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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.

Idioms:

  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Null and void ( বাতিল ) The deed has been null and void now.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.