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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Deaf of ( বধির ) He is deaf of one ear.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Hanker after ( লালায়িত হওয়া ) Do not hanker after wealth.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Prompt at ( চটপটে (ব্যক্তিত্ব) ) He is prompt at figures.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • In lieu of ( পরিবর্তে ) Give me this pen in lieu of that.
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • big cheese ( দলের বা পরিবারের সবচেয়ে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ব্যক্তি ) He is the big cheese who control everything in our group.
  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.