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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Deal in ( ব্যবসা করা ) He deals in rice.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Occur to ( মনে হওয়া ) The idea never occurred to me.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.

Idioms:

  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • pulling your leg ( কৌতক করা ) Do not take it seriously, i was just pulling you leg
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • tickled pink ( খুব খুশি করানো ) She was tickled pink by the good news.