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 =====Expressions with in, on, and at===== =====Expressions with in, on, and at=====
 <html><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>These prepositions can be used in expressions which are not about time, physical places or movement. Here are some examples:</span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="111" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 83.4pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Preposition</span></b></p></td><td width="142" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 106.3pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Use/expression</span></b></p></td><td width="385" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 289.1pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b></p></td><td width="142" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in a film/a book</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in love</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in time</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in bed</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in general</span></b></p></td><td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 289.1pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Robert de Niro is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">in</span> comedies as well as gangster movies.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I love the characters <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">in</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord of the Rings</i>. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>They fell </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> love </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> first sight.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>We didn't arrive </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> time to see Richard at the party - he left before we got there. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At weekends, he stays </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> bed till 10.00.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>He's occasionally late for meetings but, </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> general, he's quite reliable.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b></p></td><td width="142" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 106.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on the phone</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on a number</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on duty</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on tv/radio</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on a cd/dvd</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on a hard drive</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on the internet/a website</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on time</span></b></p></td><td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 289.1pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Sorry, he can't see you; he's </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>the phone to a client.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Could you ask him to call me back </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'><span class="skype_c2c_print_container skype_c2c notranslate">020 7513 0513</span><span tabindex="-1" class="skype_c2c_container skype_c2c notranslate" id="skype_c2c_container" dir="ltr" onmouseover="SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.showMenu(this, event)" onmouseout="SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.hideMenu(this, event)" onclick="SkypeClick2Call.MenuInjectionHandler.makeCall(this, event)" data-numbertocall="+442075130513" data-isfreecall="false" data-isrtl="false" data-ismobile="false" data-numbertype="paid"><span class="skype_c2c_highlighting_inactive_common" dir="ltr" skypeaction="skype_dropdown"><span class="skype_c2c_textarea_span" id="non_free_num_ui"><img width="0" height="0" class="skype_c2c_logo_img" src="skypec2c://r/204"><span class="skype_c2c_text_span">020 7513 0513</span><span class="skype_c2c_free_text_span"></span></span></span></span>? [</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>+ phone number in US]<span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I'll be </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> duty at the hospital until 8 o'clock.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Some people think there's too much violence </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> tv.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>The news is </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> at 9 o'clock.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I think you'll like the songs </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> this cd.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I missed the last James Bond film at the cinema so I'm </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>going to watch it </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> dvd.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Don't worry - all the information is stored </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> the hard drive.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Some children spend too much time </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> the internet.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>There's a lot of useful information </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> our website.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I read it </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> Wikipedia.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I want to start the meeting </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> time so please don't be late.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at</span></b></p></td><td width="142" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at once</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at ease</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at first</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at last</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at all</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>&nbsp;</span></p></td><td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 289.1pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Let's start </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> once - we don't have much time.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I like the new manager. I felt </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> ease when I met him.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>first, the new system was confusing but it's easy now.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>We waited an hour for the bus. When it arrived </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>last, it was full!</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>We don't have any more printer paper </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>all.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I don't understand the instructions </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>all.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>See also <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">phrasal verbs</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">prepositions of place </span>and<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> get</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font></span></p><br></html> <html><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>These prepositions can be used in expressions which are not about time, physical places or movement. Here are some examples:</span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><table style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="111" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 83.4pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Preposition</span></b></p></td><td width="142" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 106.3pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Use/expression</span></b></p></td><td width="385" valign="top" style="background: rgb(79, 129, 189); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 289.1pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b></p></td><td width="142" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in a film/a book</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in love</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in time</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in bed</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in general</span></b></p></td><td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 289.1pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Robert de Niro is <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">in</span> comedies as well as gangster movies.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I love the characters <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">in</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Lord of the Rings</i>. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>They fell </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> love </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> first sight.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>We didn't arrive </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> time to see Richard at the party - he left before we got there. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At weekends, he stays </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> bed till 10.00.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>He's occasionally late for meetings but, </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>in</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> general, he's quite reliable.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b></p></td><td width="142" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 106.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on the phone</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on a number</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on duty</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on tv/radio</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on a cd/dvd</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on a hard drive</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on the internet/a website</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on time</span></b></p></td><td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 289.1pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; 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[</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>+ phone number in US]<span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I'll be </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> duty at the hospital until 8 o'clock.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Some people think there's too much violence </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> tv.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>The news is </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> at 9 o'clock.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I think you'll like the songs </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> this cd.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I missed the last James Bond film at the cinema so I'm </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>going to watch it </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> dvd.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Don't worry - all the information is stored </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> the hard drive.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Some children spend too much time </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> the internet.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>There's a lot of useful information </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> our website.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I read it </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> Wikipedia.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I want to start the meeting </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>on</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> time so please don't be late.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="111" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 83.4pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at</span></b></p></td><td width="142" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 106.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at once</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at ease</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at first</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at last</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at all</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>&nbsp;</span></p></td><td width="385" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(79, 129, 189) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 289.1pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>Let's start </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> once - we don't have much time.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I like the new manager. I felt </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'> ease when I met him.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>At </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>first, the new system was confusing but it's easy now.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>We waited an hour for the bus. When it arrived </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>last, it was full!</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>We don't have any more printer paper </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>all.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>I don't understand the instructions </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>at </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>all.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;'>See also <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">phrasal verbs</span>, <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">prepositions of place </span>and<span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);"> get</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Calibri">&nbsp;</font></span></p><br></html>
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