English Vocabulary for learners
Collocations verb + preposition with examples of use.
Collocations are two or more words that are commonly used together by native English speakers.
Collocations with 'at', 'about', 'for', 'from' and 'in':
| AT | ABOUT | FOR | FROM | IN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| aim | argue | ask | abstain | absorb |
| arrive | ask | account | bar | believe |
| frown | boast | apologize | benefit | confide |
| gaze | care | apply | borrow | delight |
| laugh | complain | blame | differ | dress |
| look | feel | care | distract | engage |
| glance | forget | hope | escape | enrol |
| hint | hear | look | hide | implicate |
| marvel | joke | pay | prohibit | invest |
| nod | know | pray | protect | involve |
| peer | laugh | search | recover | participate |
| point | quarrel | stand | refrain | persist |
| shout | talk | substitute | resign | result |
| smile | think | vote | save | specialise |
| stare | wonder | wait | stem | succeed |
| wink | worry | wish | suffer | trust |
Collocations with 'of', 'on', 'to', and 'with':
| OF | ON | TO | WITH |
|---|---|---|---|
| accuse | advise | adapt | acquaint |
| approve | agree | add | agree/disagree |
| assure | base | agree | argue |
| conceive | comment | appeal | associate |
| convict | concentrate | attend | charge |
| convince | congratulate | attribute | combine |
| cure | count | belong | confront |
| despair | depend | confess | cope |
| disapprove | elaborate | contribute | communicate |
| dream | focus | consent | coincide |
| inform | impose | lead | collide |
| hear | insist | listen | compete |
| remind | look | object | deal |
| rob | plan | react | plead |
| suspect | operate | reply | tamper |
| warn | rely | subscribe | wrestle |