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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Respond to ( উত্তর দেওয়া ) Nobody responded to my call.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.

Idioms:

  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At a loss ( হতবু্দ্ধি ; কিংকর্তব্যবিমূঢ় ) He was at a loss and did not know what to do.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Out of doors ( বাহিরে ) It is rather cold out of doors.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.