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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Obsessed with ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed with the idea.
  • Need for ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I have no need for more money.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Accompanied by ( সঙ্গী হওয়া ) He was accompanied by his father.

Idioms:

  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.