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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Esteem for ( শ্রদ্ধা ) He has esteem for the superiors.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.

Idioms:

  • Wild goose chase ( পন্ডশ্রম ) Do not waste time in wild goose chase.
  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • bad faith ( বিশ্বাসঘাতকতা )
  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.