"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.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Invite to ( নিমন্ত্রণ করা ) I invited him to dinner.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.
  • Offended at ( বিরক্ত (কোন কাজে) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.

Idioms:

  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Stone's throw ( অতি নিকটে ) Our school is at a stone's throw form our house.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.