Prepositions

He was very angry ......... his mother because she grounded him yesterday.

I have to go for a check-up ..... next week. I go for a check-up once a year.

Raymond thinks that his neighbors are going to kill him. However, ..... reality, they are not. He is very suspicious of everyone and I'm sure he has some kind of paranoid personality disorder.

You refuse to teach a workshop on growing succulent plants? I was ..... the impression that teaching a workshop on this subject was something you were really interested in doing.

I just can't seem to find a job. I have been ..... of work since the automobile plant closed five weeks ago and no one seems to need my skill set at the moment.

Hi, Dave? This is Gina. What is the name of that band we saw three weeks ago? Their name is right ..... the tip of my tongue, but I can't think of it. I was going to tell Justine to go see them, and I realized I'd forgotten the name.

James, I was wondering if I could have a word with you ..... private? It's about that analysis you completed for me.

After five years of patiently waiting, I finally got the promotion. I felt like I was walking ..... air the entire day.

People often say that you have to take one day ..... a time when times are tough.

When you are a firefighter, you have to be able to respond ..... a moment's notice because emergencies are not planned and fast reaction time is a matter of life and death in this profession.