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Form short sentences containing these words
combined with each of the prepositions which follow them, and note
carefully the different relations expressed by the different
prepositions_:--
(Consult the dictionary for both the preposition and the accompanying
word.)
Abide _at, by, with_; accommodate _to, with_; advantage _of, over_; agree
_to, with_; angry _at, with_; anxious _about, for_; argue _against, with_;
arrive _at, in_; attend _on_ or _upon, to_; careless _about, in, of_;
communicate _to, with_; compare _to, with_; consists _in, of_; defend
_against, from_; die _by, for, of_; different _from_; disappointed _in,
of_; distinguish _by, from_; familiar _to, with_; impatient _for, of_;
indulge _in, with_; influence _on, over, with_; insensible _of, to_; sat
_beside_; many _besides_.
* * * * *
LESSON 97.
CONSTRUCTION OF PREPOSITIONS--CONTINUED.
+Direction+.--_Do with the following words as with those above_:--
Inquire _after, for, into, of_; intrude _into, upon_; joined _to, with_;
liberal _of, to_; live _at, in, on_; look _after, for, on_; need _of_;
obliged _for, to_; part _from, with_; placed _in, on_; reconcile _to,
with_; regard _for, to_; remonstrate _against, with_; sank _beneath, in,
into_; share _in, of, with_; sit _in, on_ or _upon_; smile _at, on_;
solicitous _about, for_; strive _for, with, against_; taste _for, of_;
touch _at, on_ or _upon_; useful _for, in, to_; weary _of, in, with_; yearn
_for, towards_.


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