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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Oblige to ( বাধিত করা ) I am obliged to him for his co-operation.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Prevent from ( বারণ করা ; প্রতিরোধ করা ) I prevented him from going there.‌

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • A slow coach ( কর্মকুণ্ঠ ও মন্থর ব্যাক্তি ) Roky is known as a slow coach to his friend circle.
  • 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?
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • On the contrary ( বিপরীত পক্ষে ) I do not hate him: on the contrary I love him.