27 Altre preposizioni Other prepositions auto autobus causa circa contrasto dovuto a esclusione grazie a materia mezzo modo passiva per somiglianza specificazione Altre preposizioni comunemente usate sono: about (su, di, .......................................) per argomento The teacher always asks us to talk about our holidays when school starts. as (come, in qualit di) per ....................................... She worked with Dr Penn as a nurse for years. by (da, con, in) per: agente nella forma ....................................... mezzo di trasporto (generico) We were told off by the headmaster. Do you come to school by bus or by train? because of, due to, owing to (a causa di, .......................................) per causa negativa We couldn t leave because of / due to / owing to the bad weather conditions. for (.......................................) per: vantaggio I bought a bunch of flowers for Anne. ....................................... (in alternativa a because of...) The work was put off for technical reasons. scopo, fine They met up for their package tour. la funzione, lo scopo generico di qualcosa, seguita dalla -ing form This tool is for cutting metal. from (di) per ....................................... di cui qualcosa fatto, da cui deriva Beer is made from barley, malt, and hops. instead of (invece di) per ....................................... He went out instead of studying. in spite of (nonostante) per concessione like (come) per: modo (.......................................) esemplificazione of (di) per: ....................................... Douglas is the trainer of the team. argomento (in alternativa a about) They never talked of the subject again. possesso (di cose o istituzioni) I must paint the fence of the house. materia (di cui composto qualcosa) 74 This jumper is made of cotton. Altre preposizioni We went cycling in spite of the rain. Ted looks like his mother. I like first courses like lasagne, spaghetti, and rice.