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Ticce Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Verbs with prepositions

Could you contribute a few verbs which have a few meanings depending on a preposition following after them
For example

To wait for - to wait on
to look at - to look for- to look into - to look after

Any more?
  

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Greetings, in case you mean prepositions and prep. adverbs: work at=work on, work into, work towards; answer back, answer for, answer to; ask for, ask in, ask into, ask out, ask round; bear on, bear with ... to name but a few...

— Andriy Lapin

  • Greetings, in case you mean prepositions and prep.
  • adverbs: work at=work on, work into, work towards; answer back, answer for, answer to; ask for, ask in, ask into, ask out, ask round; bear on, bear with ...
  • to name but a few...
  • Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Greetings,

in case you mean prepositions and prep. adverbs:

work at=work on, work into, work towards;
answer back, answer for, answer to;
ask for, ask in, ask into, ask out, ask round;
bear on, bear with

... to name but a few...

Respectfully, Gleb Chebrikoff
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Thank you Gleb,
Is there a name for this phenomena?
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