For love / for the love of sth

Definition

for / fǝ(r); strong form fↄ:(r) / prep ၁။ အတြက္။ ဖို႔။ There's a letter for you. ❍ Are all these presents for me? ❍ Have you made a cup of tea for Mrs Watson? ၂။ (က) အတြက္။ fighting for their country ❍ Would you please translate this letter for me? ❍ What can I do for you? ❍ Take some aspirin for (ie to relieve the pain caused by) your headache. ❍ The assistant manager ran the business for (ie instead of) him while he was sick. (ခ) တြင္။ ထံတြင္။ She works for a publisher. ၃။ ရန္။ အတြက္။ ဖို႔။ အလို႔ငွာ။ go for a walk ❍ It's a machine for slicing bread. ❍ Are you learning English for pleasure or for your work? ❍ For sales to (ie In order that sales may) increase, we must lower our prices. ❍ ( infml ) What did you do that for (ie Why did you do that)? ၄။ သို႔။ ကို။ အတြက္။ ဖို႔။ leave for home ❍ Is this the bus for Chicago? ❍ She knew she was destined for a great future. ❍ a chair for visitors ❍ bicycles for sale or for hire ❍ It's a book for (ie intended to be read by or to) children. ❍ This is the place for me (ie I like it very much). ၅။ အတြက္။ ဖို႔။ ေၾကာင့္။ The town is famous for its cathedral. ❍ Please take care of her for my sake. ❍ I couldn't speak for laughing. ❍ He didn't answer for fear of hurting her. ❍ He gave me roses for my birthday. ၆။ ဖို႔။ အတြက္။ anxious for sb's safety ❍ I'm ready for a break. ❍ Fortunately for us, the weather changed. ၇။ အတြက္။ Are you for or against the proposal? ❍ Three cheers for the winner! ❍ We're campaigning for a bypass round the town. ❍ I'm all for pubs staying open all day. Compare AGAINST ၁ ၈။ (က) အတြက္။ ကိုယ္စား။ I am speaking for everyone in the department. ❍ Who's the congresswoman for this district? (ခ) အေနျဖင့္။ What’s the ‘S’ for in A S Hornby? ❍ Shaking your head for ‘No’ is not universal. ၉။ အတြက္။ ဖို႔။ အလို႔ငွာ။ search for treasure ❍ hope for a settlement ❍ ask the policeman for directions ❍ go to a friend for advice ❍ There were over fifty applicants for the job. ❍ For more information, phone this number. ၁၀။ အတြက္။ buy a book for £ 3 ❍ She gave me their old TV for nothing. ❍ get a medal for bravery ❍ He was fined for dangerous driving. ၁၁။ အစား။ …ခ်င္း။ exchange one's car for a new one ❍ Don't translate it word for word. ၁၂။ အတြက္။ There's one bad apple for every three good ones. ❍ You get a coupon for every 20 litres of petrol you buy. ၁၃။ အေနျဖင့္။ ဖို႔။ It's quite warm for January. ❍ She's tall for her age. ❍ He's not bad for a beginner. ၁၄။ ၿပီးေနာက္။ ၿပီးရင္။ You'll feel all the better for a good night's sleep. ❍ This room would look more cheerful for a spot of paint. ၁၅။ (က) ေလာက္။ အထိ။ တိုင္ေအာင္။ I'm going away for a few days. ❍ You said you would love me for ever. (ခ) မွာ။ ၌။ တြင္။ a reservation for the first week in June ❍ an appointment for 12 May ❍ We're invited for 7.30. (ဂ) အေနျဖင့္။ I'm warning you for the last time — stop talking! ၁၆။ တိုင္တိုင္။ တိုင္ေအာင္။ အထိ။ He crawled on his hands and knees for 100 metres. ❍ The road went on for miles and miles. ၁၇။ (က) အဖို႔၊ အတြက္။ It's impossible for me to leave my family. ❍ It's useless for us to continue. ❍ It's customary for the women to sit apart. ❍ ( fml ) For her to have survived such an ordeal was remarkable. (ခ) အဖို႔။ အတြက္။ There's no need for you to go. ❍ It's time for us to leave. ❍ His greatest wish was for his daughter to take over the business. (ဂ) အဖို႔။ အတြက္။ The box is too heavy for me to lift. ❍ Is it clear enough for you to read? (ဃ) အဖို႔။ အတြက္။ letters for the manager to sign ❍ I would give anything for this not to have happened. ❍ It's not for me (ie It is not my responsibility) to say. (င) ဖို႔။ အတြက္။ Nothing would please me more than for her to win the next election. ❍ Nothing could be more pleasant than for them both to get married. conj ( dated or fml ) အဘယ္ေၾကာင့္ဆိုေသာ္။ အေၾကာင္းမွာ။ We listened eagerly, for he brought news of our families. ❍ I believed her — for surely she would not lie to me. ❏ be for it ; be in for it [ IDM ] ( infml ) ဒုကၡ ေရာက္ေတာ့ မွာပဲ။ You were seen stealing those apples—you're for it now. ❏ for all [ IDM ] ၁။ ေသာ္ျငားလည္း။ သို႔ျဖစ္ေစကာမူ။ For all his talk about sports cars and swimming-pools he's just an ordinary bank clerk. ၂။ သမွ်ေတာ့။ For all I know she's still living in Boston. ❍ You can do what you like, for all I care! မင္းလုပ္ခ်င္ရာလုပ္၊ ငါဂ႐ုမစိုက္ဘူး။ ❍ For all the good it's done we might never have bothered.

Examples

1. I’ve brought a cup of tea for you.
2. Claudia
3. this present is for you.
4. So
5. what can I do for you?
6. The academy provides training for young musicians.
7. They’ll have to buy furniture for the new house.
8. Betty will take care of things for us while we’re away.
9. We are here today to honour those who died for their country.
10. We use the basement for storage.
11. The red button is for turning the machine off.
12. There have been drought conditions for the last two summers.
13. I’ve been waiting for 20 minutes.
14. [for a while] : We haven’t seen Kim for a while.
15. The desert stretched for hundreds of miles in all directions.
16. They must have walked for at least three miles.
17. The meeting was planned for 10 o’clock.
18. The release of her new album is scheduled for next August.
19. She works for a firm of accountants.
20. I sold my car for £900.
21. How much do you want for those two lamps?
22. They bought the entire business for around £15m.
23. He says he won’t fix the bike for less than sixty pounds.
24. Some labourers were working for less than £3 a day.
25. Everyone says they are for equal opportunities.
26. Support for the government’s reform programme has been overwhelming.
27. Eight members voted for the proposal and six against.
28. [all for] : Of course
29. I’m all for (=I completely support) freedom of speech.
30. I’m for a picnic by the river.
31. Anyone for tennis?
32. Living conditions for most of the citizens are very bad.
33. An advertisement for private health insurance
34. He was sick for lack of food.
35. We’re all much better people for having known Carl.
36. She began to grow nervous
37. for he had promised to meet her at dawn.
38. Did he give any reason for arriving so late?
39. The current inflation rate is a cause for concern.
40. I’m so happy for you!
41. I feel sorry for his wife.
42. It’s clear that she has great affection for her grandchildren.
43. I feel nothing but disgust for the whole process.
44. I’m speaking for all of us when I say how sorry we are.
45. What time are you leaving for home?
46. He got on the next plane for San Francisco.
47. [for someone/something to do something] : It was difficult for me to understand what he was saying.
48. All I want is for you to be happy.
49. It is time for Congress to begin exploring some new approaches.
50. John gave me a tie for Christmas
51. as usual.
52. We haven’t decided what to do for her birthday.
53. We haven’t got the money for a new car right now.
54. Come in – there’s room for two.
55. There just isn’t enough time for everyone to have a try.
56. For me personally
57. it was a complete disaster.
58. The biggest concern for most Americans was the quality of public education.
59. She sings amazingly well for a child.
60. It’s awfully expensive for a child’s toy.
61. What’s the Italian word for ‘Goodbye’?
62. Red roses are for love.
63. I just know this girl will be the one for you.
64. Mountain climbing’s not for me – it looks too dangerous.