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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die by ( মারা যাওয়া (বিষ) ) He died by poison.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Restore to ( ফিরিয়ে দেওয়া ) Restore his property to him.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Die for ( মারা যাওয়া (কারণ) ) He died for his country.

Idioms:

  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • but me no buts ( কিন্তু কিন্তু করো না )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.