Collocations with Prepositions
• A B
• accuse (someone) of ([doing] something) • believe in (something)
• belong to (someone)
• add (something) to (something else)
• blame (someone) for ([doing] something)
• admire (someone) for ([doing] something)
• borrow (something) from (someone)
• agree on (topic) C
• agree with (someone) • care about (someone/something/topic)
• apologize to (someone) for ([doing] • comment on (topic)
something) • compare (something) to/with (something else)
• apply to (a place) for (something) • complain to (someone) about (something)
• approve of (something) • concentrate on ([doing] something)
• argue with (someone) about (topic) • congratulate (someone) for/on ([doing]
something)
• arrive at (a building, room, site, event) • consist of (some things)
• arrive in (a city, country) • consent to ([doing] something)
• ask (someone) about (someone/topic) • contribute to (something)
• ask (someone) for (something) • count on (someone) to (do something)
• cover (something) with (something else)
Collocations with Prepositions
• D • E
• decide on (topic) • escape from
• depend on (someone) (somewhere)
for (something) • explain (topic) to
• discuss (something) (someone)
with (someone) • excuse (someone) for
• distinguish (something) ([doing] something)
from (something else) • F
• dream about/of • forgive (someone for
(someone/something) ([doing] something)
Collocations with Prepositions
• G • P
• get rid of (something) • participate in (something)
• graduate from (a place) • pay (price) for (something)
• H • plan on ([doing] something)
• happen to (someone) • pray for (someone/something)
• help (someone) with (something) • prefer (something) to (something else)
• hide (something) from (someone) • prevent (someone) from ([doing] something)
• prohibit (someone) from ([doing] something)
• I
• protect (someone) from (something)
• insist (up)on (something) • provide (someone) with (something)
• introduce (someone) to (someone else)
• R
• invite (someone) to (an event) • recover from (something)
• K • rely (up)on (someone/something)
• keep (something) for (someone) • remind (someone) of (something)
• M • rescue (someone) from (something)
• matter to (someone) • respond to (someone/something)
• O
• object to (something)
•
Collocations with Prepositions
• S • T
• save (someone) from (something) • take advantage of
• search for (something) (someone/something/ situation)
• separate (something) from (something • take care of
else) (something/someone)
• scold (someone) for ([doing] something) • talk to/with (someone) about
• smile at (someone) for ([doing] (topic)
something) • thank (someone) for ([doing]
• speak to/with (someone) about (topic) something)
• stare at (something/someone) • travel to (somewhere)
• stop (someone) from ([doing] something)• V
• subscribe to (something) • vote for (someone)
• substitute (something) for (something • vouch for (someone)
else/someone) • W
• subtract (something) from (something • wait for (someone/something)
else) • wish for (something)
• succeed in ([doing] something) • work for
• suffer from (something) (company/something/someone)
