Prepositions

Acustomed to sth Phrasal Verbs

Acquaintend with sb/sth Come forward: to present oneself
Bear with sb Come about: to happen
Coincide with sb Come in for: to be subject to (criticism, abuse)
Differ with sb (disagree) Come across: to find by chance
Engaged to sb Come into: to inherit
Friendly to a cause Call for: to required, need
Patient with sb Call off: to cancel
Plead with sb
Resort to sth Conditionals
Succumb to sth Type 0 to express general truth or a scientific fact.
Unequal to sth If/when + present simple → present simple
By means of Type 1 to express a real or very probable situation in
At one’s request the present or future.
By popular request If + present simple → future simple, imperative,
By luck can/must/may etc + bare infinitive.
At all costs Type 2 (unreal present) to express imaginary situations
By virtue of which are contrary to facts in the present and,
therefore, are unlikely to happen in the present or
Idioms
future.
Burning the midnight oil: staying up late.
If + past simple/past continuous → would/ could/
might + present bare infinitive.
Living on a shoestring: managing on little money.
Type 3 (unreal past) to express imaginary situations
Down-and-out: homeless person.
which are contrary to facts in the past. They also used
Suss out: solve.
to express regrets or criticism
In the same league: as good as.
Mixed conditionals T2-T1, T2-T3, T3-T2
Bookworm: avid reader (extremely intense).
Have an early night: go to bed early.
Prefixes
Grain matter: brain, intelligence.
In: admissible, conspicuous, appropriate, decisive,
Get a move on: hurry up.
frequent, audible.
Bite off more than you can chew: take on a task that is
Un: appreciative, compromising, approachable,
way too big
controllable, interesting, determined, trustworthy,
With a view to doing sth: with the intention or hope of
clear, willing, reliable, settling.
doing sth.
Dis: connected, engaged, reputable, honest, loyal.
With flying colours: with great success.
Im: balanced, mobile, polite, moral.
On a she string: on a very small budget.
Il: literate, legible, logical.
It’s all Greek to me: not easy to understand.
Ir: revocable, reducible, regular, resistible, resolute,
Pull one’s socks up: make a great effort.
relevant.
Break the ice: ease the tension when one first meets
people.