verb
ADVERB
▪ adequately , properly
▪ fully
▪ carefully , meticulously , painstakingly
▪
The lectures were carefully ~d.
▪ busily , hastily , quickly
▪
I was busily preparing a salad for the evening meal.
▪ lovingly
▪
the chicken casserole I had so lovingly ~d for her
▪ mentally
▪
How do you go about mentally preparing yourself for a project?
VERB + PREPARE
▪ help (sb) , help (sb) to
▪ need to
▪
Penn needs to ~ for a medical school interview.
▪ fail to
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He had failed to ~ adequately for the task before him.
▪ be easy to , be quick to , be simple to
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a meal that is very quick and easy to ~
▪ be designed to
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The course is designed to ~ graduates for management careers.
PREPOSITION
▪ according to
▪
Just ~ according to package directions.
▪ for
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We all set about preparing for the party.
PHRASES
▪ ~ for the worst
▪
The family are preparing for the worst.
▪ time to ~ (sth)
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I haven't had time to ~ my arguments properly.
Prepare is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ambush , ↑ banquet , ↑ bath , ↑ bill , ↑ breakdown , ↑ brief , ↑ case , ↑ casserole , ↑ celery , ↑ constitution , ↑ contract , ↑ copy , ↑ dish , ↑ dissertation , ↑ document , ↑ draft , ↑ feast , ↑ file , ↑ fish , ↑ food , ↑ forecast , ↑ fruit , ↑ grill , ↑ groundwork , ↑ ingredient , ↑ lecture , ↑ lesson , ↑ lunch , ↑ manuscript , ↑ memo , ↑ memorandum , ↑ paper , ↑ paperwork , ↑ plan , ↑ questionnaire , ↑ résumé , ↑ recipe , ↑ remedy , ↑ report , ↑ salad , ↑ sauce , ↑ schedule , ↑ scheme , ↑ script , ↑ site , ↑ snack , ↑ soup , ↑ statement , ↑ statistics , ↑ student , ↑ summary , ↑ syringe , ↑ valuation , ↑ way