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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Marry to ( বিবাহ দেওয়া ) He married his daughter to a rich man.
  • Insist on ( জিদ করা ) He insisted on my going home.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Smile on ( অনুগ্রহ করা ) Fortune smiled on him.

Idioms:

  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • In a nut shell ( খুব সংক্ষেপে ) Tell the story in a nut shell.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.
  • Through thick and thin ( বাধা বিপত্তির মধ্য দিয়ে ) Reveka followed her husband through thick and thin.
  • Get rid of ( মুক্তি পাওয়া ) Try to get rid of that rogue.