Prepositions in collocations
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🌼Invest with / invest in
🔸To invest someone with something is to give them a particular quality.
🔹These animals have been invested with an ability to survive in extreme climates.

🔸To invest someone with something is to give them power, authority or influence.
🔹The Black Cats are invested with the authority to protect the minister.

🌼Invest in
🔸To invest in something is to buy it or to spend money on something that will be profitable or useful in the long time.
🔹He plans to invest in real estate.
🔹I think I should invest in a new laptop.
🔹The government should invest in education.

🌼Authority on
🔸If you are considered an authority on something, you are an expert in that subject.
🔹He is an authority on classical music.
🔹This book is acknowledged to be the authority on idiomatic expressions.

🌼Authority over
🔹Parents have legal authority over their children. (= Parents have a legal right to make decisions that affect their children.)

🌼Proceed with / to
🔸To proceed with something is to continue something.
🔹The local council plans to proceed with its decision to demolish the old fort.

🔸To proceed to is to move in a particular direction.
🔹Passengers for flight 303 should proceed to Gate 32.

🔸To proceed to is to move to the next stage in a series of events.
🔹The Italian team will proceed to the semifinals.

🌼Impressed with / by
🔸Impress can be used with by and with. There is little or no difference of meaning.
🔹I was impressed with / by her knowledge.

🌼Genius for
🔸If you have a genius for something, you have a natural talent for doing it.
🔹She has a genius for choosing the right words.
🔹Napoleon had a genius for military tactics.
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