"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.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Justice to ( ন্যায় বিচার ) We should do justice to everybody.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.

Idioms:

  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • At last ( অবশেষে ) I got my missing book at last.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • End in smoke ( ব্যর্থ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.