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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Similar to ( সদৃশ ) This pen is similar to that.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.

Idioms:

  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up
  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • By hook or by crook ( যে কোন উপায়ে ) You must do this work by hook or by crook.
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.