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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Attend upon ( সেবা করা ) She attends upon her mother.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.

Idioms:

  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.