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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Offend against ( লঙ্গন করা ) You have offended against good manners.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • In order to ( উদ্দেশ্য ) He came here in order to meet my mother.