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A *base on

able + infinitive based on


ability to because of
accede to begin + infinitive
access to believe X to be Y
acclaimed as belief in
accompanied by benefit from
according to between [a] and [b]
account for better served by X than by Y
on account of better than
account to both X and Y
accuse of both at X and at Y
acquaint with both on X or on Y
acquiesce in boom in
adapted for bringing to
affect to built by
affinity with
afflicted with
afraid of
agree on + noun
agree on + gerund
agree to
agree with
aid + person/thing
aid in + gerund
aim at
allergy to
allocated to
allows for
a lot
although x,y
alternative to
amount to
analogy with
analogous to
angry at
widely anticipated that
appear to
apply to
argue over/ with
appeal to
approve/disapprove of
*as....as
as X so Y
as …so too…
as X to Y
ask of
ask X to Y
ask + infinitive
ask + person + infinitive
*associate with
associate X with Y
assume ...to be of...
assure that
at least as . . . as
attend to (someone)
attribute X to Y / X is attributed to Y
attempt to
attention to
attended by
attest to
authority on
available to
averse to
aware of
aware that
call for are in danger of + gerund
capable of date from
care about deal with
care for debate over
centers on + person/thing debate on
center upon ( not round) decide + infinitive
chance to / chance of decide on + thing/person
choice of decline in
choose to / from defend against
choose + infinitive defined as
claims to delighted by
claims to be / claims that demand that
collaborate with demonstrate that
collide with (not against) depend on
comment on depends on whether
combined X with Y depicted as
combined X and Y descend from
compare to (similarities) descendent of
compare with (differences) desirous of
*compare A to B determined by
*compare A with B *different from/differ from
compensate for difficult + infinitive
comply with at a disadvantage
comprise of disclose to + person/organization
to be + composed of + thing *distinguish between X and Y
concerned for – worried *distinguish X from Y
concerned with disagree with (person/idea)
conclude that discourage from
concur in ( an opinion) disdain of
concur with ( a person) dispose of
conducive to feel disgusted with ( not at)
conform to at one’s disposal
in conformity with dispute whether
connection between X and Y divergent from
consequence of doubt that
consider X Y (without to be) draw on (take out)
consist with draw + thing
consist in to be drawn to + thing/person
consist of *dream of/about
consistent with due to
contend that dwindle from
*consider + person/thing
continue + infinitive
contrast A with B
in contrast to
contribute to
contrary to
convert to
correspond to
correspond with
*count on + person/thing
cost to/of
craving for
created with (not to)
give credit for
to credit with (something or doing something)
credit X Rupees to Y’s account
[in an] effort to fail in get credit for/give credit for
easy to fail to get rid of
[in an] effort to fear that grounds for
either …or fluctuations in grow from
elect to be familiar with grow out of
elect + person fascinated by
be embarrassed by ( not at) flee from
emerges from *forbid to
*enable + person + infinitive forbid X to do Y
enable X to Y for over...XXX years...
enamored with force + thing/person + infinitive
*encourage + person + infinitive focus on + thing/person
encourage X to Y frequency of
encouraged by from [a] to [b]
end with, end in (not by)
entrusted with
be envious of, jealous of
be equal to ( not as)
escape from
be essential to
estimate to be
to be + essential to + person/thing
except for + person/thing
except for + gerund
except that
to exchange X for Y
expect to
X expected to Y
expected X to be Y ...

explain to
expose to
extend to
extent of/ extent to
equal
equal to
expected that X would be Y
help + thing/person + infinitive in contrast to judge by ( not on)
be hindered by inclined to just as…so too
hypothesize that in danger of just as X, so Y
identical to/with
independent from
Independent of
indifferent towards
indicate that
indicate to + person
infected with
inherit from
in order to
Inside
insist that
instance of
instead of
X instead of Y
instill something in someone
intent to
interaction of
introduce to
invest in
isolate from
know to do X leads to Manage to
less than mandate that
less X than Y *make + thing/person + verb (si
likelihood of / likelihood that as a means to / as a means of
likely to meet with
likely to be Meet
liken to *mistake + thing/person + for
localized in modeled after
to monitor
more common among X than am
(no) more...than/(no) less...than
more than ever
move away from
Name be oblivious of partake of
*native to oblivious to participate in
*a native of off Perceive as
need Once in *permit + thing/person + infinitive
need to One X for every Z ( some numericpermit X to Y / X permits Y for Z
a need for opportunity for persuade X to Y
to be + necessary + infinitive opportunity to plead guilty for … failing
necessity of opposed to potential to / potential for
necessity for opposition to practice for
neither...nor opposite of practice to
no less… than to orbit practice of
no less an authority than… X ordered Y to do Z predisposed to
no less was X than was Y ought to preferable to
X is unknown, nor it is known Originate in prefer X to Y
no sooner…than prejudiced against
not X but rather Y pressure to
noted that prevent from
not [a] but [b] prior to
Not ……. but [rather merely] prized by
not in a flash...but in a ... prized as
not only...but also prized for
Not so ……. as profit by ( not from )
not so much...as *prohibit from + gerund
not so much to X…as to Y prohibits X from doing Y
not ( X or Y ) nor Z prohibits X from Y
promise of + thing
promise to
protect against
protest against ( not at )
provide with
way to provide
published by
published in
question whether range of sacrifice X for Y
*range from X to Y [the] same as
rates for (not 'of') the same to X as to Y
rather than Save for
to ratify save from
receptive of in search of
receptive to see as
related to seek + infinitive
relations with ( not towards ) seek + thing/person
refer to seem + infinitive
*regard as seem to indicate
X regarded as Y sense of so…that
regardless send to
repent of be sensible of
replace with be sensitive to
in response to separate from
require + thing/person + infinitive sequence of
required of similar to
requiring that X Y sleep with
require that X be Y so (adjective) that
requiring X to Y so X that Y
requisition for so X as to be Y
research to so X as to constitute Y
resemble + thing/person so as not to be hindered by
resemblance of X to Y so unrealistic as to
resemblance between X and Y be solicitous of ( not to )
resistance to be sparing of ( not with )
responsibility to speak to + person
responsible for speak with + person
restitution...for ... spend on
results in subject to
results from subscribe to
result of substitute [a] for [b]
retroactive to such...as
rival for such X as Y and Z
rivalry between X and Y such X that
*the rivals X and Y suffer from ( not with)
rule that superior to
supplant by
to survive
suspicious of
sympathy for
sympathize with
Take advantage of use as view as wait for
tamper with Use + person/thing + infinitive vote for wait on
target at used + infinitive in violation of X is to… what…Y is to
teach + person + infinitive to be + used to + gerund Visit to be + willing + infinitive
teach + person + thing [the] use of worry about
tell + person
Tend
tend to
tendency to ( not for)
that X ...that Y
think of…as
threaten to
tie to
tinker with ( not at )
be tolerant of ( not to )
train to
transit to
transmit to
try to
to try to fix
type of

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