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1. ACCOMPLISH IN Mukesh is accomplished in art of painting.

2. ACCUSED OF He was accused of murder.

3. ACQUAINTED WITH Rohit is acquainted with Ramesh.

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E GV
4. AFRAID OF Everybody afraid of death.

5. ANGRY WITH (A PERSON) Ram is angry with his brother.

6. ANGRY AT (ONE’S BEHAVIOUR) The teacher was angry at his student’s

behaviours.
E GV

E GV
7. ABIDE BY We should abide by the advice of our
teacher.
th

8. ABSENT FROM He was absent from the class.

wi

9. ABSORB IN He was deeply absorb in his studies.

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E GV
10. ABSTAIN FROM He abstained from wine.

11. ACCEED TO My father acceeded to my request.

12. BURST INTO The boy burst into tears.

13. BROOD OVER He always broods over his past actions.

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E GV

14. BOAST OF He boasts of his learning.

15. BLUSH AT A modest man blushes at his own praise.

16. BLIND TO A mother is blind to the faults of her child.

17. BLESS WITH God has blessed him with three children.
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E GV

E GV
1. Abound in Fish abounds in this pond.

2. Abound with The river abounds with fish

3. Absent from He was absent from school

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E GV
4. Eligible for He is eligible for the post

5. Encroach on Do not encroach on my land

6. End in All his plans ended in smoke

7. Faith in I have no faith in him/ he has no

faith in religion.
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E GV
8. Faith with (break fast) He broke faith with me.

9. Faithful to The dog is faithful to his master.

th
wi

10. False to I cannot be false (unfaithful) to

my friend.
E GV

E GV
11. Lack of I have no lack of friends.

12. Lacking in he is lacking in courage.

13. Lame of He is lame of one leg.

14. Lament for She lamented for her child.

E GV

E GV

15. Late in Why are you late so coming.?

16. Need for , of I have no need for more money

I am in need of money.

17. Overcome with , by (emotion etc) He was overcome with fatigue .

he was overcome by anger .
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E GV

E GV
1. Quick at, of He is quick at figures. He is quick of
uderstanding

2. Quarrel with They quarreled with one another for

(over, about) the property.
E GV

E GV
3. According to According to your order I went there

4. Accompanied by He was accompanied by his father

5. Afraid of I am not afraid of ghosts

6. Aim at He aimed his gun at the bird

E GV

E GV
7. Alarmed at We were alarmed at the news

8. Allot to One room has been allotted to him

th

9. Acquainted with I am acquainted with him.

wi

10. Admit of Your conduct/ It admits of no excuse

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E GV
11. Admit into He was admitted into the room.

12. Affectionate to He is affectionate to me.

13. Owe to, for I owe my all to him./ he still owes for the
goods supplied to him.

14. Qualified for He is qualified for the post.

E GV

E GV

15. Wonder at Can you wonder at this, isn’t it natural?

16. With a view to He labours with a view to earning more.

17. Warrant for There is warrant for the criminal.

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E GV

E GV
1. Vie with They vied with each other to get the post.

2. Vex at I am vexted at your behaviour.

3. Versed in He is well versed in English.

4. Testify to I can testify to your conduct.

E GV

E GV
6. Symaphathy with I have sympathy with him.

7. Sympathy for I have sympathy for him.

8. Superior to This pen is superior to that pen.

9. Wish for I do not wish for name and fame

E GV

E GV
10. Wonder at I wonder at his ignorance

11. Worthy of He is worthy of our praise

th
wi

12. Yield to He yielded to his enemy

E GV

E GV
13. Zeal for He has a zeal for social work

14. Zealous for, in He is zealous for improvement in a good

cause

15. Zest for She has no zest for music.

16. Unite with Be united with your friends

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17. Useful to (a person), This book is useful to us for examination

for (some purpose)

18. Vain of She is vain of her beauty

19. Vary from His opinion varies from his brother’s

20. Triumph over Jim and Della triumphed over their

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1. True to He is true to his master

2. Trust (a person) with (a thing), You may trust me with the work. You
may trust the work to me .

3. Retire from, on He retired from service on a

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pension.

4. Rich in Bihar is rich in minerals

5. Rid of Get rid of bad company

6. Rob of Somebody robbed him of his purse

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E GV
7. Marry to He married his daughter to a rich
man. She was married to a rich
man.
th

8. Marry She married a Frenchman

(A.L.D.Hornby)
wi

9. Feel for, in I feel for you in your trouble.

E GV

E GV
10. Fit for He is not fit for the job.

11. Fond of She is fond of sweets.

12. Free from He is now free from danger.

13. Fill with This tank is filled with water

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14. Full of This tank is full of water.

15. Interest in He has special interest in history.

16. Interfere with (a person) , in( a matter) Do not interfere with me in my

business.

17. Invite to I invited him to dinner.

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1. Involved in He involved in the plot.

2. Excuse for He will not be excused for coming

late.

3. Excuse from They may be excused from comply-

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ing with this regulation.

4. Exempt from He has exempted from the fine.

5. Hard of He is hard of hearing.

6. Heir of ( a person), to (a property) He is the heir of his uncle(to the

uncle’s property)
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E GV
7. Hope for Let us hope for the best.

8. Hunger for His hunger for knowledge surprised

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us.
wi

9. Fatal to The doctor’s mistake proved fatal to

the patient’s life.
E GV

E GV
10. Favour with Would you favour me with an early
reply?

11. favour of He spoke in favour of his friend.

12. Favarouble to (a person) for(something) This situation is favourable to me

for doing this
E GV

E GV

13. Exempt from He has exempted from the fine.

14. Divide into (parts) It was divided into several parts

15. Divide between (two), Divide the mangoes between Ram

among (more than two) and Shyam. Divide the mangoes
among the boys
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E GV

E GV
1. Due to His absence is due to illness./ He is
absent due to his illness.

2. Dull at He is dull at Physics/ Mathematics

etc.
E GV

E GV
3. Aloof from Keep yourself aloof from bad com
pany

4. Ambition for He has no ambition for fame in life

5. Angry with (a person), for (something) , He is angry with me for speaking

against him. at (one’s conduct) I am
angry at your conduct.
E GV

E GV
6. Callous to He is callous to my suffering

7. Capable of He is capable of doing this alone

th

8. Capacity for He has capacity for hard work

wi

9. Care for I do not care for you

E GV

E GV
10. Deaf of He is deaf of one ear .

11. Deaf to He is deaf to my rquest

12. Deal in He deals in rice/ clothes etc

13. Deal with He deals well with the customers

E GV

E GV

14. Dedicate to This book is dedicated to his father

15. Delight in He takes delight in music

16. End in All his plans ended in smoke

17. Endowed with He is endowed with talents

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1. Engaed with (a person), in (a work) I was engaged with him in talk

2. Engaged to Lila was engaged to him.

3. Good at He is good at tennis. (but, he is

good for nothing)
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4. Ignorant of He is ignorant of this rule.

5. Ill with He is ill with fever.

6. Impose on The task was imposed on me.

7. Indebted to I am indebted to him for this help.

E GV

E GV
8. Indifferent to He is indifferent to our problem.

9. Indulge in Do not indulge in wine. (but , do

th

not indulge him with your support).

wi

10. Inform (a person) , of (something) He informed the police of the mur-

der
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E GV
11. Inferior to This orange is inferior to that.

12. Inquire of (a person), about, I inquired of him about (into) the

into (a matter) matter.

13. Insist on He insisted on my going home

14. Jealous of l am not at all jealous of his

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fortune.

15. Jump at Do not jump at the offer.

16. Jump to Do not hastily jump to a

conclusion.

17. Jump on The cat jumped on the table

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1. Jump over He jumped over the fence.

2. Key to He has found out the key to his

problem.

3. Kind( noun) of What kind of paper is it? [so kind (= kind

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ness) of you to see me]

4. Kind(adj) to She is very kind to the children.

5. Laugh at Do not laugh at the poor.

6. Lay by Lay by something for the old age.

E GV

E GV
7. Liable to He is liable to fine for his misconduct.

8. Linking for She has a liking for music.

th

9. Limit to You should have a limit to your

wi

demands.
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E GV
10. Mad with He is mad with pain.

11. Made of This ring is made of gold.

12. Make for The ship made for England. / make for
England at your earliest.

13. Make out I cannot make out what you say.

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14. Object to He objected to my proposal.

15. Oblige ( a person) He obliged me with a loan, or by giving

with or by (doing) something me a loan.

16. Obliged to (a person), for ( a thing) I am obliged to him for his kind help.

17. Parallel to This road is parallel to that.

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1. (With) respect to We are talking with respect to that matter

2. Respond to Nobody responded to my call.

3. Responsible to (an authority) He is responsible to the committee for his

for ( an action) action.
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E GV
4. Rest with, upon The whole matter rests (depends) with
you. I rest upon (rely on) your promise.

5. Restore to Restore his property to him

6. Restrict to Admission was restricted to students

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7. Part from ( a person) , He parted from his friend .
with ( a thing) She parted with the ring.

8. Partial to He is partial to his son.

th

9. Partiality for He has no partiality for his son.

wi

10. Pass for He passes for a clever man.

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11. Require (a thing) of (a person) I required a loan of him./ What do you
require of me?

12. Resign (oneself) to I resigned myself to fate.

13. (In) respect of (in point of ) He is junior to me in respect of service.

14. Search for Their search for the thing was of no avail
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15. (In) search of They are in search of a nice bird

16. Sensible of She is sensible of the risk

17. Sensitive to She is sensitive to cold

18. Sentence to, for He was sentenced to death for murder

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