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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.
  • Listen to ( শোনা ) Listen to the news on the radio.
  • Due to ( কারণে ) His absence is due to illness.
  • Come of ( জন্মগ্রহণ করা ) He comes of a noble family.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • For good ( চিরকালের জন্য ) He left the country for good.
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.