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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Want of ( অভাব ) We have no want of money.
  • Annoyed for ( বিরক্ত (কোন কিছু) ) I was annoyed for the music.
  • Vexed with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) He is vexed with me at my conduct.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Envy of ( ঈর্ষা ) I have no envy of him.
  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.

Idioms:

  • hold your horses ( সবুর করা ; ধৈর্য ধরা ) Hold your horses in trouble, you will get your reward.
  • At all ( আদৌ ) He does not know French at all.
  • In full swing ( পুরাদমে ) The school is now in full swing.
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • put the cart before the horse ( স্বাভাবিক অবস্থা উলটাইয়া দেওয়া ; অস্বাভাবিক অবস্থা পরিণত করা )
  • Cut a sorry figure ( খারাপ ফল করা ) He cuts a sorry figure in the examination.