"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.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Useful for ( প্রয়োজনীয় (উদ্দেশ্য) ) This book is useful to us for examination.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Bid fair ( ভালো কিছু আশা করা ) He bids fair to be a good doctor.