"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.
  • Blind to ( দোষের প্রতি অন্ধ ) He is blind to his won faults.
  • Alternative to ( বিকল্প ) This question is alternative to that.
  • Kind of ( প্রকার ) What kind of paper is it?
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Die in ( মারা যাওয়া (শান্তি) ) Let me die in peace.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.