Prepositional Phrases - BY
Match the phrases on the left with the definitions on the right. The tiles in the right-hand column are sortable. PP05 ANSWERS
EXPLANATION
- by all accounts
- by all means
- by virtue of
- by degrees
- by the book
- by leaps and bounds
- by the same token
- by and large
- by design
- by courtesy of
- by means of or because of something
- on the whole, everything considered
- following rules and instructions in a very strict way
- with the official permission of someone and as a favour
- without any question
- deliberately
- with unexpectedly rapid progress
- in the same way, for the same reason
- according to what one has heard or read
- a little at a time, gradually