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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Think of ( চিন্তা করা (ব্যক্তি) ) What do you think of (about) him?
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Search of ( অনুসন্ধানে ব্যস্ত ) They are in search of nice bird.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.

Idioms:

  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • know from a bare hint ( এক আঁচরেই বোঝা )
  • Above all ( প্রধানত ; সর্বোপরি ) We should be kind, polite, and above all honest.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Cock and bull story ( গাঁজাখুরি গল্প ) Nobody will believe your cock and bull story
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.