Prepositions 2
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Prepositions following adjectives
- About
- annoyed about, anxious about, certain about, excited about, pleased about, right about, serious about, sorry about, upset about, wrong about
- At
- angry at (a person), annoyed at (a person), bad at, good at, surprised at
- By
- baffled by, bored by, detained by, distressed by, plagued by, shocked by, surprised by
- For
- early for, eligible for, famous for, grateful for, late for, liable for, ready for, responsible for, sorry for
- From
- absent from, derived from, different from, safe from, missing from
- In
- deficient in, experienced in, implicated in, interested in
- Of
- afraid of, ashamed of, aware of, capable of, conscious of, fond of, full of, be good of, indicative of, irrespective of, jealous of, proud of
- On
- To
- addicted to, apt to, attentive to, confined to, grateful to, kind to, immune to, impervious to, indifferent to, liable to(likely to suffer from), married to, prone to
- With
- angry with, annoyed with, bored with, commensurate with, connected with, good at dealing with, happy with, incompatible with, pleased with, preoccupied with
Prepositions following nouns
- For
- admiration for, craving for, credit for, cure for, desire for, disregard for, provision for, recipe for, respect for, responsibility for, room for, sympathy for
- On
- an authority on (expert), ban on, comment on, effect on, influence on, restriction on, tax on
- Over
- be an authority over, have control over, be in dispute over something
- To
- access to, n alternative to, an attitude to, an excpetion to, a solution to, a threat to, a witness to
- With
- in dispute with someone, encounter with, link with, quarrel with, have a/be in a relationship with
Expressions beginning with prepositions
- After
- At
- at any rate, at fault, at first sight, at the first/second attempt, at the end, at large
- Beyond
- beyond belief, beyond a joke, beyond a shadow of a doubt
- By
- by conincidence, by mistake, by the time, by rights, bu surprise
- For
- for fear of (because something might happen), for life, not for long, for the foreseeable future, for the time being, for ever
- In
- in advance, in the balance, an all likelihood, an all probability, in answer to, in any case, in charge of, in the charge of, in collaboration with, in comparison with, in comfort, in contrast to, in decline, in demand, in dispute, in distress, in the early stages, in earnest, in the end, be in favour of something, be in favour with someone, in fear of (beeing afraid of), in (good) condition, in harmony, in high spirits, in jeopardy, in one way or another, in practice, in recognition of, in response to, in short, in theory, in time, in trouble, in turn
- On
- on average, on approval, on a regular basis, on behalf of, on the contrary, on good terms, on loan, on the market (for sale), on (its) merits, on offer, on purpose, on the verge of
- Out of
- out of breath, out of control, out of danger, out of doors, out of focus, out of luck, out of the ordinary, out of pocket, out of practice, out of all proportion, out of reach, out of stock, out of work
- Under
- under age, under the circumstances, under control, under cover of, be under the impression that, under the influence of, under a law, under an obligation, under pressure, under reapir, under stress, under suspicion
- With
- with the exception of, with intent to, with regard to, with a view to
- Within
- within a day (week, month, etc.), within reach, within reason
- Without
- without a chance, without delay, without exception, without a word
Examples
- Sorry about x Sorry for (mrzet něco x omlouvat se za někoho/něco)
- After all - nakonec, konec konců
- At any rate - v každém případě
- At fault - na vinně
- At large - všeobecně, ze široka
- Grateful to x grateful for (osobě x za nějakou věc)
- Aware of - vědom si něčeho
- It would be good of you to do something
- At the end x in the end (na konci x nakonec)
- Beyond the shadow of a doubt - jsem si tím jistý, je to za hranicí pochybností
- In charge of vs. in the charge of (já jsem šéf vs. já jsem kontrolován šéfem)
- I am in charge of the project
- I am in the charge of you
- In decline - na ústupu, na sestupu, klesat
- In time x on time (jsem včas a je jedno kdy předtím x přijdu přesně v daný čas)
- On purpose - schválně