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Rh (b) With other verbs:

2. It is used in a partitive sense, of them, &c

3. With verbal nouns to translate the English present participle:


 * (a) active —
 * He is beating the boy.


 * (b) passive —
 * The boy is being beaten.

4. With verbal nouns followed by meaning “while.”
 * &emsp; While they were going.

5. To express the agent or cause with passive verbs.

The English preposition at when used with assemblies, e.g. market, fair, school, &c, is usually translated by.