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Prepositional Phrases afin de, à l'abri de, à cause de, à côté de, à défaut de, and à force de

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The Prepositional phrases just like prepositions link words in a sentence. Prepositional phrases are composed of two or more words. The words can be: nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs or prepositions. We will discuss the most common prepositional phrases.

In this lesson we will study the following prepositional phrases: à cause de, à côté de , à défaut de, afin de, à force de, à l’abri de.

à cause de


“à cause de" is used to express cause. It means “because of”.

For example:

À cause de toi, j’ai raté mon train.
Because of you, I missed my train.

Tous les vols ont été annulés à cause de la grève des aiguilleurs du ciel.
All the flights have been cancelled because of the air traffic controllers’ strike.

Elle t’a quitté à cause de tes sautes d’humeur.
She left you because of your mood swings.

Elle a été licenciée à cause de ses opinions politiques.
She was fired because of her political views.

à défaut de

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