verbs_and_prepositions_theory

listen to ...

• Listen to this music. It's beautiful.

talk/speak to smb (about something) – более официально

talk/speak with smb (менее официально)

• Did you talk to Jack about your problem?

• (on the phone) Can I speak to Kay, please?

write (a letter) to smb

• I never get letters. Nobody writes to me

(tele)phone smb

(not phone to ...)

• Can you phone me tomorrow? (not 'phone to me')

belong to ...

• Does this book belong to you? (= Is this your book?)

happen to smb/smth

(случиться, произойти)

• I put my pen on the table five minutes ago and now it isn't there. What's happened to it?

wait for ...

• Don't go. Wait for me.

thank smb for smth.

• Thank you very much for your help.

ask (smb) for

(=ask smb to give you) попросить

• A man stopped me and asked me for money.

think about/of ...

• He never thinks about (or of) other people.

• I'm thinking of (or about) buying a new car.

depend on ...

зависеть

• A: Do you like eating in restaurants?

• B: Sometimes, yes. It depends on the restaurant.

look at ...

смотреть на…

• She's looking at her watch.

• Why are you looking at me like that.

look for (= try to find)

искать

• He's lost his key. He's looking for it.

• I'm looking for Ann. Have you seen her?

look after ... (= take care of, keep safe)

заботиться, присматривать

• Mary goes to work every day but she has a young child. When she is at work, a friend of hers looks after her child.

• Don't lose this book. Look after it. (= Keep it safe.)

apologise for (извиняться за)

apologise to smb. for

(извиняться перед кем-нибцдь за что-то)

• You must apologise for what you said.

• She apologised for not telling the truth.

• She apologised to me for not telling the truth.

succeed in

(добиться успеха в...)

• Have you succeeded in finding a job yet?

insist on

(настаивать на…)

• They insisted on paying for the meal.

dream of

(мечтать о…)

• I wouldn't dream of asking them for money.

approve (of)

• She doesn't approve of gambling.

look forward to (с нетерпеньем ждать)

• I'm looking forward to meeting her.

congratulate on (поздравлять с)

• I congratulated Ann on passing the exam.

accuse of

(обвинять в …)

• They accused me of telling lies.

suspect of (подозревать в…)

• Nobody suspected the man of being a spy.

prevent from (помешать сделать что-то)

• What prevented him from coming to see us?

forgive for

(простить за…)

• Please forgive me for not writing to you.

warn against (предостерегать от...)

• They warned us against buying the car.