Absorbed 

in Charge for e.g. How Coincide with Sympathise with Bet on

Arrive in much do Collide with Tamper with e.g. The Blame on
Believe in you charge for this car? Compare with thief tampered with the Put the blame on
Confide in Count for Comply with e.g. lock and now it’s broken. Centre on
Be engrossed in e.g. She Decide for Everybody has Trust with Concentrate on
was Earmark for e.g. This to comply with the rules. Congratulate on
so engrossed in reading tree Communicate with Bar from Count on
that she didn’t hear the was earmarked for cuttin Concern with Benefit from Decide on
doorbell. g. Confront with Come from Depend on
Fill in e.g He filled in the Fall for Confuse with Derive from Elaborate on
application. Forgive for Cope with e.g. You Deter from e.g. He Impose on
Implicate in Punish for have to cope with the was deterred from going Insist on
Include in Pay for situation. out by bad weather. Pride oneself on
Increase in Wait for Cram with (be Differ from Rely on e.g. I rely on you
Instil in e.g. Work for crammed  with) e.g. The Distinguish from to help me with moving
They instilled good room Distract from out.
manners in her. Accuse of was crammed with furnit Excuse from Spend on
Involve in Approve of ure. Exempt from e.g. He Try on (clothes)
Lack in e.g. Disapprove of Cry with (grief) was exempted from doin
He lacks in good Dream of Be crowded with g sports because he was Protest against
manners. Die of Deal with ill. Insure against
Persist in Consist of Discuss with Expel from e.g. He
Result in Convict of Face with (be faced  with) was expelled from school
Specialize in Remind of Fill with for bad behaviour. Argue about
Succeed in Smell of Ingratiate Refrain from e.g. You Agree about
Suspect of oneself with e.g. He have Be concerned about
Account for e.g. We Taste of always ingratiates himsel to refrain from smoking Be worried about
have to account for the Take care of f with the boss. in public places. Boast about
weather when going for a Think of (also Interfere with Result from (be the Decide about
picnic. possible: think about) Meet with (meet with an consequence of) Dream about
Admire for accident) Resign from Hear about
Allow for e.g. We have to Acquaint with e.g. I am Pack with (be Recover from Laugh about
allow for the weather not acquainted with Tom packed with) e.g. The Stem from e.g. Your Know about
when going for a picnic. Smith. room problems stem from your Forget about
Apologise for Agree with was packed with furnitur lack of education. Protest about
Bargain for Associate with e. Suffer from Quarrel about
Blame for Charge with e.g. He Plead with e.g. Stop from Think about (also
Care for is charged with murder. He pleaded with his Translate from possible: think of)
Cater for e.g. Clutter with (be father to forgive him. Worry about
We cater for all tastes. cluttered  with) Provide with Base on
Phase something out e.g. Prefer one Jealous of Be good at Responsible for
Land line phones thing to another Envious of Surprised at Sorry for
are phasing out. React to Shy of Skilled at Suitable for
Refer to something Suspicious of
Arrive at Refer someone to someon Tired of Keen on Deficient in
Aim at e e.g.     My Worthy of Experienced in
Glance at doctor referred me to a Addicted to Implicated in
Gaze at specialist. Annoyed about Attentive to Interested in
Guess at Resort to e.g. Anxious about Confined to
Hint at He resorted to murder to Certain about Equivalent to Absent from
Joke at escape prison. Excited about Grateful to Derived from
Laugh at See to something (make Pleased about Kind to Different from
Look at sure it is done) Right about Immune to Safe from
Mock at Subject someone to some Sorry about Impervious to Missing from
Shout at thing Thrilled about Indifferent to
Shoot at Succeed to (the throne) Upset about Liable to (likely to suffer Prepositional phrases
Stare at Be used to doing Wrong about from) (Nouns followed
Marvel at something Married to by prepositions)
Be accustomed to doing Angry with a person Opposed to
Agree to something Annoyed with a person Prone to e.g. She An authority on (expert)
Answer to Bored with is prone to lying when An autlook on
Appeal to someone (beg) Take into consideration Commensurate with e.g. she doesn’t learn the Advice on
Appeal to someone (It Your results lesson. Attack on
appeals to me. = I like the Adjectives followed are commensurate with h Resigned to Ban on
idea.) by prepositions ow much you worked. Comment on
Apply Connected with Baffled by Effect on
oneself to   e.g.  She appli Afraid of Confronted with Bored by Emphasis on
ed herself to her studies. Ashamed of Content with Detained by Expert on
Apply to                 e.g.       Aware of Be good at dealing with Distressed by Influence on
This rule doesn’t Beware of Happy with Plagued by Restriction on
apply to you. Capable of Incompatible with Shocked by Talk on
Attend to Conscious of Obsessed with Surprised by Tax on
Attribute to Fond of Pleased with
Belong to Full of Popular with Early for Access to
Commit oneself to Be good of somebody to Preoccupied with Eligible for An alternative to
Confess to do something Satisfied with Famous for An attitude to
Dance to music Indicative of Late for Damage to
Devote oneself to Irrespective of e.g. I love Angry at a person Liable for (legally An exception to
Give birth to you irrespective of your Annoyed at a person responsible) Objection to
Listen to social position. Be bad at Ready for Reaction to
 Reply to In blood In practice At the end
A solution to Aware of In answer to In recognition of At large
Thanks to Delay of In any case In response to At liberty
A threat to Description of In cash In short At all times
A witness to Hope of In the centre of In the north/south At the time
The key to Idea of In charge of/ with In the mountains At times
Lack of In collaboration with In the park At the moment
Be in authority over Map of In comparison with In a queue At present
Have control over Treatment of In comfort In town At the age of
Be in In conclusion In theory At the beginning
dispute over something Departure from In control In time At breakfast/ lunch/
Protection from In the country In trouble dinner
Agreement with Fall from In decline In turn At the bottom of
Contrast with Extract from In demand In a loud voice At the top of
Connection with Phone call from In dispute In the beginning At the bus stop
Contract with In distress In the end At sea
Be in Discussion about In danger In the At the corner
dispute with someone Information about In the early stages morning/afternoon/eveni At the crossroads
Encounter with Quarrel about In earnest ng At dawn/ sunrise
Harmony with Argument about In the end In March At noon
Link with Debate about Be in favour of somethin In an hour At dusk/ sunset
Quarrel with Hesitation about g In the twentieth century At daybreak
Relationship with Be in favour with someon In the night At midnight
Trouble with Choice between e In a moment At night
Comparison between In fear of In a day or two At last
Admiration for Connection between In future In 1999 At the door
Craving for Contact between In good/ bad condition At first
Credit for Relationship between In general With the exception of At once
Cure for In haste With intent to At home
Desire for An insight into In harmony With regard to At arm’s length
Disregard for In high spirits With a view to At least
Excuse for In ink With the aim of At the same time
Provision for Expressions beginning In jeopardy With the result that At work
Reason for with prepositions In the middle of At a hotel
Recipe for In the news At any rate At one’s risk
Reputation for In advance In one way or another At ease At a price
Respect for In addition In other words At fault At the top of one’s
Responsibility for In answer to In the open air At first sight lungs/voice
Room for In the balance In pairs At the first/ second/third At the weekend
Sympathy for In all likelihood In pencil attempt At weekends
 At 9 o’clock On a date By bus/train/plane/ship Go for a place Be under the impression
At Christmas/Easter/Ra On August 8th etc For a while that
madan On Tuesday By sea/land/air For now Under the influence of
At a wedding On New Year’s Day By example For one’s birthday Under (a law)
At a funeral On Christmas/Easter By sight For better or worse Under an obligation
Day By means of For one’s sake Under pressure
On average On the morning of By no means Under repair
On approval 23rd April By cheque Out of breath Under stress
On a regular basis On that day Day by day Out of control Under suspicion
On behalf of On the island of By air mail Out of danger Under threat
On condition that On board By e-mail/fax/phone Out of date
On the contrary On a cruise By far Out of doors Without a chance
On good terms On an excursion By the rules Out of earshot Without delay
On loan On a trip By the arm Out of fashion Without exception
On the market (for sale) On a tour By hand Out of focus Without a word
On its merits On Earth By and by Out of favour
On offer On a chair/stool By and large Out of luck Within the law
On purpose On a farm By day Out of money Within reach
On the verge of On a mountain By night Out of the ordinary Within limits
On my own On the outskirts Out of order Within reason
On no account On page three For fear of Out of pocket Within walking distance
On second thoughts On the pavement For life Out of practice
On the whole On the streets Not for long Out of print After all
On business For the foreseeable Out of all proportion
On a diet future Out of reach To some extent
On arrival Beyond belief For the time being Out of sight To the point
On foot Beyond a joke For the moment Out of stock To one’s surprise
On the one hand Beyond the shadow of a For a change Out of time To one’s amazement
On the other hand doubt For ages Out of touch To one’s health
On line For breakfast/lunch/dinn Out of tune To some degree
On (off) duty By coincidence er Out of work To you
On fire By mistake For fun/pleasure Out of the woods
On horseback By the time For granted Out of the way
On the left/right By rights For ever Out of the blue Up to date
On the floor By surprise For luck Up to you
On TV By accident For nothing Under age Up and down
On the radio By heart For sale Under the circumstances Up until/till (now)
On the screen By chance For short Under control Up the hill
On the phone By the way For a visit Under cover of
On holiday For a walk
Up the spout = wasted or
spoiled e.g. Pete lost his
job so that meant our
holiday plans went up the
spout.
Up to no good
Up as far as
Up one’s nose
Up with (the new)

From A to B
From bad to worse
From place to place
From cover to cover
From top to bottom
From time to time
From morning to night
From now on
From my point of view