"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Favourable for ( অনুকূল (কোনকিছু) ) This situation is favorable to me for doing this.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.

Idioms:

  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • Widow's mite ( দরিদ্রর ক্ষুদ্র দান ) A widow's mite is no less important than a large contribution of a rich man.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.