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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Envious of ( ঈর্ষান্বিত ) I am not envious of his riches.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Kind to ( সদয় ) She is very kind to the children.
  • Engaged to ( বাগদত্ত ) Lila was engaged to him.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • In the long run ( পরিশেষে ) You will have to suffer in the long run.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • All at once ( হঠাৎ ) All at once a tiger came out of the forest.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.