Prepositional Phrases

I want everyone to be quiet at once 

at once 

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immediately or without delay 

My wife is at odds with my mother 

be at odds  

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to disagree 

Our neighbor is at large right now

be at large   

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if a dangerous person or animal is at large, they have escaped from somewhere or have not been caught  

 To this day, I have no idea what made him snap. He just got really angry one day and beat up his co-worker 

To this day  

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until and including now 

You have to take him at face value. There is no hidden agenda and he is not trying to pull the wool over your eyes 

take something at face value  

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to accept a situation or accept what someone says, without thinking there may be a hidden meaning

Paul hit that man for good reason 

for good reason  

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To my astonishment, I won the lottery last week  

To my astonishment 

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complete surprise

Wearing

Wearing

(Dressed( IN WITH . . . ON HAVE . . . ON He was dressed in black He is the man with the black suit on The man has a black suit on She came in a red dress She is the lady with the red dress on The lady has a red dress on They are always in jeans They are the students with jeans on The students have jeans on

Prepositions after Verbs

Prepositions after Verbs
     

ABOUT		AT	IN	OF	ON	OVER
advise	know	aim	assist	advise	agree	argue
agree	laugh	glare	bask	complain	concentrate	battle
argue	lie	grab	cooperate	dream	expound	cry
ask	pray	hit	drown	hear	focus	fight
bother	question	laugh	help	inform	harp	grieve
brag	read	look	interest	know	insist	puzzle
care	remind	rush	invest	learn	report	sigh
complain	say	shoot	participate	remind	speak	worry
contact	sing	snatch	persist	sing	write
cry	speak	stare	steep	speak
do	talk	swing	submerge	talk
dream	teach			tell
fight	tell			think
forget	think
grieve	wonder
harass	worry
hear	write
inform	yell
joke

at, in, on

at, in, onTalking about time 

Use at with clock times • 

 at one o'clock  

• at 6.30 

with points of time in the day  

• at midnight  

• at noon  

• at dawn 

•  at sunset

with holiday periods, meaning the few days around the holiday  • 

 at Easter • 

 at Diwaliwith weekend, in British English • 

 See you at the weekend• 

 At weekends we go out. 

Use in with parts of the day • 

 in the morning •  

in the evening • 

 I never watch TV in the daytime 

.with months, seasons, years, centuries •  

in May •  

in summer time • in 2004 •  

in the 21st century 

Use onwith dates and specific days •  

on 29th July • 

 on Tuesday afternoons • 

 on the last day of termwith weekend, in American English •  

We sometimes go there on weekends. 

Talking about position and placeUse atwith particular positions or places •  

at the end of the corridor •  

at the back of the room • 

 at the corner of the street to mean 'next to' or 'beside' •  

She sat at her desk. •  

He stopped me at the door. 

with words for buildings, for example airport, university, restaurant, art gallery  

 at the airport • 

 at the Lyceum theatrewith city or place names,  

when you are talking about stopping during a journey 

Does this train stop at Watford  

BUT otherwise use in - see belowUse inwith a position 

 or place 

, 

 when something or someone is inside a larger thing    

 such as a room • 

 in the bath •  

in the kitchen •  

in the garden •  

in the doorwaywith cities, counties, states, and countries •  

When will you arrive in Tokyo •  

He lives in Germany. •  

She's working in California.with the names of squares, plazas etc •  

in Times Square 

Use onwith a position or place, when one thing is attached to or touching another • 

 a spot on the end of her nose • 

 a jacket on the back of a chairwith street names •  

on the High Street • 

 on 42nd Street • 

 on Broadway