"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.
  • Grateful to ( কৃতজ্ঞ (ব্যক্তি) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Live by ( কোন উপায়ে বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives by honest means.
  • Refer to ( বিচারার্থে পাঠানো ) Refer the matter to him for enquiry.

Idioms:

  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Come off with flying colours ( জয়লাভ করা ) Our School team came off with flying colours.