B
- back out of (not out on)
- backed by (supported, not with)
- bargain for / on / with
- barren of (not from)
- base (v.) on (not in)
- battle against
- begin by (doing something)
- begin from (a point)
- begin with (an act)
- belief in (not of)
- belong to (be a member)
- belong with (same category)
- beneficial for / to
- benefit (n.) of (the benefactor)
- benefit (n.) to (the beneficiary)
- benefit (n. v.) from (Yoga)
- bestow on / upon (not to)
- blame (a person) for (something, not with)
- blame on (put blame on)
- boast (n. v.) about / of
- bored with (an activity, not of)
- bored by (a person, not of)
- borrow (a thing) from (someone, not of)
- bound for (destination, not to)
- boycott (n.) of (goods, not on)
- brag (about / of (not on)
- breach in (the wall, not of)
- breach of (trust, rules, not in)
- brunt of (not for)
- breach of (the rules, not in)
C
- campaign (n. v.) against / for
- capable of
- capacity for (aptitude for)
- capacity of (containing)
- care (v.) about (worry)
- care (v.) for (like, look after)
- careful about / of / with
- careless about / of / with
- cause (n.) for / of
- central to
- centre (v.) (about / around / in / on / round)
- certain about / of
- champion(ship) of (human rights, not for)
- chance (n.) of (survival, not for)
- chance (n. v.) to (win, not in winning))
- chance (v.) on (happen)
- characteristic for / of
- charged with (a crime, task, not for or of)
- chary of
- chat to / with (a friend)
- choose among / between / from / out of / over
- close to (a person, not with)
- cognate with
- cognizant of
- collide with (not against)
- collision between (two things)
- coloured by (a dye)
- coloured with (a prejudice)
- combine with (not to)
- comfortable in (pajamas)
- comfortable with (a proposal)
- commensurate with (not to)
- comment (n. v.) on (not about, at or to)
- commitment to (not of)
- compare to (note similar)
- compare with (note similar and dissimilar)
- compatible with
- compete against / with (an opponent)
- compete for (an award, object)
- competent at (sports)
- competent in (English)
- complain about / against (something dissatisfying)
- complain of (a headache)
- complement (n.) of (a ship)
- complement (n.) to (addition)
- complementary to (additional)
- compliment (n.) to (somebody)
- compliment (v.) (somebody) on (an achievement, not about or for)
- complimentary about (something, not of)
- complimentary to (somebody)
- comply with
- composed of (consists of, not with)
- comprised of
- conceive of
- concerned about / at / over (worried, not by, of or with)
- concerned for (keen to obtain)
- concerned in (involved, involving)
- concerned with (occupied, related to)
- concur with (a person) in (an opinion, decision)
- condole with (a person)
- condolences on (a death, not for)
- conducive to (not of)
- confer on (bestow upon)
- confer with (discuss)
- confide in (trust in)
- confide to (entrust to)
- confident about / of (optimistic)
- confident in (trusting)
- confine in (a place)
- confine to (restrict)
- conflict (v.) with (not against)
- conform to / with
- confronted by / with (not on)
- confused about / by / with (not over)
- congratulate on (not about or for)
- coincide with
- connected by (by means of)
- connected to (attached)
- connected with (associated)
- connive at
- conscious of (not about)
- consequent on / upon (not to)
- considerate about (things)
- considerate of (someone's feelings)
- consist in (resides)
- consist of (part or parts)
- consistent with (something)
- consult with (discuss, confer)
- contemporary (adj.) with
- contemporary (n.) of
- contempt for (liars)
- contempt of (court)
- contemptuous of (not for)
- contend against / with (struggle)
- contend for (strive)
- content (v.) (oneself) with (not by)
- content (v.) (others) by
- contiguous to / with
- contingent on
- continue to (a place)
- continue with (something, not on)
- contradictory of / to
- contrast (n.) to / with
- contrast (v.) (something) with (something, not to)
- convenient for (person)
- convenient to (a purpose)
- converge on (not in)
- conversant in (a language)
- conversant with (an area of knowledge)
- converse about / on (a topic)
- converse with (a person)
- convict of (murder, not for)
- convince (a person) of (God's existence)
- convinced by (an argument)
- correlate with (not to)
- correspond to / with (agree, match)
- correspond with (write to)
- cost in (human lives)
- cost of (a house, not for)
- count (v.) on (rely on)
- covered with (snow, leaves)
- crazy about (a film star)
- crazy for (a new house)
- crazy on (football)
- credit (n. v.) for / with (an achievement)
- credit (n. v.) to (add money)
- credit (n.) to (one's parents)
- criticism for (misbehavior)
- criticism of (a plan, not against or for)
- crucial for / to
- culminate in (not with)
- cure (n.) for
- cured of (not from)
- curiosity about (not for or in)
- curious about (not for or in)
- cynical about / toward(s)
- cynicism about / toward(s)
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