Prepositional Verbs, Episode 2

C c   

Cause of (reason): What is the cause of your failure? .
Cause for (reason for a future event): There is no cause for anxiety.

Care for (show interest) : I do not care for anybody.
Close to ( near): My house is very close to our school.

Compare with (to make comparison with a similar thing) : Rabindranath is compared with Shelly.
Compare to (to make wmparison with a dissimilar thing):Anger is often compared to fire.

Commit to memory (memorize): Can you committhis long  poem to memory?
Complain against (complaint): What is the charge agamst him?

Compain against (bring charge): They complained against the teacher.
Complain to (bring charge to somebody): They complained to the Headmaster.

Comply With (keep): Please comply with my request.
Competent for (fit for): You are competent for the post.

Consist of (contain): Our family consists of five members.
Consist in (lie in): Happiness consists in contentment .

Compensate for (make up the loss): Who will compensate for the loss ?
Congratulate on (express pleasure for one's success): I congratulate You on your brilliant success.

Condemn to (sentence to): The murderer was condemned to death.
Conducive to (good for): Early rising is conducive to health.

Congenial to (conducive): Polluted air is not congenial to health.
Convict of (declare guilty): He was convicted of theft.

Cure of (get rid of a disease): He was cured of malaria.
Cure for (remedy): There is no cure for AIDS.
Credit to (deposit): Credit the amount to my account.


D d

Deal in (do business): His uncle deals in rice.
Deal with (behave): He deals well with all.

Deficient in (weak): He is deficient in English.
Deliver to (hand over): The postman delivered the letter to me.

Deprived of (not allowed to enjoy rights): The poor are deprived of their rights.
Die of (die of a disease): The man died of malaria.

Die from (die because of harmful effect): The boy died from over-eating.
Die for (sacrifice): Soldiers die for their country.

Die by (die by own hand): The man died by suicide/hanging.
Devoid of (empty of): He is devoid of commonsense.

Depend on (rely): We should not depend on foreign aids.
Different from (not the same): This book is different from yours.

Differ with (disagree): I differ with you on this point.
Dull at (not bright): He is dull at Mathematics.

Difference between (the state of being not the same):  Do you know the difference between a poet and a scientist?
Disqualified for (not qualified): Only a B.A. is disqualified for the post of Headmaster.