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Prepoziţiile sunt în mod normal aşezate în faţa substantivelor sau pronumelor şi după verbe,
chiar şi în –ing. există puţine reguli referitoare la prepoziţiile limbii engleze. Foarte adesea
utilizarea lor trebuie învăţată pe dinafară.
Prepoziţii de Mişcare
Down - mişcare în jos: Sam broke his arm when he fell down the slope.
- scădere a respectului statutului: The Conservative Government went down at the last
elections while the Labour Party improved.
Down to - o mişcare către sud: I was staying in Paris but I went down to Nice to visit an old
friend of mine.
Up – o mişcare în sus: Next-door’s cat always climbs up a tree to hide whenever it hears our
dog bark.
- A se deplasa în sus pe scara social - a dobândi respect: Bill has come up in the world
since he won at the lottery last spring.
Up to – o mişcare către nord: John works in Rome now but he is being moved up to Milan
next week.
- O mişcare în sus a statutului social: Joe has done well in his career; he’s been
promoted up to managing director in just for years.
On (to) – o mişcare spre o suprafaţă mai înaltă: I had to move the books on to the top shelf so
my child couldn’t reach them. He just managed to step on to the train as it was leaving the
station.
Off – o mişcare spre o suprafaţă mai joasă: When the cat saw a mouse running across the
floor it jumped off the sofa to chase it.