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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Prefer to ( অধিক পছন্দ করা ) I prefer coffee to tea.
  • Polite in ( নম্র ) He is polite in his manners. (Polite to strangers).
  • Familiar with ( সুপরিচিত ) He is familiar with my brother.
  • Owe to ( ঋণী হওয়া ) I owe my all to him.
  • Wait on ( সেবা করা ) The nurse waited on the patient.

Idioms:

  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.
  • In fine ( পরিশেষ ) In fine he declared his plan.
  • Bed of roses ( আরামদায়ক অবস্থা ) Life is not a bed of roses.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Read between the lines ( তাৎপর্য বোঝা ) Try to read between the lines of the letter.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.