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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Allot to ( বিলি করা ) One room has been allotted to him.
  • Pity for ( করুণা ) Have pity for the poor.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.
  • On the whole ( মোটের উপর ) On the whole, his conduct is good.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.