"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.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • the exact point ( কাঁটায়-কাঁটায় )
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.