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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Feel for ( সহানুভূতি অনুভব করা ) I feel for you in your trouble.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.
  • Exempt from ( রেহাই দেওয়া ) He was exempted from the fine.
  • Avail of ( সুযোগ গ্রহণ করা ) You must avail yourself of the business.
  • Offended with ( বিরক্ত (ব্যক্তি) ) I am offended with you at your conduct.
  • Die of ( মারা যাওয়া (রোগ) ) He died of cholera.

Idioms:

  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.
  • Lame excuse ( বাজে গুজব ) This lame excuse will to do.
  • By and by ( শীঘ্র ) He will come here by and by.
  • Beat black and blue ( প্রচন্ড প্রহার করা ; উত্তম-মধ্যম দেওয়া ) They beat the thief black and blue.
  • Take to heart ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) He took his remark to heart.
  • Three R's ( প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা ) The majority of our people have not yet learnt the three R's.