(会員）2013年３月２１日（木）２３：００ 英会話ライブレッスン(初級)前置詞

(会員）2013年３月２１日（木）２３：００　英会話ライブレッスン(初級)前置詞     

It is unseasonably cold tonight.

Prespositions

1. Long time no see! I haven't seen you ~ a long time.

1. Long time no see! I haven't seen you in/for a long time.

2. Dinner is in 2 hours. = Dinner is not ~ another 2 hours.

3. I worked all day and all night. = I worked ~ the clock.

I worked all day and all night. = I worked around the clock.

4. I almost never do that. = I do that once ~ a blue moon.

I almost never do that. = I do that once in a blue moon. 

5. Let's go ~ a walk.

Let's go for a walk.

Let's go take a walk.

Let's go for a walk/swim/jog/run/hike.

Let's take a walk/swim/jog/run/hike.

6. I saw that movei ~ TV.

    I saw that movei on TV.

on + machine

7. I went to + place.

I went to Tokyo.

I went abroad/overseas.

I went home.

I went to his home.

I went to her home.

I went there.

8. I sat ~ the chair.

I sat in the chair.

9. Get ~ bed and go ~ sleep.

Get in bed, and go to sleep.

10. I have to go ~ the restroom.

I have to go to the restroom.

11. He lives ~ the island.

He lives on the island.

12. He lives ~ Hawaii.

He lives in Hawaii.

13. I like everything ~ umeboshi.

I like everything except umeboshi.

14. What do you do ~ work?

14. What do you do besides work?

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15. (USA) She got up on the horse.

(UK) She got on the horse.

16. He grew up ~ a farm. 

　  He grew up on a farm.