Essential English Phrases & Prepositions for Fluency
Phrases with ‘With’
- Impressed with
- To cope with (to try to find a solution)
- Delighted with
- Bored of/with
- Fed up with
- To fiddle with (your hair/your jewellery)
- To deal with (lidiar)
Phrases with ‘Of’
- All of a sudden
- A sigh of relief
- To get rid of
- Instead of
- A stroke of (inspiration/luck)
- A gust of wind
- A bonus of
- Afraid of
- To remind somebody of something
Phrases with ‘In’
- To blend in (pertenecer)
- To have something in common
- To be/to look in control
- To take part in (participar)
- In the middle
- In the centre
- In a side street
- In a residential area
- In the suburbs
- In the corner (of a room)
- Interested in
- To get in the neck (estar castigado)
- To be in trouble
- There’s no point in
- In the mood
Phrases with ‘To’
- To be bound to (estar seguro)
- Due to
- To tend to (tener tendencia a)
- To draw attention to (pedir atención)
- To intend to (do something) (tener la intención)
- Bored to death
- To starve to death
- To go to a place
- To climb up to the top
- To be / to get stuck (no poder moverse)
- To have a claim to fame
- To enable somebody to do something
- Related to
- To go from bad to worse
- To call somebody to your office
- To be chained to a desk
Phrases with ‘At’
- To aim at/for
- At the end of
- A concert at the arena
- Good/bad at
- Terrible at
- Brilliant at
- Excellent at
- At the age of (twelve)
- At that moment
- To be at work
- At risk
- At this stage
Phrases with ‘About’
- To complain about (quejarse)
- Crazy about
- Mad about
- To have doubts about (tener dudas sobre)
Phrases with ‘Out’
- To shoot out
- To be out of work
- To chill out (relajarse)
Phrases with ‘On’
- On the outskirts
- On a main road
- On the corner (of a street)
- On the way out of the centre
- On stage (to act in a scenario)
- Keen on (ser fanático)
- To get work on time
- To get on TV
- On holiday / on business
- To be / to go on strike (de paro o huelga)
- To focus on
- On a leash
- On purpose
Phrases with ‘By’
- By far
- By the time
- (All) by myself
- By accident
- To be impressed by
- To be replaced by
Phrases with ‘From’
- To send a postcard from somewhere
- To be chosen from
- To look down from the top of a building
- From (nine) to (five)
- From now on (desde ahora)
Phrases with ‘For’
- To blame somebody for doing something (culpar)
- Famous for
- To raise funds for (to collect money)
- To have no stomach for
- To not have a head for
- To apply for (inscribirse)
- For the (first) time
- For a living (de qué vive)
Phrases with ‘Into’
- To get involved (estar metido en algo)
- To get into a building
- To get into trouble
- To fly into a rage
- To take into account (considerar)
Other Common Phrases & Idioms
- To loosen up (relajarse)
- To wind somebody up (molestar)
- Stuck up (creerse el mejor)
- To walk across the road
- To move towards the exit
- To put one’s foot down (tomar una decisión)
- To lie through one’s teeth (saber que está mintiendo)
- To give a hand
- To lose heart (perder el ánimo)
- To face the music (aceptar la crítica)