VERBS FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS

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VERBS FOLLOWED BY PREPOSITIONS

ABSORBED IN STH
ACCOUNT FOR STH - 1. to be the explanation or cause of sth: the poor weather may have account for small crowd; oh well, that accounts for it (= I understand now why it happened);
2. to give an explanaion of sth :how do you account for the shows success?; he was unable to account for the error.
3. to be a particular amount or part of sth: The japanese market accounts for 35% of the company's revenue.
ACCUSE SB OF STH - to say that sb has done sth wrong or is guilty of sth: to accuse sb of murder / theft; she accused him of lying; the government was accused of incompetence.
ACQUAINT SB WITH STH - to make sb/yourself familiar with or aware of sth: please acquaint me with the facts of the case; you will first need to acquaint yourself with the filling ( the act of putting documents, letters, etc, into a file)
ALLOW FOR STH (to take it in consideration) - to include sth when calculating sth: it will take about an hour to get there, allowing for traffic delays; all this facts must be alowed for.
APOLOGISE FOR SH - [on their behalf (proveito, favor, vantagem)] :let me apologise for Jack
ASSOCIATE STH WITH SB - to make a connection between people or things in your mind: I always associate the smell of baking with my childhood; he is closely associated in the public mind with horror movies.
BAR SB FROM A PLACE
BASED ON STH
BE ENGROSSED IN STH - estar concentrado
BLAME SB/STH FOR STH - to think that sth/sb is responsable for sth bad: she doesn't blame anyone for his father's death; a dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire;
BLAME SB/STH ON SB/STH - Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.
BENEFIT FROM STH - to be in a better position because of sth: who exactlhy stands(1) to benefit from these changes?
(1) stand - encontra-se em determinada situação.
CENTER STH ON STH
CONCENTRATE STH ON STH
CONGRATULATE SB ON STH - to tell sb that you are pleased about their success or achievements (1):
I congraulated them all on their results; the authors are to be congrauated on producing such a clea and uhoritative work.
(1) achievement - proeza, realização
DECIDE ON STH - to chose sth from a number of possibilities: We're still trying to decide on a venue (1); I can't decide on who to invite.
(1) venue - ponto de encontro; local de renião
DEPEND ON SB/STH - to rely (1) on sb/sth and be able to trust them: he was the sort of person you could depend on
(1) rely - confiar, ter confiança contar com
DERIVE STH FROM STH
DETER SB FROM STH
DIFFER FROM STH
CARE FOR SB/STH - to not like sb/sth: he didn't much care for her friends
CAGTER FOR STH/SB - to provide food and drinks for a social event: most of our work now involves catering for weddings; who will be catering the wedding?
CATER FOR STH - to provide food and drinks for a social event: most of our work now involves catering for weddings; who will be catering the wedding?
CHARGE SOMEONE FOR SH (make them pay for it) - to ask an amount of money for goods or a service: what did they charge for the repair; the restaurant charged £20 for dinner; they're charging £3 for the caalogue.
CHARGE SB WITH STH - to accuse sb publicly of doing sth wrong or bad: opposition MPs charged the minister with negleting her duty.
CLUTTER WITH STH (especially passive: the room was cluttered with boxes.): to fill a place with too many things, so that it is untidy (decuidado, desordenado, desleixado): don't clutter the page with too many diagrams.; I don't want all these files (1) cluttering up my desk; try not to clutter your head with trivia
(1) file - a box or folded piece of card, often with a wire or metal rod, for keeping looses papers together and in order: abox file; a stack (pilha) of files awated me on my desk.
COMPLY (agir de acordo com, obedecer) WITH STH - to obey a rule, an order, etc.; they refused to comply with the UN resolution.
CONCERN WITH STH (usually passive: to be concerned with)
CONFIDE IN SB - confiar em alg.
CONFRONT WITH STH
CONFUSE SB/STH WITH SB/STH
CONVICT SB OF STH - to decide and statre (expor, declarar) officially in a court of law that sb is guilty of a crime: a convicted murder; he was convicted of fraud; there wasn't enough evidence to convict her - opp - acquit
COUNT FOR STH (ESPECIALLY: I count for nothing in this company) - every point in this game counts; the fact that she had apologised counted for nothing with him.
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DEAL WITH SB/STH - to do business with a person, a company, an organization.
DISCUSS STH WITH SB -
DISTINGUISH ONE THING FROM ANOTHER THING
DISTRACT SB FROM STH
CRAM WITH STH [specially passive: be cramed with(estar a abarrotar de)]: all the shelves were crammed with books
EARMARK STH FOR a paticular use - to decide that sth will be used for a particular purpose, or to state (dizer, declarar) that sth will happen to sb/sth in the future: the money had been earmarked for spending on new school buildings; the factory
has been earmarked for closure (encerramento). (destinado a)
ELABORATE ON STH - to explain or descbe sth in a more detailed way: he said he was resignin but did not elaborate on his reasons; she went on to elaborate her argument.
EXEMPT ( isentar, dispensar) SB FROM STH
EXPEL (1) SB FROM A PLACE
(1) expel - expulsar, expelir
FACE WITH STH (especially pssiv: be faced with)
IMPLICATE SB IN STH
IMPOSE ON SB - to introduce a new law, rule tax, etc.; to order that a rule, punishment, etc. be used : a new tax was mposed on fuel.
INGRACIATE ONESEVE WITH SB - to do things in order to make sb like you: the first part of his plan was to ingratiate himself with the members of the commtitee.
INSIST ON SH - to demand that sth happens or that sb agrees to do sth: I didn't really want to go but he insisted; (formal) she insisted on his/her wearing a suit
INSURE STH AGAINST STH - to buy insurance so that you will receive money if your property, car, health, etc. gets damaged, stolen, etc.
INVOLVE SB IN STH
MEET WITH SB
PACK(1) WITH STH (especially passive: be packed with): The square was paked with people
(1)pack=amontoar
PAY FOR SB/STH - Tto give sb money for work, goods, services, etc: I?ll pay for the tickets; her parents paid for her to go to Canada
PLEAD WITH SB - to ask sb for sth in a very strong and serious way: she pleaded with him not to go.
PROTEST AGAINST STH
PROVIDE SB WITH STH
REFRAIN FROM STH
REMIND SB OF STH - to help sb remember sth important that they must do: Im sorry, I've forgtten your name. can you remind me?; that (= what you have jus said, done, etc.) reminds me, I must get some cash;'Don't forget the camera.' Remind me about it nearer the time.'(nearer the time=when it is just going to happen
RESIGN FROM STH
RESULT IN STH - to make sh happen - the cyclone [´sáiklaun] has resuted in many thousands of deaths.
SPECIALISE IN STH
SUCCEED IN STH
SUFFER FROM STH
SUSPECT SB OF STH - to have an idea that sb is guilty of sth, without having definite proof: he resigned after being suspected of theft; I suspected her of damaging the equipment; the drug is suspected of causing over 200 deaths; whom do the police suspect?
TEMPER WITH STH - to make sth less severe by adding sth that has the opposit effect: justice must be tempered with mercy
TRANSLATE ONE LANGUAGE FROM/INTO ANOTHER LANGUAGE
TRUST SB WITH STH
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