This document provides lists of common adjective and preposition collocations organized by the preposition. It includes collocations using the prepositions "with", "of", "for", "about", "at", "in", "from", and "to". Each list presents multiple adjective-preposition pairs to illustrate how certain adjectives are frequently used with specific prepositions in English.
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Adjective + Preposition - Collocations
This document provides lists of common adjective and preposition collocations organized by the preposition. It includes collocations using the prepositions "with", "of", "for", "about", "at", "in", "from", and "to". Each list presents multiple adjective-preposition pairs to illustrate how certain adjectives are frequently used with specific prepositions in English.
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Adjectives and Prepositions Collocations
How to use prepositions after adjectives.
List of common adjective & preposition List of adjective & preposition collocations with WITH. collocations with OF. Acquainted with Accused of Angry with Afraid of Annoyed with Ashamed of Associated with Aware of Blessed with Capable of Bored with Certain of Busy with Clever of Careless with Conscious of Clever with Envious of Comfortable with Fond of Concerned with Free of Connected with Frightened of Content with Full of Coordinated with Generous of Crowded with Guilty of Delighted with Hopeful of Familiar with In charge of Disgusted with In danger of Fed up with In favor of Free with Innocent of Friendly/unfriendly with Jealous of Furious with Kind of Furnished with Made of Generous with Nasty of Gentle with Nervous of Happy with Nice of Impressed with Proud of Cluttered with Rid of Lucky with Scared of Patient with Selfish of Careful with Sensible of Pleased with Sick of Popular with Silly of Satisfied with Stupid of Wrong with Sure of Suspicious of Tired of True of Typical of Unkind of
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collocations with FOR. collocations with ABOUT. Eligible for Angry about Eager for Annoyed about Late for Anxious about Mean for Careful about Qualified for Careless about Thankful for Certain about Concerned for Concerned about Clever for Crazy about Happy for Curious about True for Depressed about Good for Enthusiastic about Free for Excited about Bad for Furious about Difficult for Guilty about Grateful for Happy about Hard for Hopeful about Known for Mad about Notorious for Nervous about Prepared for Obsessed about Ready for Optimistic about Renowned for Pessimistic about Responsible for something Puzzled about Serious for Sensitive about Suitable for Serious about Thirsty for Sorry about Famous for something Sure about Sorry for Sympathetic about Terrible about Upset about Worried about Wrong about
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collocations with AT. collocations with BY. Amazed at Amazed by Angry at Delighted by Annoyed at Disturbed by Awful at Excited by Bad at Fascinated by Brilliant at Impressed by Clever at Inspired by Delighted at Selfish by Disappointed at Shocked by Excellent at Surprised by Excited at Good at Hopeless at Mad at Presented at Skilled at Successful at Surprised at Terrible at Slow at Lucky at
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collocations with IN. collocations with FROM. Comfortable in Different from Connected in Safe from Disappointed in Rude from Experienced in Free from Interested in Polite/impolite in Present in Skilled in Slow in Successful in Talented in
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collocations with TO. Happy to Delighted to Pleased to Concerned to Familiar to Proud to Kind to Rude to Scared to Free to Good to Nasty to Nice to Unkind to Accustomed to Addicted to Allergic to Anxious to Apposed to Attached to Beneficial to Cruel to Curious to Disappointed to Eager to Eligible to Exposed to Faithful to Grateful to Identical to Immune to Indifferent to Inferior to Keen to Late to Limited to Married to Mean to Polite/impolite to Qualified to Related to Relevant to Sad to Sensitive to Similar to Slow to Superior to Sympathetic to Thankful to Unreasonable to Wrong to