(Preposition)TO(MISLLANEOUS)

ABIDE BY:to accept and obey by the rules, law, decision etc. Players

have to abide by the rules and regulations of the game.

ACQUIESE IN/TO:to agree to do something unwilligly. The defeated

country acquiesed to the terms of the treaty.

ACROSS AT/TO:from one side to another. The general loocked across at

his troops on the hill.

ADMIT TO/INTO:to make enter into. He was admitted tothe hospital after

the accident.

AFFILIATED TO/WITH:connected with or controlled by. The college is

affiliated tothe delhi university.

ALLIED TO/WITH:connected with the countries etc. They allied with

Germany in the Second World War.

AMALOGOUS TO/WITH: similar to another. He reached the conclusion which

is analogous with that of my own.

ANTAGONISM TO/TOWARDS:strong dislike betweeen the groups or people.

The club suffered from antagonism among its members to each other.

ANTIPATHY TO/TOWARDS:strong dislike or opposition. Hitler had a strong

antipathy to the jews.

APPEAL TO/FOR:an earnest request for something. They made an appeal

for liberal donations.

APPLY FOR/TO: formal request in writing. shyama applied for the post

of secretary.

ASPIRE TO/AFTER:be ambitious, to desire and try to achieve something.

many aspire to be happy but only few have it.

ATTACHMENT TO/FOR:a feeling of love. she had an attachment for her pet dog.

DISTRIBUTE AMONG/TO:give parts of something to the people. sweets were

distributed to the public on the occasion.

EQUATE TO/WITH:compare as equals. You should not equate my

achievements with those of others.

ESSENTIAL TO/FOR:necessary , vital, important. Good health is

essential for success.

COMPARABLE TO/WITH:fit for comparison. akbar's administration is

comparable with that of sher shar suri.

COMPLAIN AGAINST/TO: report dissatisfaction, make a protest. there

were many complaints against the official.

DEVOLVE TO/ON/UPON:to transfer a duty and authority to another person.

More authority should be devolved to local bodies.

CONFINE TO/IN:restrict the movements of somebody. she was confined to

bed for a week.

FASTEN TO/ON: firmly attach something to another. Fasten the seat-belt

to your waist.

GEAR TO/TOWARDS:organise or design something for a particular purpose

. we have geared all our efforts to satisfy customers.

HOSTILE TO/TOWARDS:angry and unfriendly to somebody, oppose something

strongly. he turned hostile to them.

INSENSIBLE TO/OF:not knowing, unaware. yati became insensible to his

wife's needs.

INTERVENE IN/TO: try to stop a quarrel etc. the police had to

intervene in the factional fight.

INTORDUCE TO/INTO:bring something new to a place. the game of chess

was introduced into arabia from india.

INVITATION FOR/TO:request to somebody to come and attned some function

etc. invitation to all the members of the societ was sent by post.

LEAD ABOUT/TO/THROUGH:to take somebody to a place. a gentle man led

her to the hotel.

MARCH TO/ALONG/INTO:force someone to walk somewhere with you. the

leader made them march to the parliament.

MOUNTED TO/ON:to be fixed to something and supported by. the bronze

statue of maharana pratap, riding his chetak, was mounted on a marble

plinth.

NAIL TO/DOWN/TOGETHER :fasten two things with a nail. he nailed his

nameplete to the door.

NUDGE TO/THROUGH: to move forward slowly by pushing people gently. he

nudged his way through the people.

PREACH TO/ON/ABOUT:give a talk about morals etc. budha began preaching

to the people.

PROCEED IN/TO:move in a particular direction. then we  proceeded to the exit.

REDUCED TO SILENCE/TEARS:make somebody speechless or crying. the prime

minister's arguments reduced the so voal oppositon to silence.

SOLUTION TO/FOR: a way to solving a problem etc. there cannot be easy

solutions for these problems. the solutions to the puzzles is at the

bottom.

SPUR TO/ON:encourage very much. the coach spurred on his team for

higher and better results.