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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Angry with ( রাগান্বিত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is angry with me for speaking against him.
  • Impose on ( চাপানো ) The task was imposed on him.
  • Trust to ( বিশ্বাস করা (ব্যক্তি) ) You may trust the work to me.

Idioms:

  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Tooth and nail ( তীব্রভাবে ) He fought tooth and nail against his enemy.
  • At stake ( বিপন্ন ) His life is at stake now.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.