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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Disgusted with ( বিরক্ত ) I am disgusted with him at his conduct.
  • Rejoice in ( আনন্দ করা ) Every one rejoiced in her success.
  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • Stick to ( দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা ) He sticks to his decision.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At a low ebb ( নিম্নমুখী ) His fame is at a low ebb now.
  • By and large ( প্রধানতঃ ) People in our village are by and large farmers.