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VERBI E PREPOSIZIONI

In English, verbs can have a specific meaning depending on the prepositions they are combined with. Here is a list of the most common prepositional verbs. (Nella lingua inglese i verbi possono assumere un significato specifico a seconda delle preposizioni con le quali vengono abbinati. Di seguito una lista di verbi con preposizione più comuni in inglese).

listen to something / somebody 

• Do you listen to the radio?

talk to with somebody 

• Are you talking to me?

• We wanted to talk to her, but she didn't want to listen to us.

talk about something / somebody 

• They're talking about their school

ask about something

• He asked me about my studies.

read about something / somebody

• I read about it.

write about something / somebody

• I wrote about my life

worry about something / somebody

• Don´t worry about us. We know about his drug problems

look at something / somebody

• Look at me.

agree with somebody

• She doesn't agree with us.

• Does he agree with you? - No, but we talked about it a lot

waiting for somebody

Thank you for waiting for me.

call somebody

• Call me

Explain to something to somebody

• We don´t understand it. Could you explain it to us once again?

hear about something / somebody

• Did you hear about the accident?

speak to with somebody

• I need to speak to the manager.

write to somebody

• He's writing to his girlfriend.

ask somebody

• Ask her

thank somebody

• Thank you for helping me

belong to somebody

• I didn't pay for it. It belonged to my uncle.

believe in something

• Do you believe in ghosts?

escape from some place

• They had to escape from the country.

specialise in something

• The shop specialises in women's lingerie.

protect from something

• My mother tried to protect me from drugs.

prepare for something

• They didn't prepare for the test.

die of some  problem

• Their uncle died of a heart attack.

participate in some event

• Not many teams participated in the championship.

reply to some question

• Why didn't she reply to your question?

glance at somebody

• Ted glanced at her and smiled.

apply for something

• Why didn't he apply for the job?

forgive somebody for

• Can you forgive us for what we said?

Notes

Don´t use a preposition before this, last, next, every

• He bought it last summer.

Scritto da www.brunogalazzi.com il 24/12/2022

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