Pronúncia: baɪ
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preposition
- [agency, means, instrumentality] per, amb.
- a house built by Wren una casa construïda per Wren.
- the streets are lighted by electricity els carrers estan il·luminats amb electricitat, els carrers tenen llum elèctrica.
- he was killed by a falling chimney una xemeneia que va caure el va matar.
- by his own efforts amb els seus propis esforços.
- made by hand fet a mà.
- to divide by three dividir per tres.
- he had three children by his first wife va tenir tres fills amb la primera dona.
- he's known by the name of Snoop el coneixen amb el nom de Snoop.
- he did it by himself (s')ho va fer tot sol.
- by air [mail] per avió.
- (idem) [come] amb avió.
- by train [mail] per ferrocarril.
- (idem) [come] amb tren.
- by car amb cotxe.
- by boat amb vaixell, amb barca.
- by sea per mar.
- to pay by cheque pagar amb un xec, pagar per xec.
- by easy stages per etapes curtes.
- by moonlight a la llum de la lluna.
- by leaps and bounds a gambades, amb passos de gegant.
- to be by oneself estar(-se) sol.
- he took me by the hand em va donar la mà, em va agafar la mà.
- he grabbed the cat by the scruff of its neck va agafar el gat pel clatell. [rate]
- to rent a house by the month pagar el lloguer d'una casa cada mes.
- hour by hour hora a hora, cada hora.
- by the dozen a dotzenes, per dotzenes.
- two by two de dos en dos.
- to buy something by the kilo comprar una cosa per quilos, comprar una cosa a quilos.
- to reduce something by a third reduir una cosa a la tercera part.
- [in accordance to, in agreement with] segons, d'acord amb.
- by request of a petició de.
- by your leave amb el vostre permís.
- by article three segons l'article tres.
- by rights [according to] per dret, de dret, en justícia.
- by my watch it's two o'clock segons el meu rellotge són les dues.
- that's nothing to go by això no vol dir res.
- to be cautious by nature ser caut per naturalesa.
- by nature per naturalesa, del seu natural.
- the enemy attacked by night l'enemic va atacar (de \ a la) nit.
- can you finish the work by tomorrow? pots acabar la feina per demà?
- he ought to be here by now ja hauria de ser aquí (a hores d'ara).
- by the time you get there quan hi arribis.
- by two o'clock cap a les dues.
- [place] prop de, a prop de, al costat de.
- my house is by the river la meva casa és al costat del riu.
- we had a day by the sea vam passar el dia (a la vora del mar \ prop del mar).
- north by west [towards] nord per oest.
- he came in by the window [along, through] va entrar per la finestra.
- we travelled to Paris by Dover and Calais vam anar a París passant per Dover i Calais.
- I go by the Post Office every morning [past] passo per davant de Correus cada matí.
- he walked by me em va passar pel costat.
- 6 metres by 4 [measurament] 6 metres per 4, 6 per 4 metres.
- the bullet missed me by an inch la bala no em va tocar per un pèl.
- it needs to be longer by 2 feet ha de ser tres pams més llarg.
- he's too clever by half es passa de llest, vol ser massa llest.
- [with gerund] I'll end up by hating this job acabaré avorrint aquesta feina.
- he ended by saying that va acabar dient això. adverb
- by and by més tard, després, aleshores.
- by and large en general. noun
- by the by per cert.
[means of transport]
[manner]
[time]