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Preposition-Dependent Verbs and Adjectives
Tanto em inglês como em português existem certas palavras, especialmente verbos e adjetivos, que quase sempre são acompanhados de uma determinada preposição, tornando-se dessa forma inseparáveis. Uma vez que dificilmente pode-se estabelecer uma correlação direta e consistente entre preposições do inglês e do português, uma lista dessas palavras dependentes de preposições pode ajudar o aluno a evitar o uso incorreto de preposições.
A diferença entre preposition-dependent verbs (PDV) e multi-words verbs, é que nos primeiros, a ocorrência da preposição não altera o significado do verbo, enquanto que nos multi-word verbs, o verbo pode também ocorrer sem a preposição, mas quando ocorrer com a preposição, haverá provavelmente uma significativa alteração de significado. PDVs podem ser considerados um subcategoria de prepositional verbs (inseparable two-word verbs).
PREPOSITION-DEPENDENT VERBS
A
abide by
abstain from
accuse someone of
add something to something
adhere to
advise someone to
agree on/with
aim at/for
allow for
apologize for
apply to/for
approve of
argue with/about
arise from
arrest someone for
arrive in/at
ask for
attend to
B
beg for
believe in
belong to
beware of
blame someone for
boast about
borrow something from someone
brag about
buy something for someone
C
call for
care about/for
choose between
comment on
compare to/with
complain about/of
comply with
conceal something from
concentrate on
condemn someone for
conform to
congratulate someone on/for something
consent to
consist of
contribute to
cook something for someone
count on/upon
cure someone of a disease |
D
deal with
decide about/on/upon
depend on/upon
disagree on/with
discriminate against
distinguish from
do research on/into/about
do something for someone
dream of/about
E
escape from
excel in
exchange something for
excuse someone for
expect someone to
F
face up to
find something for someone
fine someone for
forget about
forgive someone for
G
get something for someone
give something to someone
H
hide from
hope for
I
insist on/upon
interfere with/in
introduce to
invite someone to
J
joke about
L
laugh at
leave for some place
leave something for someone
lend something to someone
listen to
long for
M
make something for someone
mistake someone for |
O
object to
offer something to someone
P
participate in something
pay for something
pay something to someone
persist in
praise someone for
pray for
prepare for
present someone with
prevent someone/something from
prohibit someone from
protect someone/something from
protest about
provide someone/something with
punish someone for
R
recover from
refer to
rely on/upon
rescue from
respond to
S
save someone from
sell something to someone
send something to someone
sentence someone to
show something to someone
smile at
stare at
stop from
subscribe to
substitute for
succeed in
suffer from
T
take advantage/care of
talk with/to someone about something
thank someone for
think of/about
V
volunteer to
vote for
W
wait for
warn someone about
worry about |
PREPOSITION-DEPENDENT ADJECTIVES
abreast of
absent from
accused of/by
accustomed to
acquainted with
addicted to
adjacent to
afraid of / to (infinitive)
angry at
annoyed with/by
associated with
aware of
blessed with
bored with/by
capable of
close to
cluttered with
committed to
compatible with
composed of
concerned about
confronted with
connected to
conscious of
consistent with
content with
contrary to
convinced of
coordinated with
covered with
crowded with |
dedicated to
devoted to
disappointed with
discriminated against
divorced from
done with
dressed in
engaged in/to
envious of
equipped with
equivalent to
excited about
exhausted from
exposed to
faithful to
familiar with
filled with
finished with
fond of
friendly to/with
frightened of/by
full of
furnished with
gone from
grateful to/for
guilty of
innocent of
interested in
invited to
involved in
jealous of |
known for
limited to
located in
made of/from
married to
opposed to
patient with
pleased with
polite to
prepared for
protected from
proud of
qualified for
related to
relevant to
remembered for
responsible for
satisfied with
scared of/by
suitable for
terrified of/by
tired of/from
upset with
used to
useful to
worried about | |
