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PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS

 Most Common Noun + Preposition Combinations:

absence from comparison with laughter at sth
access to compensation for loan to sby
accusation of confession to marriage to sby
adaptation to congratulations on meeting with
admiration for connexion with neglect of
advice against contentment with nervousness about
advice to/about conversion to objection to
agreement about sth curiosity about sth obligation to
agreement to (a proposal) defence against payment for
agreement with sby dependence on pleasure about
aim at/for dream of quarrel with/about
alternative to description of readiness for sth
amazement at difference from/to reference to
anger at/about sth discussion with reliance on
anger with sby division by reminder of sth
annoyance at/about eagerness for sth repetition of sth
annoyance with effect on reply to
anxiety about/over emergence from report to
apology to sby exception to return of sth to
application to excitement about/at reservation for
appointment as/to excuse for resignation from
approval of explanation of restriction on
arrangement for failure in retirement from
arrival at/in faithfulness to robbery of
assessment of/at fear of sby/sth sadness about
association with fondness for safety from sth
attachment to forgiveness of/for satisfaction with
attitude to freedom form search for
authority on gladness about shame at sth
awareness of gratitude to/for separation from
ban on guess at slowness at
belief in sby/sth happiness at/over smell of sth
betrayal of identification with solution to
blame for inclusion of stg in sorrow for
boredom with influence on success in
capability for information about surprise about/at
carefulness with insistence on tax on
carelessness of insurance against talk to sby/about
certainty of/about interest in taste of sth
charge for investment in thankfulness to/for
charge against jealousy of sby/sth trust in sby/sth
choice between keenness on vote for/against
claim to kindness to sby wait for
cleverness at/in knock at wish for
combination of/with knowledge of witness to
comment on lateness for (work) worry about/over