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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.
  • Abound in ( প্রচুর পরিমাণে থাকা ) Fish abounds in this river.
  • Contrary to ( বিপরীত ) His action is contrary to his words.
  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Diffident of ( সন্দিগ্ধ ) I am diffident of success.

Idioms:

  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Out of temper ( ক্রুদ্ধ ) He is out of temper now.
  • Turn down ( প্রত্যাখান করা ) He turned down my proposal.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • Book worm ( গ্রন্থকীট ) Don't be a book worm.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.