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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Appeal for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He appealed for pardon.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Argue against ( যূক্তি দেখানো (কোন কিছু) ) I argued with him against the point.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.