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