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