"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.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Occupied in ( নিয়োজিত ) He is occupied in writing a letter.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.
  • Limit to ( সীমা ) You should have a limit to your demands.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.

Idioms:

  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • reinvent the wheel ( এমন কোনকিছু তৈরিতে সময় নষ্ট করা যা বর্তমানে বিদ্যমান ও ঠিকঠাক কাজ করে ) There's no point in us reinventing the wheel
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist