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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Tell upon ( ক্ষতি করা ) Over-eating tells upon health.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.