Difference between revisions of "Over"

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(Preposition / Adverb)
(Preposition / Adverb)
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*I walked over the bridge.  (prep.) --> I walked *slowly the bridge.
 
*I walked over the bridge.  (prep.) --> I walked *slowly the bridge.
*I walked over to his office.
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*I walked over to his office. (adv.) --> I walked slowly to his office.
*I just walked over.
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*I just walked over. (adv.) --> I just walked slowly).
*I just walked it over.
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*I just walked the dog over. (adv. / particle) --> I just walked the dog slowly.
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*I just walked over the dog. (prep.) --> I just walked *slowly the dog.
  
 
==over vs. above==
 
==over vs. above==

Revision as of 14:58, 19 January 2013

French translations of this preposition, prefix, verbal & nominal particle: au-dessus de, chez soi, re-, encore, sur-, dé-, trans-

Preposition / Adverb

  • I walked over the bridge. (prep.) --> I walked *slowly the bridge.
  • I walked over to his office. (adv.) --> I walked slowly to his office.
  • I just walked over. (adv.) --> I just walked slowly).
  • I just walked the dog over. (adv. / particle) --> I just walked the dog slowly.
  • I just walked over the dog. (prep.) --> I just walked *slowly the dog.

over vs. above

  • Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high...

Everyone knows Dorothy's song from the movie Wizard of Oz (1939). (movie version of Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, 1900)

A photographer I've met in Paris has named her blog "Somewhere over my rainbow", an image that I must admit has grown on me over the years.

It seems to me that in these examples over has the sense of beyond (au délà de). Like beyond, "over" encompasses a lot of space, all the space above the rainbow. "Somewhere above the rainbow" does not imply all the space above, just a point in space. Imagine a transatlantic flight from Helsinki to New York:

  • ?First, we flew above the North Sea, then above the North Atlantic
  • First, we flew over the North Sea then over the North Atlantic.

Prefix

  • overbearing
  • overcom(e/ing)
  • overlap(ping) -- chevaucher
  • overlook(ing) -- miss out, surplombant,
  • overrid(e/ing)
  • overrul(e/ing)
  • oversee(ing) -- surveiller / gérer de loin / manage from afar / steer (piloter)
  • overtak(e/ing) -- dépasser

Particle