Saturday, November 2, 2013

Prepositions after verbs

I'm starting to realize that remembering the prepositions that come after verbs will never come naturally. Time to drill.  I'm going to build a long list of things I need to remember. Here it is:

Começar a
Deixar de
Parar de
Pensar em


agree on/to something – concordar sobre algo
agree with soemone – concordar com alguém
apologize for – pedir desculpas por
approve of – aprovar (no preposition)
ask for – pedir (no preposition)
believe in – acreditar em
belong to – pertencer a
blame for – culpar por
borrow from – pegar emprestado de
care for – cuidar de; importar-se com
compare to/with – comparar a/com
complain about – reclamar de
congratulate on – dar os parabéns por
count on – contar com
crash into – chocar-se com
depend on – depender de
divide into – dividir em
dream about/of – sonhar com
feed on – alimentar-se de
hear from – ter notícias de
hear of – ouvir falar de
insist on – insistir em
laugh at – rir de
leave for – partir para
lend to – emprestar para

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