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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Disgrace to ( কলঙ্ক ) He is disgrace to his family.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Angry for ( রাগান্বিত (কোন কিছু) ) I am angry for something.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Charge with ( অভিযোগ করা (ত্রুটি) ) He was charged with theft.
  • Relevant to ( প্রাসঙ্গিক ) Your remark is not relevant to the point.

Idioms:

  • Curry favour ( তোষামোদ করিয়ে প্রিয় হওয়া ) He knows how to curry favour with officers.
  • under the weather ( ভাল না ; অসুস্থ ) I've been feeling under the weather
  • in the doldrums ( উদাসীন ভাবাপন্ন )
  • At one’s own sweet will ( খুশি মতো ) He still does it at his own sweet will.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home