GRAMMAR REVIEW – PREPOSITIONS 2

Verb + preposition 

1. IN
absorb, confide, be engrossed, dabble, implicate (usually used in passive voice), involve, indulge,
result, specialise, succeed 

- Dabble in/with sth: do a job as a hobby

- Be engrossed in: concern about sth
- Be implicated in: get involved in
- Indulge in: participate in sth

2. FOR
account, allow, apologise to sb for sth, argue for sth, blame sb for sth, care, charge sb for sth, co
unt, indict sb for sth, fight, pay

- Count for: be of certain value

- Indict sb for sth = convict sb of sth

3. OF
accuse, convict, remind, suspect, consist, dispose, be composed, dream of doing sth
- Be composed of = consist of = comprise

4. WITH
acquaint, associate, charge sb with sth, clutter, coincide, collide, comply, be concerned, confront
sb with sth, confuse sb/sth with sb/sth, cram, dabble, deal, discuss, face, familiarize sb with sth, i
ngratiate oneself with, meet, pack, plead, provide, tamper, trust/ entrust sb with

- Be cluttered/ crammed/ packed with = be crowded with/ be full of

- Collide with: crash into
- confuse sb/sth with sb/sth: nhầm một người với một người khác
- Ingratiate oneself with sb: lấy lòng một ai đó
Ex: I hate Tina, who always ingratiates herself with our boss.
- Be confronted with sth = be faced with sth
- Tamper with: to interfere with
Ex: Someone must have tampered with my laptop, since my document file has disappeared
5. FROM
Bar, benefit, derive, deter sb from sth = discourage sb from, differ, differentiate sth from sth,
distinguish sth from sth, distract sb from sth, escape, exempt sb from sth, expel sb from sth,
prevent sb from sth, originate, refrain, resign, result, stem, suffer, translate sth from sth

- Derive from sth / derive sth from sth

Ex: My pleasure derives from teaching / I can derive pleasure from teaching.
- Exempt from: miễn (thuế, phạt,…)

0. ON
agree, base, blame sth on sb, centre, comment, concentrate, congratulate, decide, depend, f
ocus, elaborate, impose, insist, impose sth on sb, pride oneself on sth, remark 

- Elaborate on sth

1. AGAINST
Insure, protest, fight, struggle, lean, advise sb against sth, argue against sth

- Protest against/ about

- Struggle against
- Lean against >< lean on

0. ABOUT
argue, be concerned, boast, decide, dream, protest 

- Argue about

1. OUT
figure, sort, spell, phase, iron

- Iron out sth: solve problems

- Spell out: nói thẳng ra

2. AT
aim, glance, guess, gaze, glare, hint, nag at sb, shout, stare

- Guess at sth: make a guess

- Glance at: have a quick look, (then intentionally stop)
- Glimpse sth: have a quick look, but have no chance to maintain your viewing
- Glare at: looking (with ANGER)
- Gaze at: looking at sth (with ADMIRATION)

3. TO
answer, appeal, apply oneself to, apply to, attend, attribute sth to sb/sth, commit oneself to st
h, confess, devote oneself/sth to sth, prefer, react, refer to sth, refer sb to sb, resign oneself t
o sth, resort, succeed

- Commit oneself to sth: promise to do sth

- Be resigned to sth: accept sth which is usually unpleasant