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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Enquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.

Idioms:

  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.