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さて、先週から始まりましたエミ先生の英検®®２級解説レッスンweek２の５日目です。
昨日に続き、解説が長めになっております。
エミ先生のレッスンをどうぞ！
～～～～～
Helen is older than I am, but only ( ) three days.
That’s why we often have a birthday party on the same day.
① in
② from
③ by
④ with
【Hint】 These are all preposition words. A preposition shows location (in, near, beside, on top of), time, or some other relationship between a noun/pronoun and other parts of the sentence (about, after, besides, instead of, in accordance with).
Each of these prepositions have several meanings. The missing preposition does not show time or location! The missing preposition shows how much of something.
【Correct Answer】
③ by
This is the only preposition which has the meaning how much of something.
1. near
She stood by the window.
2. during a certain time period
I sleep by day and wake by night.
3. not later than
I eat breakfast by 10 am.
4. something done by
I enjoyed this poem by Keats.
5. according to
Call me by my first name please.
6. used as a function word in multiplication, in division, and in measurements
12 divided by 3 is 4.
7. with respect to
She is a lawyer by profession
8. for
He did right by his students.
9. to the amount or extent of <- This is the definition we’re looking for!
She won the race by a few seconds.
10. continuous amounts
Step by step, he approached the finish line.
11. from the opinion of
That’s ok by me.
① in
This preposition doesn’t have the meaning we’re looking for.
1. shows place or time
We camped in the mountains
2. how something is done
The document was written in pen.
3. show a limit or situation
She left the room in a hurry.
4. into
The cat ripped the paper in shreds.
5. shows purpose
He screamed in anger.
6. Show the larger member of a fraction
If 1 in 5 students donated $5, we’d reach our goal.
② from
This preposition doesn’t have the meaning we’re looking for.
1. shows the starting point of an action, activity, or situation
A week from now, they will from the city.
2. shows physical separation or an act of removal or exclusion
For a brief moment, he escaped from his worries.
3. shows the cause or source of something
Tom received $5 from his father.
④ with
1. against
She struggled with her family’s opinions about what to do.
2. away from
He broke with tradition.
3. including in an action
He talked with his father about the situation.
4. the object of a situation or action
They were upset with the dog for eating the carpet.
5. show sympathy or agreement
I agree with you that this situation is impossible.
6. as well as
I kept up with them in the race.
7. being together with something.
I like my coffee with milk and sugar.
8. shows way of doing something
She spoke with gratitude.
9. an action that happened while something else happened
The dog whimpered with its tail between its legs.
10. having
Grandma came to the house with presents.
11. Describing someone or something
A man with green shoes came to the door.
12. shows that something happens during a certain time or event happens
With the beginning of summer, you have to be wary of rainy weather.
That’s all for this week!
I hope you learned a lot!
～～～～～～
今週のレッスンは以上です！
暑い日々が続きますが、お盆休みで疲れをとってくださいね。
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