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