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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Quarrel about ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another about the property.

Idioms:

  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Out of date ( অপ্রচলিত ) This fashion is now out of date.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )