How will the people die - from, of or with?

Have you ever come across a dilemma when you were not sure what preposition you must have used with the verb "die" to make the meaning of the sentence perfectly correct? In fact, the correct use of preposition with the verb "die" usually leaves both a reader and a writer very confused. Let me illustrate.

Sometime, a writer may write or a speaker may confidently say, "The versatile Bollywood thespian died FROM cancer, WITH cancer, and OF cancer." Can you guess use of which preposition with the verb 'die' in this case is grammatically correct?

In fact, with the verb 'die' comes the preposition "of" if someone dies of a specific disease or some reasons which is well-known. The preposition "from" follows if something leads to death.

Some more examples of correct usage of preposition with verb die are-

Die (OF)

1. To die of (Hundreds of the tribals die of Tuberculosis in India due to negligence.)

2.  He died of a broken heart/shame/embarrassment.

3.  Beggars died of hunger.

4.  Thousands of the people die of cancer yearly in the developing nations of the world.

Die (FROM)

Deaths from traffic accidents have been the latest concern for the nations which are moving fast on the development trajectory. The college students may have died from suffocation.

Die (IN)

The old woman died in poverty. He died in comfort.

Die (FOR)

A number of martyrs died for the independence of the country.

Die (THROUGH)

The boy died through ignorance.

WOW! NO PREPOSITION

The girl died young/poor/a martyr/a rich man. He died a beggar. She died a failure. The parents died happy. The old man died a natural death.

Die (ON) somebody

The grass cutter died on a mower. (Stopped working while using it.)

More About The Verb Die

1. To die a or the death - to gradually fail or end - The misunderstanding gradually died a death.

2. To die away - to gradually disappear (The boy's voice died away as he found his father reaching out to him.)

3. To die down - to become less strong (At last, the rumour died down.

4. To die off or to die out - to die one by one until none of something is alive (A variety of flora and fauna are in danger of dying off or out.

Words matter most

Choose the closest meaning of the words given in the capital letters

1. TARRY

(A) linger, delay (B) restrain (C) lose

2. TRADUCE

(A) heavy (B) to expose to slander (C) train

3. TURNCOAT

(A) traitor (B) fast (C) violent

4. TYRO

(A) wealthy leader (B) beginner, novice

(C) indifferent

5. TRUCULENCE

(A) agitation (B) hackneyed

(C) aggressiveness, ferocity

6. TURBID

(A) muddy (B) deep (C) conscious

Answers 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A

Choose the word most nearly opposite to the words given in the capital letters

1. UNKEMPT

(A) neat (B) curious (C) loyalty

2. UNFEIGNED

(A) believed (B) pretended (C) unvanquished

3. UNTENABLE

(A) informative (B) supportable (C) docile

4. VAUNTED

(A) belittled (B) wordy (C) tarnished

5. VACILLATION

(A) steadfastness (B) tremulous (C) fanciful

6. UNEARTH

(A) react (B) conceal (C) dissect

Answers : 1.A 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. A 6.B

PHRASAL VERBS

1. To price out of the market - to set one's price so high that sales falls down (Higher prices do not always ensure high profit. Firms are likely to price themselves out of the market.)

2. To prise off - to lift or remove (It was very difficult for the little boy to prise the lids off the tightly-packed cold drink bottles.)

3. To prospect for - to search for (Prospecting for huge quantity of crude oil has posed a challenge before the modern scientists.)

4. To dismiss from one's mind - to stop thinking very seriously about a problem (I have not yet been able to dismiss from my mind the childhood nightmare of delivering a speech before the large audiences.)

5. To stare in the face - to be very clear or obvious (The pathetic condition of the beggars on the city street which I came yesterday kept staring me in the face whole day.

6. To swab down - to clear or mop (The devotees swabbed down the floor of the temple before the worship began.)

IDIOMS

1. To make someone's blood boil - to cause anger, to make someone angry (His rude behaviour and apathetic attitude made my blood boil.)

2. To make someone's blood run cold - to frighten someone very much (The bloodstained clothes of the injured bikers made the people's blood run cold.)

3. The blind leading the blind - one incompetent person helping others to do something (Mentor must be well-experienced and learned otherwise situation would be not less than when blind would lead the blind.)

4. In cold blood - deliberately and mercilessly (The villagers killed the chain snatcher in cold blood.)

5. To sweep the board - to win everything (The government greatly applauded the athletes who had swept the board at the recently concluded Olympics.)

MEDIA WORDS

Warning signals - something which indicates some problems (The consistent fall in the profits of the Bollywood industry is a worrying signals for the film-making business of India.)

1. Skeptical - doubtful (He is always sceptical about what he sees and reads in the print media.)

2. Wrench - to move heart (The box office hit movies of 1970s used to wrench the hearts of the audiences.)

3. Blockbuster - anything, especially, film, which is very hit or successful (The role of a scriptwriter cannot be underestimated in making a movie a blockbuster.)

4. Formidable - very impressive and powerful, difficult to deal with (The latest version of the android mobile set has been launched with very formidable features in the market.)