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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Preferable to ( অধিক পছন্দযোগ্য ) Death is preferable to dishonor.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.

Idioms:

  • To the letter ( অক্ষরে অক্ষরে ) He followed my advice to the letter.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.