Prepositionary
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WAIT (V)

Wait for me, please!

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently Waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” (Eden Phillpotts)

“ Electronics (computers) takes over much of the intellectual slog, and releases the mind for higher flights. There is much freedom Waiting in those machines.” (Lance Morrow, Time mag. essay)

even land viruses hang out in the sea, patiently Waiting in limbo for a shot at their targets.” (David H. Freedman, Discover mag.)

She Waits on him hand and foot.

He Waited up for her till long after midnight.

WAKE (V)

“They cannot . . be waking (i.e. be still up and about) at this late hour.” (Charles Dickens, Universal Oxford Dictionary)

I like to wake to the songs of the birds.

She finally woke up to the fact that her husband is unfaithful.

She woke with a start.

“You promised to wake (i.e. stay up) with me the night before my wedding.” (C. Bronte, Universal Oxford Dictionary)

WALK (VV)

They walked around the corner, down the street and up the alley next to the church.

She walked beyond the edge of town.

“From 1914 to 1918 (during World War I), it was possible to walk 750 kilometres... from Nieuport in Belgium all the way to the French border with Switzerland, entirely by trench.” (Stephen Smith, The Gazette, Montreal, Nov.9, ‘96)

He walked through the door uninvited.

I like to walk under the trees with my wife in the evening.

WALLOW

She seemed to like to wallow in despair.

WANDER (V)

“There was no evidence... but strange whispers wandered about the camp.” (Macaulay, The Universal Oxford Dictionary)

“They said he was wandering in his head yesterday.” (Dickens)

They wandered into our courtyard by mistake.

My eyes wandered over the lovely countryside.

“In some the gout wanders through the whole body.” (The Universal Oxford Dictionary)

WANT (V)

I’m afraid that child is wanting in (i.e. short of) intelligence.

The museum never wants for money (i.e. is never short of funds).

“He is... wanted (i.e. under warrant for arrest) internationally for theft.” (S. Pritchett, Oxford English Dictionary)

WAR (N)

“The war against Iraq was over in weeks.” (The Economist)

It boiled down to a war of words.

“27,000 official forms have been scrapped in a Whitehall war on red tape.” (Daily Mail, Oxford English Dictionary)

WAR (V)

In such a big tribe, they warred among themselves.

They have warred on their neighbours throughout history.

“To live is to war with trolls in heart and soul.” (Bjornson to Ibsen)

WARM(V)

She was warmed by his smile, even before she walked into his room.

The young mother is warming her child by the fire.

He might have warmed to (i.e.felt more kindly towards) her paintings, if he hadn’t disliked her so.

WAIT (V)

Wait for me, please!

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently Waiting for our wits to grow sharper.” (Eden Phillpotts)

“ Electronics (computers) takes over much of the intellectual slog, and releases the mind for higher flights. There is much freedom Waiting in those machines.” (Lance Morrow, Time mag. essay)

even land viruses hang out in the sea, patiently Waiting in limbo for a shot at their targets.” (David H. Freedman, Discover mag.)

She Waits on him hand and foot.

He Waited up for her till long after midnight.

WAKE (V)

“They cannot . . be waking (i.e. be still up and about) at this late hour.” (Charles Dickens, Universal Oxford Dictionary)

I like to wake to the songs of the birds.

She finally woke up to the fact that her husband is unfaithful.

She woke with a start.

“You promised to wake (i.e. stay up) with me the night before my wedding.” (C. Bronte, Universal Oxford Dictionary)

WALK (VV)

They walked around the corner, down the street and up the alley next to the church.

She walked beyond the edge of town.

“From 1914 to 1918 (during World War I), it was possible to walk 750 kilometres... from Nieuport in Belgium all the way to the French border with Switzerland, entirely by trench.” (Stephen Smith, The Gazette, Montreal, Nov.9, ‘96)

He walked through the door uninvited.

I like to walk under the trees with my wife in the evening.

WALLOW

She seemed to like to wallow in despair.

WANDER (V)

“There was no evidence... but strange whispers wandered about the camp.” (Macaulay, The Universal Oxford Dictionary)

“They said he was wandering in his head yesterday.” (Dickens)

They wandered into our courtyard by mistake.

My eyes wandered over the lovely countryside.

“In some the gout wanders through the whole body.” (The Universal Oxford Dictionary)

WANT (V)

I’m afraid that child is wanting in (i.e. short of) intelligence.

The museum never wants for money (i.e. is never short of funds).

“He is... wanted (i.e. under warrant for arrest) internationally for theft.” (S. Pritchett, Oxford English Dictionary)

WAR (N)

“The war against Iraq was over in weeks.” (The Economist)

It boiled down to a war of words.

“27,000 official forms have been scrapped in a Whitehall war on red tape.” (Daily Mail, Oxford English Dictionary)

WAR (V)

In such a big tribe, they warred among themselves.

They have warred on their neighbours throughout history.

“To live is to war with trolls in heart and soul.” (Bjornson to Ibsen)

WARM (A)

WARM(V)

She was warmed by his smile, even before she walked into his room.

The young mother is warming her child by the fire.

He might have warmed to (i.e.felt more kindly towards) her paintings, if he hadn’t disliked her so.

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