Verb + Preposition 8
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1)
I quarrelled ... my girlfriend the other day.
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Mike was punished ... stealing the computer.
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She finally succeeded ... persuading Adam to go to the new pub.
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Lisa compared her homework ... mine and decided mine was better.
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I bumped ... your sister while I was doing the shopping yesterday.
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Could I borrow your car ... you until tomorrow?
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My mother disapproves ... young couples living together before marriage.
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Is the hotel fare included ... the admission fee?
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Stars are often compared ... diamonds.
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10)
The bad weather didn't stop him ... enjoying his holidays.
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VERB
PREPOSITION
DEFINITION
QUARREL
WITH (sb)
to have an angry argument with someone
PUNISH
(sb) FOR (sth)
to make someone suffer for a crime or fault
SUCCEED
IN (sth)
to manage to do what you have been trying to do
COMPARE
(sth) WITH (sth)
to say that sth is similar to something else
BUMP
INTO (sb)
to meet someone by chance
BORROW
(sth) FROM (sb)
to take sth away for a while, intending to return it
DISAPPROVE
OF
to think that something is bad, wrong
etc.
INCLUDE
(sth) IN (sth)
to add something or someone into a group
COMPARE
(sth) TO (sth)
to point out a similarity between 2 different things
STOP
(sb) DOING (sth)
to prevent someone from doing something