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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ill with ( অসুস্থ ) He is ill with fever.
  • Overcome by ( দমন করা ) He was overcome by anger.
  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Dedicate to ( উৎসর্গ করা ) This book is dedicated to his father.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • In one's teens ( তের থেকে উনিশ বছর বয়সের মধ্যে ) She is yet in her teens.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • 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?
  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.