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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • in favour of ( পক্ষে ) He spoke in favour of his friend.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )