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    Across -through

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    Across -through
    Message from bridge11 posted on 28-11-2010 at 16:40:16 (D | E | F)
    Hello,
    I am not always able to use these two prepositions properly.

    Across ( when you go from one side to the opposite , in a linear way, and crossing the shorter side, this is what I know):
    ex. across the room. across the street.

    Through (when the passage is not straight and short, but long and full of bendings:
    go through the forest, for example and similar things.
    Can I have more explanations please? Thank you.

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    Modifié par lucile83 le 28-11-2010 18:15

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    Re: Across -through from gerondif, posted on 28-11-2010 at 17:01:43 (D | E)
    Hello,

    across means "from one side to the other" on the surface:
    He is walking across the street.
    He swam across the lake: il traversa le lac à la nage. Remarquez la construction inversée, l'anglais met la manière de traverser sur le verbe.

    through: from one side to the another in thickness: à travers en épaisseur.

    He threw a brick through the window.
    He looked through the key-hole.

    As the forest is thick and high, you might say: he walked through the forest.

    you can use it metaphorically: I can see through your schemes ! je peux percer à jour tes manigances.




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