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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Pleased with ( সন্তুষ্ট ) I am pleased with him.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Bent on ( ঝোঁক ) He is bent on playing cricket.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.