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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Retire from ( অবসর লওয়া ) He retired from service on a pension.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Respect to ( সম্বন্ধে ) We are talking with respect to that matter.
  • Contribute to ( দান হিসাবে দেওয়া ) He contributed one thousand taka to the Flood Relief Fund.
  • Blind of ( দৃষ্টিশক্তিতে অন্ধ ) He is blind of one eye.

Idioms:

  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.