PICTURE DICTIONARY

PREPOSITIONS

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Graduação Letras/ Inglês

Orientação do trabalho:Professora Rosana Espírito Santo

Aluna:Valéria Aparecida Carlos Pereira

BETWEEN entre,no meio de; faz parte de

Between 50 and 100 people will lose their jobs.

BEYOND mais à frente, mais além, adiante, para além, depois,

fora

Our house is just beyond the bridge

OVER em cima de; por cima de; sobre, acima de; além

The horse jumped over the fence

IN em, a, por, para, com, de, durante, dentro de

Temperatures tomorrow will be in the 47s

ON em; sobre; no, na; por; de

I'm on the telephone

AT em; a; no, na; em casa de; por

He was hard at work

FROM de; desde; por

Look from side to side before you cross the road.

TO para, a; em contraposição a; com o intuito de I'm going to the bank.

BESIDE perto de; junto a; ao lado de

He was beside himself when he realized he was stollen.

BEHIND atrás de; inferior a

The meeting held behind closed doors

UP para cima; ascendente

He followed the others up the stairs.

DOWN em baixo, debaixo,

Her office is down the hall on the right. abaixo

BACK atrás; para trás

There is garage back to the house

IN FRONT OF em frente a, na frente de

She was in front of him

INSIDE dentro, por dentro

The new faster trains can do the journey inside two hours

OUTSIDE fora de, além de

It was a lovely day outside.

NEAR perto de; perto a

The runner looked near exhaustion

OPPOSITE frente a, em frente de

They sat opposite each other

PAST acima de; depois que

It is past midnight now

THROUGH através, por; dentro

He drove through the tunnel.

AFTER depois que;

There's a good film on the day after tomorrow.

BEFORE antes; na presença

You should always wash your hands before meals

DURING durante

They work during the night and sleep by day

OFF de; fora de; sob

He drove off at high speed.

ABOVE sobre; sob; acima de; mais

The helicopter was hovering above the city

ACROSS a caminho da; acima de

We walked across the bridge

ALONG adiante Somewhere along this road there's a garage.

AMONG entre; no meio de; dentro

She felt lonely among all these strange people.

AROUND por perto; em volta de

I used to live around here.

BELOW debaixo de; inferior a

From the top of the skyscraper the cars below us looked like insects

WITH com; em; entre; para

com; de; contra; por; com respeito a

Two coffees please, one with milk and one without

WITHOUT sem; senão; menos, carente; de

ausência; de fora para; fora de; lá fora; fora do assunto (lei, direito etc...)

She takes a walk every morning without fail.

WITHIN a parte de dentro, interior

They were acting within the law

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