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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Fond of ( অনুরাগী ) Children are fond of sweets.
  • Confident of ( স্থির বিশ্বাসী ) I am confident of success.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Look for ( খোঁজা ) I am looking for a good job.
  • Require of ( প্রয়োজন হওয়া (কোন কিছু) ) I required a loan of him.

Idioms:

  • Dead against ( তীব্র বিরোধী ) I am dead against his proposal.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • when pigs fly ( কখনও না ) I will help you when pigs fly
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • be in ones bad books ( কারও অপ্রিয় হওয়া )
  • At the eleventh hour ( শেষ মুহূর্তে ) he doctor came to the patient at the eleventh hour.