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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Boast of ( গর্ব করা ) Do not boast of your wealth.
  • Triumph over ( জয় করা ) Jim and Della triumphed over their poverty.
  • Tide over ( অতিক্রম করা ) He will soon tide over the difficulty.
  • Confined in ( আবদ্ধ (কক্ষ) ) He is confined in a room for five days.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.

Idioms:

  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.