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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Faithful to ( বিশ্বস্ত ) The dog is faithful to his master.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.
  • Deaf to ( শুনতে অনিচ্ছুক ) He is deaf to my request.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )