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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Good at ( দক্ষ ) He is good at tennis.
  • Anxious about ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) I am anxious about my health.
  • Inferior to ( নিকৃষ্ট ; হীন ) He is inferior to his neighbour.
  • Take after ( সদৃশ হওয়া ) The boy takes after his father.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Turn a deaf ear to ( মনোযোগ না দেওয়া ) He turned a deaf ear to my proposal.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • to the bad ( মন্দাবস্থায় ; ঘাটতি অবস্থায় )
  • In black and white ( লিখিতভাবে ) Put down the statement in black and white.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.