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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Displeased with ( অসন্তুষ্ট ) I am displeased with him at his conduct.
  • Ignorant of ( অজ্ঞ ) He is ignorant of this rule.
  • Quick at ( চটপটে ) He is quick at figures.
  • Belong to ( অধিকারে থাকা ) This house is no more belongs to him.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • Fish in a troubled water ( এলোমোলো অবস্থায় সুযোগ নেওয়া ) He made a lot of money by fishing in a troubled water.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • A bed of roses thorns ( কন্টকময় জীবন ) Life is nothing but a bed of roses.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )