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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Take to one's heels ( ছুটিয়া পালানো ) The thieves took to their heels to see the police.
  • Rank and file ( সাধারণ লোক ) We should pay attention to the rank and file of the country.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.