Level | A1 |
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Kind | preposition |
Front | by |
IPA | /baɪ / preposition |
Back | yanına, yanında; yakınına, yakınında, kenarında sonucu, sayesinde |
Back 2 | by (preposition) /baɪ /
preposition
1 beside; very near
yanına, yanında; yakınına, yakınında, kenarında
Come
and sit by me.
We
stayed in a cottage by the sea.
2 used after a passive verb for showing
who or what did or caused sth
tarafından;
vasıtasıyla
She
was knocked down by a car.
The
event was organized by local people.
I
was deeply shocked by the news.
Who
was the book written by?/Who is the book by?
3 through doing or using sth; by means of
sth
-erek;
vasıtasıyla;
ile
You
can get hold of me by phoning this number.
Will
you be paying by cheque?
The
house is heated by electricity.
‘How
do you go to work?’ ‘By train, usually.’
by
bus/car/plane/bicycle
We
went in by the back door.
4 as a result of sth
sonucu;
sayesinde
I
got on the wrong bus by mistake/accident.
I
met an old friend by chance.
5 not later than; before
-e kadar, -den
önce
I'll
be home by 7 o'clock.
He
should have telephoned by now/by this time.
6 past
yanından, önünden
He
walked straight by me without speaking.
7 [usually
without the]
during a period of time; in a particular
situation
belirli bir zaman biriminde;
belirli bir durumda
By
day we covered about thirty miles and by night we rested.
The
electricity went off so we had to work by candlelight.
8 to the amount mentioned
oranında;
farkıyla
Prices
have gone up by 10 per cent.
I
missed the bus by a few minutes.
9 according to sth; concerning sth
göre;
-den
It's
8 o'clock by my watch.
By
law you have to attend school from the age of five.
She's
French by birth.
He's
a doctor by profession.
10 (used with a part of the body or an
article of clothing) holding
-den
He
grabbed me by the arm.
11 [often
used with the]
in the quantity or period mentioned
ile, -lik
You
can rent a car by the day, the week or the month.
Copies
of the book have sold by the million.
They
came in one by one (teker teker).
Day
by day (günden güne) she was getting better.
Bit
by bit (yavaş yavaş) I began to understand.
12 used for showing the measurements of an
area
-e
The
table is six feet by three feet (altıya üç
genişliğinde).
13 used for multiplying or dividing
(matematik) ile
4
multiplied by 5 is 20.
6
divided by 2 is 3.
IDIOMS
by the way
(used for adding sth to the conversation)
on a new subject
aklıma gelmişken, bu arada
Oh,
by the way, I saw Mario in town yesterday.
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