Agree/agree to, mean, propose

[A] When I asked them to wait, Tom agreed to wait a week but Bill refused to wait another day. He refused any reward; She accepted the post. He agreed to my leaving early on Friday. («I asked if I could leave early on Friday and he said that I could.» Lo opuesto sería: «He wouldn’t agree to my leaving early etc.»); He agreed to the change of plan/to this/to that.

[agree toma el infinitivo; es el opuesto de refuse + infinitivo. agree no puede tomar un nombre/pronombre objeto; el opuesto de refuse + objeto es accept + objeto. agree to (preposición) puede ir seguido de adjetivo posesivo + gerundio; agree to puede ir seguido de nombre/pronombre objeto.]

[B] I mean to get to the top by sunrise. He is determined to get a seat even if it means standing in a queue all night.

[mean significando «intend» («pretender») toma el infinitivo. mean significando «involve» («implicar») (usado solo con un sujeto impersonal) toma el gerundio]

[C] I propose to start tomorrow. I propose waiting till the police gets here.

[propose significando «intend» usualmente toma el infinitivo. propose significando «suggest» toma el gerundio. (Para propose + that … should, ver más adelante).]