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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Lame of ( খোঁড়া ) He is lame of one leg.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.

Idioms:

  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.