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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Apply for ( আবেদন করা (কোন কিছু) ) He applied to the Secretary for the post.
  • Mourn over ( শোক করা ) Don't mourn over the dead.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Sympathy for ( সহানুভূতি ) I have no sympathy for him.
  • Sanguine of ( নিশ্চিত ) She is sanguine of her success.
  • Compete with ( প্রতিযোগিতা করা (কোন একজন) ) I competed with him for the first prize.

Idioms:

  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.