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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Appeal to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He appealed to the Headmaster for pardon.
  • Hard of ( কম শোনা ) He is hard of hearing.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.