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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • At least ( অন্ততঃ ) At least one hundred boys will come to school today.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • Gala Day ( উৎসবের দিন ) The 15th August is a gala day to the Indians.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.