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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Compare to ( তুলনা করা (অসদৃশ বস্তু) ) Anger is compared to fire.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Look after ( দেখাশোনা করা ) There is none to look after her.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.