XII.Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition.
1. Linda picked _______ a bit of Italian when she was staying in Pisa.
2. One of the characteristic features of English is its openness _______ vocabulary.
3. Many of the students are bilingual _______ Spanish and English.
4. I could just about get _______ in English when I first went to the UK.
5. Shes fluent _______ Polish and French and can speak a little Italian.
6. English is taught at school _______ a second language in many countries.
7. She works for the United Nations, translating _______ English into French.
8. English owes its dominant status _______ its link to two of the worlds most powerful nations:
the US and the UK.
9. For some reasons, my teacher think that Im not good enough _______ languages.
10. When Imani came to Ireland he could not speak a word _______ English.