sacrifice to - yell at

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• sacrifice to:   Johnny� sacrificed  much of his free time� to  do charity work.
• sail from:   We’ll be� sailing from  this harbour to Calais next week.
• satisfy with:   Anne is still not� satisfied with  his explanation.
• save for:   Pam� saved  a piece of pizza� for  my supper.
• save from:   Firemen� saved  the occupants of the building� from  being burned to death.
• say about:   She wasn’t pleased when she overheard what I� said about  her.
• say to:   What do you want to� say to  her now that she has left you?
• scoff at:   He� scoffed at  my suggestion that we renovate the clubhouse.
• search for:   The police� searched  the whole woodland� for  the escaped convict.
• secede from:   Why did the state� secede from  the Union in 1816?
• see into:   The accountant will� see into  the discrepancies in the books.
• sell for:   Jack has been� selling  tickets� for  the concert at a higher price.
• separate from:   Her father is� separated from  her mother.
• serve as:   This spare room will� serve as  a bedroom while they are staying with us.
• serve under:   He is� serving under  his father-in-law as an assistant manager.
• sever with:   He� severed  ties� with  his family.
• shake with:   At the reunion we� shook  hands warmly� with  each other.
• share in:   The wife does not� share in  her husband’s enthusiasm for jogging.
• shield from:   New import tariffs will be introduced to� shield  local firms� from  foreign competition.
• shop for:   I have been� shopping for  a Mexican hat, but haven’t found one I like.
• shout at:   Please don’t� shout at  the dogs; it will not stop them from barking.
• shout for:   Why do you� shout for  help when you are not in danger?
• shudder at:   I� shudder at  the thought of the child dying from injuries in the crash.
• sin against:   I feel I’ve� sinned against  my religion by raising doubts and querying about it.
• sit at:   He would� sit at  the table without eating but watch other people eat.
• slack off:   Tourism business at the resort� slacks off  during the winter.
• slide on:   The kids enjoyed themselves� sliding on  the ice.
• smile at:  I mistakenly� smiled at  her, thinking I knew her, but she looked away.
• snap at:   I don’t understand why she often� snapped at  me for no good reason.
• sneer at:   They� sneered at  his ludicrous suggestion.
• speak about :  His grandfather would� speak  to you  about  anything under the sun.
• speak of:   He had his reason for never ever� speaking of  his ex.
• speak on:   George loved to� speak  to women� on  women’s issues.
• specialize in:   The store� specialized in  coffins for dogs and cats.
• spring at:   The showman touched the head of a cobra with a stick and it� sprung at  him.
• spur on:   His initial success� spurred  him� on .
• stand on:   She� stood on  tiptoe to pluck a pear.
• star in:   She will� star in  a new movie whose title is yet to be announced.
• stare at:   They just� stared at  each other not believing they had not seen each other for forty years.
• start for:   The weather turned bad and we had no choice but to� start for  home.
• start with:   Let’s� start  our training session� with  doing some warm-up exercises.
• stay at:   His wife resents his� staying  late� at  the office almost every night.
• stay with:   I prefer� staying  at home� with  my dog to going out.
• steal from:   Two policemen were arrested for� stealing from  the police station.
• stop from:   His parents tried to� stop  him� from  smoking excessively.
• strike against:   The ship sank after its side� struck against  an iceberg.
• strike for:   The workers unanimously decided to� strike for  higher wages.
• strip from:   Some members of a tribe� stripped  the bark� from  the trees to use as medicine.
• strive after:   Artists continuously� strive after  artistic beauty.
• strive against:   Man has to constantly� strive against  the elements.
• strive for:   We must always� strive for  perfection in whatever we do.
• struggle with:  He had to� struggle  furiously� with  his attacker till help arrived.
• study for:   She knows she has only two weeks left to� study  hard� for  her A level exam.
• submit to:   Both parties agreed to� submit  their dispute� to  arbitration.
• subsist on:   They� subsisted on  canned food during the winter.
• subtract from:   He thought he could� subtract  his personal expenses� from  his gross profit.
• succeed in:   The escaped prisoner� succeeded in  evading capture for several months.
• sue for:   The minister threatened to� sue  the opposition member� for  slander.
• suffer from:   Millions of children in the world today� suffer from  malnutrition.
• suggest to:   She� suggested to  me that I should buy her more fresh flowers.
• suit to:   I think you did not� suit  your dress� to  the occasion.
• supplement by:  Jack� supplemented  his income� by  driving a taxi.
• supply with:   Only two companies� supply  the hospital� with  medical equipment.
• surpass in:   Mary� surpasses  her sister� in  beauty.
• surround by:   He emerged from the conference centre and was� surrounded by  noisy reporters.
• swerve off:   Driving quickly on a wet road caused his car to� swerve off  the road into a ravine.
• sympathize with:   I� sympathize  deeply� with  the bereaved family.

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• talk about:   Will you stop talking� about me  behind my back?
• talk with:   I� talked with  her on the telephone, but she suggested we talk in person.
• tally with:   The two witnesses’ accounts of the accident don’t� tally with  each other.
• tantamount to:   His statement is� tantamount to  a confession.
• taste like:   The new sauce� tasted  exactly� like  sour milk.
• taste of:   The soup� tasted  strongly� of  water.
• tease about:   We� teased  her� about  her many childhood fights with boys.
• tell about:   She never� told  me� about  the big money she won in a lottery.
• tend toward:   Joe� tends towards  obesity.
• thank for:   I� thanked  her warmly� for  not grumbling the whole day.
• think about:   Money is what I� think about  all the time.
• threaten with:   Many fish species are� threatened with  extinction due to over fishing.
• thrive on:   Many marine creatures still� thrive on  coastal mangrove swamps.
• throw at:   Tom� threw  a rotten egg� at  the speaker’s face.
• throw to:   You are supposed to� throw  the ball� to  me, not him.
• traffic in:   John was arrested by the police for� trafficking in  stolen goods.
• trample on/upon:   Despite the “keep off the grass” sign, the visitors� trampled on  the grass.
• transfer to:   We can only� transfer  a skill from one person� to  another through training.
• transform into:  The once sleepy fishing village has been� transformed into  a tourist centre.
• translate into:   Ideas remain ideas unless they are� translated into  action.
• trespass on:   As it’s late now, let’s leave and not� trespass on  their hospitality
• trick into:   They were� tricked into  investing in a dishonest scheme for making money.
• trip over:   He nearly� tripped over  the toys.
• triumph over:   With perseverance she would ultimately� triumph over  adversity.
• trust in:   I� trust in  God.
• trust with:   Not all the banks can be� trusted with  people’s money.
• tuck in:   I forgot to� tuck in  my shirt when I took that photo.

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-U-

• undertake to:   The new government� undertook to  reduce personal income tax.
• unite behind:   The leader called upon the people to� unite behind  him to deter foreign aggression.

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-V-

• value at:   His wealthy uncle bought paintings� valued at  over $300,000.
• vary from:   As a street vendor, his takings� vary from  day to day.
• veer off:   The car� veered off  the road into a ravine.
• vie in:   John and Johnny have been� vying in  the same contest for the past four years.
• vie for:   Only three contestants� vied for  the top prize.
• vote on:   As the men couldn’t agree on the most beautiful lady, they decided to� vote on  it.
• vow to:    She� vowed to  devote the rest of her life to caring for the poor.
• vaccinate against:   Nowadays children are� vaccinated against  a variety of diseases.

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-W-

• wager on:   Bob� wagered  one hundred dollars� on  the white horse.
• warn about:   I� warned  the kids� about  the danger of playing with fire.
• whisk away:   The police arrested the suspect and� whisked him  away in the police car.
• withdraw from:   She� withdrew from  the beauty contest due to death threats made against her.
• work for:   She was told that she had been� working for  a crook.
• work with:   I find it utterly impossible to� work with  her unless she changes her attitude.
• worry about:   She� worries  more� about  me than I worry about her.
• worry over:   I habitually� worry over  the slightest thing.

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-Y-

• yank on:   The kid kept� yanking on  the dog’s tail and before long got bitten.
• yearn for:   Joan� yearns for  Mr. Right to appear.
• yearn to:   He couldn’t get used to life in a boarding school and every day he� yearned to  go home.
• yell at:   They� yelled at  him not to get into the bullring.

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