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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Indifferent to ( উদাসীন ) He is indifferent to our problem.
  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Talk to ( কথা বলা (ব্যক্তি) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy.
  • Proud of ( গর্বিত ) He is proud of his position.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.

Idioms:

  • have a bad time ( দুশ্চিন্তায় কাল কাটানো ; দুঃসময়ে পড়া )
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • In vain ( বৃথা ) All his attempts were in vain.
  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.