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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.

Idioms:

  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )