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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Weak of ( দূর্বল ) He is weak of understanding.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.

Idioms:

  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • At home ( দক্ষ ) He is at home in mathematics.
  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.