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