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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.

Idioms:

  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.