Verb + preposition

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• listen toto pay attention to a sound, someone, or something
• look forto try to find something
• look atto direct your eyes toward something
• wait forto stay in a place until something happens or someone arrives
• depend onto rely on someone or something
• think aboutto consider something in your mind
• talk toto speak with someone
• agree withto have the same opinion as someone
• believe into trust that something exists or is true
• worry aboutto feel anxious about something
• care aboutto feel that something is important to you
• apologize forto say sorry for something
• arrive atto reach a specific place, like a building or event
• arrive into reach a city or country
• belong toto be owned by someone, or to be a member of a group
• complain aboutto express that you are unhappy about something
• deal withto handle a problem or situation
• dream ofto want something very much, or to see something in a dream
• focus onto give most of your attention to something
• laugh atto make fun of someone or something, or to find something funny
• rely onto trust or depend on someone or something
• compare toto say how two things are similar or different
• consist ofto be made up of specific parts
• concentrate onto direct your attention or effort toward something
• participate into take part in an activity
• succeed into achieve something you were trying to do
• specialize into focus your studies or work on one specific area
• insist onto demand or firmly ask for something
• apply forto formally request something, like a job or scholarship
• ask forto request something
• talk aboutto discuss a topic (different from "talk to", which means to speak with a person)
• ask aboutto ask for information about something (different from "ask for", which means to request something)
• apologize toto say sorry to a person (different from "apologize for", which is used with the reason)
• wait onto serve someone, like a waiter (different from "wait for", which means to wait until something happens)
• respond toto answer or react to something
• react toto behave or respond in a certain way because of something
• object toto disagree with something
• congratulate onto say congratulations for an achievement
• blame forto say someone is responsible for something bad
• warn aboutto tell someone about a possible danger
• protect fromto keep someone or something safe from harm
• suffer fromto experience an illness or problem over time
• recover fromto get better after an illness or difficult situation
• graduate fromto complete your studies at a school
• result into cause something to happen
• lead toto cause something to happen
• contribute toto help cause or be part of something
• refer toto mention or talk about something specific
• relate toto be connected to something, or to understand someone's feelings
• benefit fromto gain an advantage from something
• learn fromto gain knowledge or experience from something
• pay forto give money for something
• hope forto want something to happen
• stand forto represent or mean something, often about abbreviations
• fight forto struggle to achieve or protect something