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I Sth Preposition Book Ile Den Day  /Baɪ  

Level A1 
Kind preposition
Front by 
IPA  /baɪ   / preposition
Back yanına, yanında; yakınına, yakınında, kenarında
sonucu, sayesinde
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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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