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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Delight in ( আনন্দ ) He takes delight in music.
  • Senior to ( বয়সে বড়, উচ্চপদস্থ ) He is senior to me by four years.
  • Smell of ( গন্ধ দেয় ) This glass smells of wine.
  • Proportionate to ( আনুপাতিক ) Punishment should be proportionate to offence.

Idioms:

  • By chance ( দৈবাৎ ) I met him on the way by chance.
  • Dead of night ( মধ্য রাত্রি ) The robbers broke into the house at dead of night.
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.
  • bad debts ( অশোধ্য বা অনাদায়ী ঋন ; যে ঋন শোধ করা যাবে না )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.