (= receive a phone call, etc. from someone) help (someone) with hide from hope for improve on infect (someone) with inform (someone) of inquire into/about insist on interfere in introduce (someone) to invest in invite (someone) to issue (someone) with join in know about (= have information about) know of (= know that someone/something exists) laugh at/about lean on leave (something) with/to listen to -53live on look at look for (= try to find) look after (= take care of) look forward to matter to mean by object to operate on participate in pay for point at/to pray for prefer (something/someone) to prepare for prevent (someone) from (doing something) prohibit (someone) from protect.. .from/against protest against provide (someone) with punish (someone) for quarrel with (someone) about/over regard (someone/something) as release (someone/something) from rely on/upon remind (someone) about (= tell somebody to remember something) remind (someone) of (= make you think of someone or something) reply to report on (something/someone) to (someone) rescue (someone/something) from reserve (something) for resign from retire from reward (someone) for (something); with (a prize) rob (someone) of save (someone/something) from search for send for sentence (someone) to separate from serve (someone) with share (something) with shoot at shout at signal to smell of smile at speak to/with (someone) about spend (something) on spy on stare at steal from stop (someone) from doing something subscribe to substitute for succeed in suffer from suspect (someone) of swear about (something); at (someone) sympathise with talk to/with (someone) about thank for think about (= have in mind; consider doing) think of (= bring to mind; have an opinion about; remember) threaten (someone) with throw (something) at/to translate (something) from...into trouble (someone) with/for/about vote for wait for warn (someone) about work on worry about/over write to 454