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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Mourn for ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn for the dead.
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Household word ( সকলের পরিচিত নাম ) Mother Teresa's name has now become a household word.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Call in question ( সন্দেহ করা ) No one can call his honesty in question.