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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Occupied with ( নিয়োজিত (কাজ) ) He is occupied with his studies.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • At once back and call ( বাধ্য ) He is always at my back and call.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.