Prepositional Idioms
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The following are expressions in the American-English language. Your job is to guess the appropriate, common preposition that is linked to these words or phrases. Although these may seem obvious to native American-English speakers, English-language learners may find these flashcards beneficial as they often show up on the SAT & ACT English/Grammar sections.
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a native…
a native "of"
abide…
abide "by"
accompanied…
accompanied "by"
accuse…
accuse "of"
across…
across "from"
adept…
adept "in"/"at"
agree…
agree "to"
amazed…
amazed "by"
apologize…
apologize "for"
apparent…
apparent "from"
apply…
apply "for"
appreciation…
appreciation "of"/"for"
(dis)approve…
(dis)approve "of"
argue…
argue "with"
assisted…
assisted "by"
aware…
aware "of"
awed…
awed "by"
based…
based "on"
be curious…
be curious "about"
be particular…
be particular "about"
believe…
believe "in"
biased…
biased "toward"
blame…
blame "for"
bring…
bring "about"/"in"
complain…
complain "about"
(in)capable…
(in)capable "of"
care…
care "about"
celebrated…
celebrated "for"
central…
central "to"
characteristic…
characteristic "of"
command…
command "of"
compare…
compare "to"
compensate…
compensate "for"
composed…
composed "of"
confer…
confer "with"/"on"
confident…
confident "in"
confused…
confused "by"
consist…
consist "of"
(in)consistent…
(in)consistent "with"
contrast…
contrast "with"/"between"
control…
control "over"/"of"
convinced…
convinced "of"
correlate…
correlate "with"
count…
count "on"
critical…
critical "to"/"of"
criticize…
criticize "for"
defend…
defend "from"/"against"
depend…
depend "on"
devoid…
devoid "of"
devoted…
devoted "to"
differ(ent)…
differ(ent) "from"
draw…
draw "on"/"upon"
dwell…
dwell "on"
encouraged…
encouraged "by"
endure…
endure "for"/"through"
engage…
engage "in"/"with"
enter…
enter "into"
explain…
explain "to"/"through"/"from"
exposed…
exposed "to"
(un)familiar…
(un)familiar "with"
family…
family "of"
famous…
famous "for"
firm…
firm "in"/ "with"
focus…
focus "on"
followed…
followed "by"
hide…
hide "from"
identify…
identify "with"
impressed…
impressed "by"/"with"
in charge…
in charge "of"
in contrast…
in contrast "to"
… itself
"in" itself
in recognition…
in recognition "of"
in the hope(s)…
in the hope(s) "of"
insight…
insight "into"
insist…
insist "on"
interested…
interested "in"
involved…
involved "in"
knowledge…
knowledge "of"
known…
known "as"/"to be"/"for"
last…
last "for"/"of"
listen…
listen "to"
look…
look "out for"/"for"
mastery…
mastery "of"
named…
named "for"/"after"
native…
native "to"
necessary…
necessary "for"
obscured…
obscured "by"
(pre)occupied…
(pre)occupied "with"
offer…
offer "of"/"to"
outraged…
outraged "by"
perplexed…
perplexed "by"
point…
point "to"/"out"
power…
power "over"/"to"
prefer…
prefer "to"
principles…
principles "of"
prized…
prized "for"
proponent…
proponent "of"
protect(ion)…
protect(ion) "from"/"against"
puzzled…
puzzled "by"
recognized…
recognized "as"/"for"