prepositions

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abide
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abide by
Competitors must abide by the judge's decision
absent
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absent from
She was absent from work
accompanied
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accompanied by
Changes that do take place must be accompanied by realistic transition periods.
according
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according to
According to John Lilly everything imaginable exists.
account
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account for
The poor weather may have accounted for the small crowd.
accuse
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accuse sb of
she accused me of stealing her bag
accustomed
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accustomed to
She quickly accustomed herself to the darkness
acquainted
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acquainted with
The students are already acquainted with the prepositions
addicted
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addicted to
Bartek is addicted to drugs
adequate
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adequate for
enough in quantity, or good enough in quality, for a particular purpose or need
The space available is not adequate for our needs
adjacent
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adjacent to
(of an area, a building, a room, etc.) next to or near something
Our farm land was adjacent to the river.
advantage
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advantage of
(an advantage in; have advantage over sb)
She took advantage of the children's absence to tidy their rooms
advice
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advice on
Ask your teacher for advice on how to prepare for the exam
afraid
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afraid of
Bartek is afraid of everything
agree
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agree to/on/with sth/sb
agree on - to decide; agree to - to say yes
Can we agree on a date?/I agree to your proposal/I agree with you
ahead
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ahead of
Ahead of us lay ten days of intensive training.
aim
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aim at
Don't aim at me!
allergic
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allergic to
Bartek is allergic to knowledge
amazed
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amazed at/by
We were amazed by his generosity
amount
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amount to
His earnings are said to amount to £300 000 per annum
amused
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amused at/with/by
We were all amused at his stories
angry
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angry with
(angry at what sb does)
Please don't be angry with me. It wasn't my fault.
annoyed
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annoyed with sb about sth
He was beginning to get very annoyed with me about my carelessness
answer
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answer to
anxious
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anxious about something anxious for something to happen
apologise
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apologise to somebody for something
appeal
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appeal to somebody for something
appeal
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appeal to / against
approve
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approve of
argue
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argue with somebody about something
arrest
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arrest somebody for something
arrive
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arrived at school arrived in London
ask
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ask for
assure
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assure somebody of something
astonished
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astonished ay/by
attached
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attached to
attack
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attack on
attend
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attend to
aware
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aware of
bad
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bad at
Base
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base on
basis
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basis for
beg
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beg for
begin
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begin with
believe
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believe in
belong
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belong to
benefit
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benefit from
bet
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bet on
beware
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beware of
blame
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blame on somebody
blame
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blame somebody for something
boast
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boast about
bored
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bored with
borrow
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borrow from somebody
brilliant
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brilliant at
bump
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bump into
busy
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busy with
call
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call at/on. for=demand
campaign
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campaign against/for
capable
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capable of
care
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care about
care
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care for somebody
take care
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take cover off
careful
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careful of
careless
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careless about/with
cause
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cause of
certain
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certain of
change
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change into
characteristic
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characteristics of
charge
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charge for... sb with sth
cheque
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cheque for
choice
start learning
choice between/of
clever
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clever at
close
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close to
coax
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coax somebody into
coincidence
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coincidence with
collaborate
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collaborate with
comment
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comment on
communicate
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communicate with
compare
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compared with/to
comparision
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comparision between
complain
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complain of/complain to somebody
compliment
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compliment somebody on
comply
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comply with
conceal
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conceal something from somebody
concentrate
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concentrate on
confidence
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have confidence in somebody
confine
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confine to
confusion
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confusion over
congratulate
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congratulate somebody on something
connection
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connection between but in connection with
conscious
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conscious of
connect
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connect to/with
consist
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consist of
contact
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contact between but in contact with
content
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content with
contrary
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contrary to
contrast
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contrast with
contribute
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contribute to
convert
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convert to / into
cope
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cope with
correspond
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correspond to /with
count
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count on somebody / count against
cover
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cover with / in
Crush
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crash into
craving
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craving for something
crazy
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crazy about
crowded
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crowded with
cruel
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cruel to
cruelty
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cruelty towards / to
cure
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cure for
curious
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curious about
cut
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cut into
damage
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damage to
date back
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date back to
date
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date from
deal
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deal with
dear
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dear to
decide
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decide to / decide against
decrease
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decrease in
dedicate
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dedicate to
deficient
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deficient in
definition
start learning
definition of
delay
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delay in
Delight
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Delight in
delighted
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delighted with
demand
start learning
demand for
depart
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depart from
departure
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departure from
depend
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depend on / upon
deputies
start learning
deputies for
descended
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descended from
describe
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describe somebody to somebody else
description
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description of
die
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die of / from
die
accident
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die in an accident
differ
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differ from
difference
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difference between / of
different
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different from
difficulty
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difficulty in /with
disadvantage
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disadvantage of
disagree
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disagree with
disappointed
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disappointed with /about
disapprove
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disapprove of
discharge
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discharge somebody from
discouraged
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discouraged from
discussion
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discussion about/on
disgusted
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disgusted by/ at
dismiss
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dismiss from
dispose
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dispose of
disqualified
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disqualified from
dissatisfied
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dissatisfied with
distinguish
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distinguish between
divide
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divide between/ divide among
divide
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divided into /by
do
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do something about
doubtful
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doubtful about
dream
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dream about
dream
imagine
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dream of
dressed
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dressed in
eager
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eager for
economise
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economise on
efficient
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efficient at
put effort
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put effort into something
emphasis
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emphasis on
engaged
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engaged to somebody/ in sth
engagement
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engagement to somebody
enter
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enter into
enthusiastic
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enthusiastic about
envious
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envious of
equal
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equal to
Escape
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escape from / to
example
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example of
excellent
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excellent at
exception
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exception to
Exchange
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exchange something for something else
excited
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excited about
exclaim
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exclaim at
excuse
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excuse for
exempt
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exempt from
experienced
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experienced in
experiment
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experiment on /with
expert
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expert at /in
edgeable
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edgeable about the subject
face up
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face up to
fail
attempt
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fail in an attempt
fail
do sth
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failed to do something
failure
an exam
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failure in an exam
failure
do sth
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failure to do something
faithful
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faithful to
fall
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fall in
familiar
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familiar to somebody, familiar with
famous
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famous for
Fed Up
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fed up with
fill
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feel something with something else, feel in
finish
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finish with
fire
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fire at the sea parks
flee
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flee from
fond
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fond of
lubiący
forget
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forget about
forgive
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forgive somebody for
fortunate
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fortunate in
friendly
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friendly with / to
frightened
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frightened of
full
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full of
Furious
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furious with somebody about something
generosity
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generosity to/towards
genius
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genius at
glance
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glance at
glare
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glare at
good
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good at But very good to me
grateful
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grateful to somebody for something
Grudge
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grudge against
guess
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guess at
guilty
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guilty of but he felt guilty about his crime

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