"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.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Faith in ( বিশ্বাস ) I have no faith in him.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.

Idioms:

  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.