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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Acquainted with ( পরিচিত ) I am acquainted with her.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Certain of ( নিশ্চিত ) He is now certain of his ground.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.