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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opposite to ( বিপরীত ) Your idea is opposite to mine.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Famous for ( বিখ্যাত ) Radhanager is famous for the birth place of Raja Rammohan.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.