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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Differ with ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যক্তি) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Inquire of ( অনুসন্ধান করা (ব্যক্তি) ) I inquired of him about the matter.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Interest in ( আগ্রহ ) He has a special interest in history.

Idioms:

  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • At sixes and sevens ( বিশৃঙ্খলা অবস্থায় ) All the furniture in the room were at sixes and sevens.
  • Gift of the gab ( বাককটুতা ) An advocate should have the gift of the gab.
  • By all means ( সবর্প্রকার ) Try to do it by all means.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • Dead language ( যে ভাষা এখন আর কথ্য নয় ) Sanskrit is a rich language, but it is now a dead language.