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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Worthy of ( যোগ্য ) He is worthy of our praise.
  • Abide by ( মেনে চলা ) One should abide by the rules
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.
  • Man of letters ( পন্ডিত লোক ) Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee was a man of letters.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • till the cows come home ( অনেক সময় ধরে ) I could play outside till the cows come home
  • In a hurry ( তাড়াহুড়ার মধ্যে ) Don't do the work in a hurry.