"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.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Think over ( চিন্তা করা (কোনকিছু) ) Think carefully over his advice.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Late in ( দেরি ) Why are you so late in coming?
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • set a naught ( কলা দেখানো )
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.