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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Endowed with ( ভূষিত ) He is endowed with talents.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Burst out ( ফেটে পড়া ) He burst out laughing at my joke.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • Burning question ( তীব্র বিতর্কের বিষয় ) The problem of the dowry system is the burning question of the day.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.