Prepositional meanings
Matching exercise
Decide what the
preposition (or postposition) signals.
He lectured on Scottish history
It came out of the forest
The weather aside, we had a good day out
They ran to the door
For all his efforts the game was lost
He got the money for me
We asked for information
It was covered with old tarpaulins
From what little she said, I can't be sure
It was covered by a tarpaulin
Barring mishaps, we'll be there
She ran for the exit
target
achieved destination
source
reason
intended destination
agent
negative causality
exclusion
motive
concession
means
subject