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PREPOSITIONS



            Most Common Adjective + Preposition Combinations:

                                        fond of
           absent from                  full of sth
           addicted to                  glad about sth
           afraid of sby/sth            good at (doing) sth
           amazed at/by sby/sth         grateful to sby for sth
           angry at/about sth           happy about/at/over/with
           angry with sby               immune to
           annoyed at/about             impervious to
           anxious about/over sby/sth   implicated in
           ashamed of sby/sth           incompatible with
           attentive to                 indicative of
           aware of sby/sth             indifferent to
           awful at (doing) sth         interested in/by sby/sth
           bad at (doing) sth           irrespective of
           baffled by                   jealous of sby/sth
           bored by/with sby/sth        keen on sth
           busy at/with sth             kind to sby
           capable of (doing) sth       late for
           careful of/with sby/sth      liable to/for
           careless of                  married to sby
           certain of/about             nervous of sby/sth
           clever at                    obliged to sby/sth
           commensurate with            obsessed with
           connected with               plagued by
           content with                 pleased about/with sby/sth
           contrary to                  preoccupied with
           conscious of                 prone to
           curious about sby/sth        ready for sby/sth
           deficient in                 responsible for
           derived from                 right about sby/sth
           detained by                  sad about sby/sth
           different from/to            safe from sth/ for sby
           distressed by                satisfied with sby/sth
           eager for sth                separate from sth
           early for                    shocked by
           easy about                   slow at (doing) sth
           eligible for                 sorry about/for (doing) sth
           excited about/at/by/over     sorry for sby
           experienced in               surprised about/at/by
           faithful to sby/sth          terrible at (doing) sth
           famous for                   thankful to sby for sth
           free from (danger)           upset about
           free of (charge)             worried about sby/sth
                                        wrong about sby/sth
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