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ADJECTIVE PREPOSITION DEFINITION ACCUSE (sb) OF (sth) to tell somebody that you know

ACCUSTOMED TO (sth) be used to CROWDED WITH having too many people


TOLERANT OF showing tolerance DIFFERENT FROM/TO not the same
known to many people for a good or being able to be blamed for
FAMOUS FOR (sth) RESPONSIBLE FOR
worthy reason something
AWARE OF (sth) knowing something TYPICAL OF having the usual qualities
PATIENT WITH able to wait for a long time ADDICTED TO (sth) unable to stop taking harmful drugs
having gained knowledge from BRILLIANT AT very good at something
EXPERIENCED IN (sth)
experience KEEN ON wanting to do something
HOPELESS AT (sth) very bad ENGAGED TO (sb) having agreed to marry somebody
ANXIOUS ABOUT (sth) feeling worried or nervous FAMILIAR WITH (sth) knowing about something
CAPABLE OF able to do something SAD ABOUT (sth) unhappy about something
have a lot of things to do JEALOUS OF feeling envy; envious
BUSY WITH
SUCCESSFUL IN (sth) having success
POPULAR WITH liked by most people SAFE FROM protected; free from danger
NICE OF kind, friendly BENEFICIAL TO having a helpful or useful effect
having strong feelings about sth that feeling pleased and satisfied about
ANGRY ABOUT (sth) PROUD OF
you dislike something
EAGER FOR keen, wanting something very much SERIOUS ABOUT (sth) not joking or funny
GOOD AT (sth) able to do something well SATISFIED WITH happy or satisfied
INTERESTED IN curious, eager to know about sth RICH IN (sth) having a lot of something
INDIFFERENT TO not caring about something SENSITIVE TO reacting to something
ANGRY WITH (sb) an angry disagreement or argument ABSENT FROM away, not present
DEPENDENT ON relying on sb for support knowing very little, not realising
SUITABLE FOR right for a purpose or occasion IGNORANT OF/ABOUT
something
CONSCIOUS OF realising something OBVIOUS TO (sb) easily seen or understood
SKILFUL AT having, or showing, skill DELIGHTED WITH (sth) very pleased
GET MARRIED TO (sb) take in marriage lucky, having or bringing an
FORTUNATE IN
BORED WITH feeling tired and impatient advantage
CRAZY ABOUT very enthusiastic about something RELATED TO (sb) belonging to the same family
ASTONISHED AT/BY very surprised THANKFUL FOR grateful, relieved and happy
READY FOR (sth) prepared for what you are going to do MEAN TO (sb) not kind, nasty
FRIENDLY WITH (sb) treating somebody as a friend friendly or familiar with
ACQUAINTED WITH (sth/sb)
TERRIBLE AT very bad at something somebody/something
UPSET ABOUT disturbed, unhappy CONTENT WITH satisfied, happy
GRATEFUL TO (sb) feeling thankful SICK OF very tired of something
EXCITED ABOUT (sth) showing happiness and enthusiasm INTENT ON (sth) meaning, planning or wanting
well-known for badness or
NOTORIOUS FOR
wickedness
EFFICIENT AT (sth) capable, skilful
PRONE TO (sth) likely to experience
NEW TO (sb) unfamiliar, not experienced before
to belong to a later generation of the
DESCENDED FROM
same family
NECESSARY FOR (sb) needed, essential
feeling that it is useless to try to do
DISCOURAGED FROM (sth)
something
POLITE TO (sb) having good manners, courteous
having enough money to support
INDEPENDENT OF
yourself
SUFFICIENT FOR (sb) enough, as much as is needed
having some connection with what is
RELEVANT TO
being discussed
DEFICIENT IN (sth) not having enough of something
used for saying that someone's
WRONG ABOUT
opinion is not correct
IRRITATED BY annoyed or angry
TERRIFIED OF extremely frightened
belonging to one person, place or
PECULIAR TO
thing
PLEASED WITH (sth/sb) happy, satisfied
IDENTICAL TO exactly the same
FAMILIAR TO (sb) already well known
released from, or not subject to, an
EXEMPTED FROM (sth)
obligation, liability
CLOSE TO near in time, place, relationship
good and deserving respect, praise, or
WORTHY OF
attention
giving attention or thought to what
CAREFUL OF (sth)
you are doing
admired by many people for your
RESPECTED FOR (sth)
qualities
disqualified by law or rule or
DISQUALIFIED FROM (sth)
provision
NERVOUS ABOUT worried and anxious

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