Unit 129 Verb + Preposition 1 to and at

 동사 + 전치사  1

  A     Verb + to

• talk / speak TO (somebody) (with is also possible but less common) Who was that man you were talking to?

  listen TO . . . We spent the evening listening to music. (not listening music)

  apologize TO somebody (for . . .) They apologized to me for what happened. (not They apologized me)

  explain something TO somebody Can you explain this word to me? (not explain me this word)

  explain / describe (to somebody) what/how/why . . . I explained to them why I was worried. (not I explained them) Let me describe to you what I saw. (not Let me describe you)

  B

• We do not use to with these verbs:

  call / phone / telephone somebody Did you call your father yesterday? (not call to your father)

  answer somebody/something He refused to answer my question. (not answer to my question)

  ask somebody Can I ask you a question? (not ask to you)

  thank somebody (for something) He thanked me for helping him. (not He thanked to me)

  C     Verb + at

• look / stare / glance AT . . . , have a look / take a look AT . . . Why are you looking at me like that?

  laugh AT . . . I look stupid with this haircut. Everybody will laugh at me.

  aim / point (something) AT . . . , shoot / fire (a gun) AT . . . Don’t point that knife at me. It’s dangerous. We saw someone with a gun shooting at birds, but he didn’t hit any.

  D

• Some verbs can be followed by at or to, with a difference in meaning. For example:

  shout AT somebody (when you are angry) She got very angry and started shouting at me.

  shout TO somebody (so that they can hear you) She shouted to me from the other side of the street.

  throw something AT somebody/something (in order to hit them) Somebody threw an egg at the politician.

  throw something TO somebody (for somebody to catch) Julie shouted "Catch!" and threw the keys to me from the window.

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