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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Entitled to ( অধিকারী ) He is entitled to a reward for his honesty.
  • Involved in ( জড়িত ) He is involved in the plot.
  • Accustomed to ( অভ্যস্ত ) I am accustomed to such a life.

Idioms:

  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.