ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION
| nice / kind / good / stupid / silly / intelligent / clever / sensible (1) / (im)polite / rude (2) / unreasonable (3) OF someone (to do something): | (1) einfühlsam sein (2) grob sein (3) unvernünftig sein |
| Thank you it was very nice / kind of you to help me. | |
| It's stupid of her to go out without a coat. | |
| nice / kind / good / (im)polite / rude / (un)pleasant (4) / (un)friendly / cruel TO someone: | (4) (un)angenehm |
| She has always been very nice / kind to me. | |
| Why are you so rude / unfriendly to Ann? | |
| angry / furious (5) ABOUT something // WITH someone FOR something: | (5) wütend sein |
| Why are you so angry about it? | |
| They were furious with me for not inviting them to my party. | |
| pleased (6) / disappointed (7) / satisfied (8) WITH something: | (6) Gefallen finden (7) enttäuscht sein (8) zufrieden sein |
| I was pleased with the present you gave me. | |
| Were you disappointed with your examination results? | |
| bored / fed up (9) WITH something: | (9) genug haben |
| You get bored / fed up with doing the same thing every day. | |
| surprised (10) / shocked / amazed (11) / astonished (12) AT / BY something: | (10) überrascht sein (11) erstaunt sein (12) sich wundern |
| Everyone was surprised by /at the news. | |
| exited / worried / upset (13) ABOUT something: | (13) enttäuscht sein |
| Are you exited about going on holiday next week? | |
| afraid / scared (14) / frightened / terrified OF someone / something | (14) sich fürchten |
| Are you afraid of dogs? | |
| proud / ashamed (15) OF someone / something: | (15) sich schämen |
| I'm not ashamed of what I did. | |
| good / bad / excellent / brilliant / hopeless (16) AT (doing) something: | (16) hoffnungslos |
| I'm not very good at repairing things. | |
| married TO someone | |
| Linda is married to an American. | |
| sorry ABOUT something: | |
| I'm sorry about the noise last night. | |
| sorry FOR doing something | |
| I'm sorry for shouting at you yesterday. | |
| be / feel sorry FOR someone | |
| I feel sorry for George. | |
| famous FOR something: | |
| Florence is famous for its art treasures. | |
| responsible (17) FOR something: | (17) verantwortlich |
| Who was responsible for this noise last night? | |
| interested IN something: | |
| Are you interested in art? | |
| fond (18) OF something / someone: | (18) gern haben |
| Mary is fond of animals. | |
| full OF something: | |
| The letter was full of mistakes. | |
| short OF (19) something: | (19) wenig, knapp |
| I'm a bit short of money. | |
| keen ON (20) something: | (20) begeistert sein |
| We stayed at home because Mary wasn't very keen on going out in the rain. | |
| similar TO (21) something: | (21) ähnlich sein |
| Your writing is similar to mine. | |
| crowded WITH (22) (people,...) | (22) überfüllt |
| The city was crowded with tourists. |
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