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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Desire for ( ইচ্ছা ) He has no desire for fame.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Favourable to ( অনুকূল (ব্যক্তি) ) This situation is favourable to me for doing this.

Idioms:

  • At bay ( কোনঠাসা ) The tiger was at bay in the bush.
  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • clever hit ( কথার মতন কথা )
  • 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?
  • Out of sorts ( ঈষৎ অসুস্থ ) He is out of sorts now.