135 : Verb + preposition 4 of/for/from/on

   A   

Verb + of

 

 

accuse / suspect somebody OF ...

• Sue accused me of being selfish.
• Some students were suspected of cheating in the exam.

 

 

approve / disapprove OF ...

• His parents don't approve of what he does, but they can't stop him.

 

 

die OF or FROM an illness etc.

• 'What did he die of?'   'A heart attack.'

 

 

consist OF ...

• We had an enormous meal. It consisted of seven courses.

 

 

   B   

Verb + for

 

 

pay (somebody) FOR ...

• I didn't have enough money to pay for the meal. (not pay the meal)

 

 

but  pay a bill / a fine / a fee / tax / rent / a sum of money etc. (no preposition)

• I didn't have enough money to pay the rent.

 

 

thank / forgive somebody FOR ...

• I'll never forgive them for what they did.

 

 

apologise (TO somebody) FOR ...

• When I realised I was wrong, I apologised (to them) for my mistake.

 

 

blame somebody/something FOR ... , somebody is to blame FOR ...

• Everybody blamed me for the accident.
• Everybody said that I was to blame for the accident.

 

 

blame (a problem etc.) ON ...

• The accident wasn't my fault. Don't blame it on me.

 

 

   C   

Verb + from

 

 

suffer FROM an illness etc.

• There's been an increase in the number of people suffering from heart disease.

 

 

protect somebody/something FROM

• Sun block protects the skin from the sun.

 

 

   D   

Verb + on

 

 

depend / rely ON ...

• 'What time will you be home?' 'I don't know. It depends on the traffic.'
• You can rely on Anna. She always keeps her promises.

 

 

You can use depend + when/where/how etc. with or without on:

• 'Are you going to buy it?'   'It depends how much it is.' (or It depends on how much)

 

 

live ON money/food

• Michael's salary is very low. It isn't enough to live on.

 

 

congratulate / compliment somebody ON ...

• I congratulated her on doing so well in her exams.
• The meal was really good. I complimented Mark on his cooking skills.

 

 

 

 

※ accuse : 

 

 

accuse : ac(=to) + cuse(=cause, reason, lawsuit), (잘못을) 지적하다

• accuse somebody of something  to accuse somebody of murder/a crime
• accuse somebody of doing something  She accused him of lying.
• be accused of something  The government was accused of incompetence. (무능함)
• to be falsely/wrongly/unjustly accused of something
• (formal) They stand accused of crimes against humanity.

 

(참고) cause, accuse, excuse

 

 

 

※ blame :

 

 

blame : 탓하다 (책임을 묻다)

• blame somebody/something for something  She doesn't blame anyone for her father's death.
• A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire.
• Why is he blaming others for his problems?
• blame somebody/something for doing something  You can't really blame them for not telling you.
• blame somebody/something  It's easy to blame the media at times like this.
• blame something on somebody/something  Police are blaming the accident on dangerous driving.
• The violence was blamed in part on militants.

 

 

 

※ militant :

 

militant : milit(=soldier) + ant, 과격한 / 과격인사 (과격파, 과격한 인물)

• Student militants were fighting with the police.
• militant groups/leaders
• Some trade unions have a more militant approach to pay negotiations.
• Partly because of the militant feminist movement, women got the vote in 1918.

 

 

 

※ approve

 

 

 

※ consist :

 

 

consist : con(=together) + sist(=stand), 구성되다

• The committee consists of ten members.
• The exhibition consists of a series of photographs that he took between 1915 and 1939.
• Their diet consisted largely of vegetables.
• to consist mainly/mostly of somebody/something
• Their conversation consisted almost entirely of gossip.
• a gas station that basically consists of two gas pumps and a vending machine
• The ploughman's is a simple meal consisting of cheese, bread and pickles.
• consist of doing something  The fieldwork consisted of counting the number of species in each section of the shoreline.

 

 

 

※ shoreline :

 

 

 

 

※ suffer :

 

 

suffer : 고통받다 (from)

to be badly affected by a disease, pain, sad feelings, a lack of something, etc.

• I hate to see animals suffering.
• The country has suffered greatly at the hands of its corrupt government.
• suffer from something  to suffer from a disorder/a disease/an illness/a condition
• patients suffering from depression/cancer
• Increasing numbers of children are suffering from mental health problems.
• The economy is still suffering badly from a lack of demand.
• suffer with something  to suffer with depression/a cold
• suffer for something  He made a rash decision and now he is suffering for it.
• The lead actor had to suffer for his art by losing 10kg for the role.
• Women continue to suffer in silence under the repressive regime.  // repress : 억누르다(억압하다)

 

suffer something : 겪다 (나쁜 일을)

to experience something unpleasant, such as injury, defeat or loss

• to suffer a stroke/heart attack
• Victims suffered severe injuries in the accident.
• The company suffered huge losses in the last financial year.
• Crops suffered serious damage as a result of the floods.
• The party suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election.
• His mother died young, and his sister suffered the same fate (= his sister also died young).

 

 

 

※ stroke :

 

 

• He played some powerful backhand strokes throughout the game.
• It was a stroke of luck that I found you here. (비유적 표현)

 

• She took a few more strokes to reach the bank.
• He swam with long powerful strokes.

 

• to have/suffer a stroke (뇌졸중)
• The stroke left him partly paralysed. (paralyse : 마비시키다)
• Smoking increases the risk of stroke.

 

 

 

※ humiliate :

 

 

humiliate : hum(=low) + iliate, 모욕하다, 굴욕감을 주다

• I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
• I've never felt so humiliated.
• How could I humiliate myself like that?
• The party was humiliated in the recent elections.

 

humiliating : 모욕적인, 굴욕적인

humiliation : 모욕, 굴욕

 

 

 

※ humble :

 

 

humble : hum(=low), (상대적으로) 낮은 (낮추는, 겸손한)

• Be humble enough to learn from your mistakes.
• my humble tribute to this great man (tribute : 헌사, 헌물)
• In my humble opinion, you were in the wrong.
• a man of humble birth/origins
• a humble occupation
• the daughter of a humble shopkeeper // 보잘것없는 가게주인의 딸

 

 

 

※ colleague :

 

colleague : col(=together) + league, 동료

 

 

 

※ complement, compliment :

 

complete : 완전한 / 완전하게 하다

complement : 보완물 / 보완하다

compliment : 칭찬 / 칭찬하다