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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Affection for ( স্নেহ ) The teacher feels affection for every pupils.
  • Pleased at ( সন্তুষ্ট (কোনকিছু) ) I am pleased at the news.
  • Overcome with ( দমন করা ) He was overcome with fatigue.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Apple of discord ( বিবাদেয় বিষয় ) The paternal property has become an apple of discord between the two brothers.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.