PREPOSITIONS

CAUSE
because of
due to
owing to
on account of
given
thanks to
(nb: not to mix up with subordination conjunctions that come before subject + verb conjugated: given that,
because, since, as, for…)

OPPOSITION
contrary to
unlike
instead of
(nb: not to mix up with subordination conjunctions that come before subject + verb conjugated: whereas, while)

CONCESSION
in spite
despite
for all
(nb : not to confuse with although; though; no matter what…)

EXPLAINING, ARGUING, COMPARING…

according to
as for (quant à)
regarding
about
as (an tant que)
like (comme)

HUMAN EXCHANGES
to (give sth to sb/give sb sth; say sth to sb; lend sth to sb/ land sb sth: show sth to sb/ show sb sth; teach sth to
sb/ teach sb sth; tell sth to sb / tell sb sth; explain (sth) to sb; write sth to sb)
from (borrow sth from sb)
of (accuse sb of sth, remind sb of sth)
for (buy sth for sb; ask sb for sth; blame sb for sth; thank sb for sth; pay for sth…)
with (provide sb with sth, trust sb with sth)

TIME
on (a day)
at (time, festivity, night, noon, midnight)
in (a month, a year, a century, the future…)
NB: on time = à l’heure; in time = à temps, dans le temps imparti ; in our time = nowadays, today
by (time/day…) = d’ici, avant …
from … to … / from … until…
until
during + period of time (NB not to be mixed up with conjunction ‘while’ + S + VB conjugated)
since + starting point
for + duration

PLACE, LOCATION
in (the street, a country, a town) above
at (school/ the bus stop/ a hotel/ a hospital...) along
from (origin) among
out of (a closed space) before
behind off
below on
beside, next to opposite
between outside
by over
close to, near past
down round
in front of under
inside up

motion
across
through
to
towards
into
onto

IDIOMATICISMS
travel by car/bus/boat/Tube/train on fire
on foot on the one/other hand
be on a bus/ train/ boat/ plane on the contrary
on the dole on strike
on a farm for example/ instance
on the Xth floor as a result
on a land in my opinion
in a country to my mind
on the radio beside the point
on television in the end = finally
on the internet/ a website.. at the end (of sth)
on the phone (be) at home / (go) home