Prepositions used in idioms-2

  Adjectives and verbs in the passive voice followed by prepositions

In some cases different prepositions can be used without causing a change in meaning. For instance, the following examples both have the same meaning.
--> I was angry at them.
      I was angry with them.

However, in many cases, the use of different prepositions causes a change in meaning. For instance, the past participle protected is typically followed by the preposition from. However, like many other past participles, protected may also be followed by the preposition by, where by serves to introduce the performer of the action expressed by the past participle.
--> The city is protected from the soldiers.
      The city is protected by the soldiers.
The first example indicates that the soldiers are a threat to the city; whereas the second example indicates that the soldiers are protecting the city.

The following are examples of predicate adjectives and past participles of verbs in the Passive Voice which are usually followed by certain prepositions. In addition, it should be kept in mind that most verbs in the Passive Voice can be followed by a phrase beginning with the preposition by.

About
anxious about	concerned about
curious about	depressed about
doubtful about	enthusiastic about
excited about	happy about
pleased about	wrong about
worried about
At
adept at	alarmed at
amazed at	overjoyed at
shocked at	surprised at
Between
torn between
By
accompanied by	caused by
guided by	manufactured by
obsessed by	written by
For
blamed for	eligible for
famous for	fit for
known for	late for
noted for	praised for
punished for	qualified for
ready for	responsible for
ripe for	sorry for
suitable for
From
absent from	apart from
derived from	descended from
detached from	different from
distinct from	exempt from
far from	isolated from
omitted from	protected from
removed from	safe from
separated from
In
absorbed in	disappointed in
engaged in	immersed in
interested in	involved in
Of
accused of	afraid of
ashamed of	aware of
capable of	certain of
composed of	conscious of
convinced of	deprived of
devoid of	fond of
ignorant of	independent of
jealous of	proud of
regardless of	reminded of
sure of	suspicious of
suspected of	terrified of
tired of	worthy of
On
based on	dependent on
intent on
To
acceptable to	accessible to
accustomed to	adapted to
addicted to	adjacent to
attached to	attributable to
close to	committed to
comparable to	dedicated to
detrimental to	devoted to
due to	equal to
equivalent to	essential to
exposed to	faithful to
favorable to	foreign to
impervious to	indifferent to
indispensable to	inferior to
kind to	loyal to
next to	obedient to
obliged to	oblivious to
opposed to	parallel to
partial to	peculiar to
preferable to	prior to
proportional to	reconciled to
reduced to	related to
relative to	relevant to
resigned to	resistant to
restricted to	senior to
sensitive to	similar to
subject to	subordinate to
suited to	superior to
susceptible to	tied to
Toward or Towards
protective toward(s)
With
acquainted with	affiliated with
associated with	besieged with
compared with	compatible with
confronted with	consistent with
covered with	cursed with
exasperated with	familiar with
finished with	identified with
infatuated with	patient with
pleased with	satisfied with
synonymous with	threatened with

Verbs followed by prepositions

The following are examples of verbs which are often followed by certain prepositions.

About
care about	complain about
forget about	lie about (tell a lie)
reminisce about	talk about
think about	wonder about
worry about
Against
discriminate against	protest against
react against	rebel against
turn against
At
aim at	bark at
connive at	frown at
gaze at	glare at
growl at	hint at
look at	point at
shoot at	smile at
snap at	sneer at
stare at	wave at
wink at
For
apply for	apologize for
beg for	blame for
budget for	hope for
long for	look for
mourn for	pay for
plead for	pose for
pray for	prepare for
press for	register for
search for	shop for
substitute for	vouch for
wait for	wish for
From
abstain from	benefit from
deduct from	derive from
desist from	deter from
detract from	deviate from
differ from	divert from
escape from	extricate from
flee from	infer from
profit from	protect from
quote from	radiate from
recoil from	recover from
refrain from	shrink from
stem from	suffer from
In
believe in	engage in
indulge in	intervene in
invest in	participate in
persist in	succeed in
Into
change into	convert into
delve into	dip into
develop into	divide into
fall into	merge into
plunge into	pry into
sink into	transform into
Of
approve of	beware of
conceive of	consist of
deprive of	die of
disapprove of	smell of
On
blame on	concentrate on
depend on	impinge on
impose on	insist on
intrude on	pounce on
reflect on	rely on
report on	spy on
subsist on	thrive on
Over
preside over	trip over
To
adapt to	adhere to
adjust to	amount to
belong to	conform to
contribute to	correspond to
listen to	object to
pertain to	prefer to
refer to	relate to
respond to	resort to
revert to	submit to
subscribe to	succumb to
surrender to	yield to
With
agree with	associate with
collaborate with	combine with
communicate with	comply with
concur with	consort with
contend with	cooperate with
cope with	correspond with
flirt with	mingle with
share with	sympathize with