Unit 122
Preposition + noun (`by mistake', `on television' etc.)
Студенты часто употребляют неправильные предлоги
перед словами данного урока. Поэтому изучите эти
примеры тщательно:
to pay BY cheque (однако `to pay IN cash' или `to pay cash'): - Did you pay by cheque or in cash?
(to do something) BY accident / BY mistake / BY chance: - We hadn't arranged to meet. We met by chance.
a play BY Shakespeare / a painting BY Rembrandt / a novel BY Tolstoy и т.д.: - Have you read any books by Agatha Christie? (= any books written by Agatha Christie?)
(to be / to fall) IN love WITH someone: - Have you ever been in love with anyone?
IN (my) opinion: - In my opinion the film wasn't very good.
(to be) ON fire: - Look! That car is on fire.
(to be) ON the telephone / ON the phone: - You can't phone me. I'm not on the phone. (= I haven't got a phone) - I've never met her but I've spoken to her on the phone.
ON television / ON the radio: - I didn't watch the match on television. I listened to it on the radio.
(to be / to go) ON a diet: - I've put on a lot of weight. I'll have to go on a diet.
(to be / to go) ON strike: - There are no trains today. The railway workers are on strike.
(to be/to go) ON holiday / ON business / ON a trip / ON a tour / ON an excursion / ON a cruise / ON an expedition etc. - Tom's away at the moment. He is on holiday in France. - Did you go to Paris on business or on holiday? - One day I'd like to go on a world tour.
однако, можно сказать `go to a place FOR a holiday / FOR my holiday(s)': - Tom has gone to France for a holiday. - Where are you going for your holidays this year?
(to go / to come) FOR a walk / FOR a swim / FOR a drink и т.д.: - She always goes for a walk with her dog in the morning. - After work we went to a cafe for a drink.
(to have something) FOR breakfast / FOR lunch / FOR dinner: - What did you have for lunch?
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