14. Verb or adjective + preposition (23/8/24)

suffers from (= has the illness of) : chịu đựng

e.g. He suffers from a type of diabetes.

get married to : kết hôn

e.g. He got married to a girl he met in France.

apologise for = say sorry for

e.g. I think we apologise for being late.

be satisfied with = pleased

e.g. His teachers were satisfied with his progress.

complained to sb about sth

e.g. She complained to the manager about the food.

spend sth on sth

e.g. He spends a lot of money on clothes.

something belongs to someone

e.g. That dictionary belongs to Rolf.

translate something into

e.g. They are going to translate the book into Spanish.

be thinking of doing something = will do something in the future

e.g. I’m thinking of going to France.

be keen on = like

e.g. I’m very keen on fish.

be similar to = in some ways the same as

e.g. She is similar to her older sister.

be aware of something = knows about

e.g. I think she’s aware of the problems in her class.

be tired of something/ someone

e.g. I’m tired of people telling me what to do.

be full of something/ someone

e.g. The pool was full of children.

There is something wrong with a noun/V-ing

e.g. There is something wrong with my car.