" akbar" means" bigger" , , like" something is bigger than another" , " el akbar" means" the biggest" , " kibir " or" kabir" means" big" :)

"و" means" and" , " ليس" means " not" , so the whole thing means " and not" the meaning of the sentence is :" then the flower said : and if it's noon (' if noon came' word by word translation ) put me under a cover of glass because it's very cold at your place and I have no equipment"

ooops , sorry , I meant ,"in your examples u'r talking about a cause not a purpose" ..... :D so you use" for" which means" because of" ( they express a cause ) , u can't use" to" coz it means " in order to" ( both of " to" and " in order to" express a purpose" )

in your examples u'r talking about a cause or a purpose , " for" has the same meaning as" because of" , if you try to form a question of each sentence , u say"what was he famous for ?" , or" he was famous because of what" , same goes for second and third sentence" what are you thanking me for ?" or " you're thanking me because of what ?" , but if u use " because of" the sentence will sound a little odd , so it's better to use" for" , to make it easy for ya , in french we say" il est connu POUR qlq chose " or " il est connu POUR avoir fait qlq chose", " le mot" pour" here has same fonction as" for" in english u can replace " to" by" in order to" when you talk about a purpose,like in michael's example --> " he gave me money IN ORDER TO" ..... and in your examples u can't say" he was famous IN ORDER TO speak first and think afterwards" ; " thank you IN ORDER TO be with us"

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/top+off

they are both used when u wanna express assurance , they mean the same thing , maybe " certainly" sounds more formal

"grown-up" could either be a noun or an adj , depending on the context , some spell it as" grownup" --> as a noun : I have to talk to a grown-up ( I have to talk to an adult ) this movie is only for grown-ups ( this movie is only for adults ) --> as an adj : my daughter helps me to do the housework , she is all grown-up now " grown up" is the past participal of" to grow up" --> ex : the girl has grown up ,she doesn't want to play with dolls anymore