Appropriate use of Preposition
Appropriate use of Preposition
Preposition
Agree with (a person), on (a point), to (a proposal) — āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāĻā§āĻž
I agree with you on this point, but I cannot agree to all the proposals.
N.B āϝāĻĻāĻŋ agree āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ Object āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠with āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻŦāĻŋāώ⧠āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠on āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ proposal āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤāĻžāĻŦ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠to āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
Angry with (a person), for (something), at (one's conduct) āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ —
He is angry with me for speaking against him. I am angry at your conduct.
N.B. āϝāĻĻāĻŋ angry āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ Object āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠with āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§ āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻā§āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠for āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻā§āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠at āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
Appeal to (a person), for (something), against (a wrong) āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž —
He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon. They appealed against the verdict of the lower court.
N.B āϝāĻĻāĻŋ appeal āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ Object āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠to āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻ āϰā§āĻĨāĻžā§ āĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠for āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻā§āϧ⧠āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāύ āĻāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠against āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
Believe in (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž)— I do not believe in his honesty.
Belong to (āĻāĻāϤāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āϤ/āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻā§āĻž)—This book belongs to me.
Blind of (āĻā§āĻā§ āĻ āύā§āϧ) —He is blind of one eye.
Blind to (āĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻĻā§āώā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϧ)—He is blind to his own faults.
Burst into (āĻāĻžāύā§āύāĻžā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻž)—He burst into tears at the sad news.
Burst out (āĻšā§āϏ⧠āĻā§āĻŋā§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻž)—He burst out laughing at my joke.
Care for (āĻā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž)—I do not care for you.
Care of (āϝāϤā§āύ āύā§ā§āĻž)-Take care of your health.
Careful of (āϏāϤāϰā§āĻ)—He is careful of his money.
Certain of (āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ)—He is now certain of his ground.
Compare with (similar things) ( āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž)—Rabindranath may be compared with Shakespeare.
Compare to (dissimilar things) ( āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž)—Anger is compared to fire.
N.B āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻšā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠with āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§ āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻŦāϏā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻšā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠to āĻŦāϏāĻŦā§āĨ¤
detrimental to- āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻāϰ- Laziness is detrimental to success.
Die of (a disease), from (an effect), for (a cause) by (poison), in (peace) (āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻž)—He died of cholera. He died from over-eating. He died for his country, He died by poison. Let me die in peace.
N.B āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠die āĻāϰ āĻĒāϰ Of āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠from āĻŦāϏ⧠āĻāϰ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠for āĻŦāϏā§āĨ¤
Differ with (a person), on (a point), in (opinion) ( āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻšāĻā§āĻž)—I differ with you on this point. They differ in their opinions.
Differ from (āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻšāĻā§āĻž)—This thing differs from that.
False to (āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§)— I cannot be false (unfaithful) to my friend.
Faith in (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ) āĻāĻŦāĻ Hope for (āĻāĻļāĻž āĻāϰāĻž)- She had faith in and hopes for the future.
insist on -āĻā§āύ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻāϰāĻž / āĻĒā§ā§āĻžāĻĒāĻŋā§āĻŋ āĻāϰāĻž / āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ āύā§āϰā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž - He insisted on seeing her.
In time -āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽā§ā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āĻ, on time -āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻŽā§ā§- The train is running on time.
Loyal to (āĻŦāĻŋāύā§ā§/āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤ) — He is loyal to his master.
Play on (āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§)—He played on guitar.
Inform (a person), of (something) ( āĻāĻžāύāĻžāύā§) — He informed the police of the murder.
(In) respect of (in point of) ( āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻžā§) —He is junior to me in respect of service.
(with) respect to (āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻžā§) —We are talking with respect to that matter.
made from-āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž āϝāĻžā§ āύāĻž āĻāĻŽāύāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϰā§āĻĒ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšā§ā§ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ- Paper is made from wood
Respond to (āϏāĻžā§āĻž āĻĻā§ā§āĻž) -Nobody responded to my call.
Responsible to (an authority) for (an action) — ( āĻĻāĻžā§ā§) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
Rest with, upon (āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰāĻž) —The whole matter rests upon you. I rest upon your promise.
Restore to ( āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž) —Restore his property to him.
swear in- āĻāύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻĒāĻĨ āύā§ā§āĻž- A new cabinet has been sworn in Dhaka.
Useful to (a person), for (some purpose) ( āĻāĻĒāĻāĻžāϰā§) —This book is useful to us for examination.
Vain of (āĻ āĻšāĻāĻāĻžāϰā§) —She is vain of her beauty.
Vary from (āĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻšāĻā§āĻž) —His opinion varies from his brother's.
Zest for (āĻ āύā§āϰāĻžāĻ) —She has no zest for music.