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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Complain against ( অভিযোগ করা (অন্য ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.
  • Quarrel for ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.

Idioms:

  • In no time ( শীঘ্র ) He will finish the work in no time.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.