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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.

Idioms:

  • bunch of fives ( মুষ্টি ; পাঁচ আঙ্গুলের মুঠো ) Rock can break anything with his bunch of fives.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • By no means ( কোন ভাবেই না ) I shall by no means call on him.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.