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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Satisfaction in ( সন্তোষ ) I find satisfaction in gardening. Great was his satisfaction with her result.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Attend on ( সেবা করা ) She attends on her mother.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.

Idioms:

  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.