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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Quarrel with ( কলহ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) They quarreled with one another for the property.
  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.

Idioms:

  • Head and ears ( সম্পূর্ণরূপে ) He is over head and ears in debt.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Bosom friend ( অন্তরঙ্গ বন্ধু ) Rifat is my bosom friend.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.