Collocations with prepositions
Choose the correct expression
He did it deliberately
- on purpose
- with certainty
- with acrimony
- by stealth
It wasn't done on purpose, it was done ...
- by design
- by degrees
- by heart
- by accident
I always do my best work ...
- during night
- in night
- at night
- within night
Phone the fire brigade! The building is ...!
- in fire
- on fire
- on flames
- caught alight
He is not rich, but ... is he poor.
- not never
- by no means
- not neither
- in a sense
I hope the students understood my lesson. I explained everything ...
- in details
- at length
- by details
- with alacrity
Thank you for your letter. We will reply ...
- in due course.
- in a brief moment.
- within too long.
- when it suits us.
He made some mistakes in his essay, but ... he did quite well.
- in all
- on purpose
- on the whole
- by in large
The project is pending. We are doing nothing about it ...
- by this moment.
- over this time.
- in this time.
- for the time being.
Although traffic will be disrupted in the short term, ... it will improve.
- in the long run
- in a latter day
- Later on
- as time goes