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Prepositions following adjectives 

Prepositions Expressions  Prepositions Expressions 

about annoyed about

angry about

anxious about

certain about

concerned about

curious about

excited about

not sure about

 pleased about

right about

 sorry about

upset about / over

worried about

wrong about

in absorbed in

deficient in

experienced in

implicated in

interested in

at angry at (a person)

annoyed at (a person)

amazed at

be awful at

be bad at

be good at

be terrible at

 shocked at

 surprised at

of afraid of

ashamed of

(un)aware of

(in)capable of

conscious of

 fond of

 free of

 full of

be good for

indicative of

irrespective of

 jealous of

by amazed by

baffled bybored by

detained by

distressed by

 plagued by

 shocked by surprised by

upset by

on keen on

 for eager for

early for

eligible for

desperate for

 famous for

impatient for

late for

liable for (legally responsible) 

ready for

responsible for

 sorry for

to addicted to

attentive to

different to

 grateful to

kind to

immune to

impervious to

indifferent to

liable to (likely to suffer from)

married to

 prone to

resigned to

used to

 from absent from

derived from

different from

 free from

 safe from

missing from

with acquainted with

angry with

annoyed with

bored with

concerned with

confronted with

 faced with

 good with

 packed with

 pleased with

 satisfied with

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Prepositions following nouns 

Prepositions Expressions Prepositions Expressions

 for admiration for

craving for

credit for

cure for

desire for

disregard for

 provision for

recipe for

respect for

room for

take responsibility for

 sympathy for

to access to

an alternative to

an attitude to

an exception to

a solution to

a threat to

a witness to

on an authority on (expert) 

ban on

comment on

effect on

influence on

restrictions on

tax on

with contrast with

be in dispute with sne

encounter with

link with

quarrel with

relationship with

over be in authority over

have control over

be in dispute over smth

Expressions beginning with prepositions 

Prepositions Expressions Prepositions Expressions

after after all on on average

on approval

on a regular basis

on behalf of

on the contrary

on fire

on good terms

on loan

on the market (for sale)

on (its) merits

on offer

on purpose

on strike

on the verge of

at at any rate

at fault

at first sightat the first/second attempt

at the end

at large

at risk

out of out of breath

out of control

out of dangerout of date

out of doors

out of focus

out of luck

out of order

out of the ordinary

out of pocket

out of practiceout of all proportion

out of reach

out of stock

out of tune

out of work

beyond beyond belief

beyond a joke

beyond a shadow of a

doubt

under under age

under the circumstances

under control

under (the) cover of

be under the impression of

under (a law)

under an obligation

under pressure

under repair

under stress

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under the influence of under suspicion

by by accident

by chance

by cheque

by credit card

by coincidence

by force

by heart

by mistake

by the time

by rights

by surprise

with with the exception of

with intent to

with regard to

with a view to

 for for a change

 for fear of

 for life

not for long

 for the foreseeable future

(not) for sale

 for the time being

within within the law within reach

in in advance

in the balance

in all likelihood

in answer to

in any case

in businessin (the) charge of

in collaboration with

in comparison with

in comfort

in danger

in decline

in demand

in detail

in dispute

in distress

in the early stages

in earnest

in the end

be in favour of smth

be in favour with sne

in fear of (being afraid of)

in (good) condition

in harmony

in high spiritsin jeopardy

in one way or another

in pain

in person

in practice

in recognition of

in response to

in short

in tears

in theory

in time

in trouble

in turn

without without a chance

without delay

without (a) doubt

without exception

without fail

without a word