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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Liking for ( রুচি ) She has a liking for music.
  • Live on ( খেয়ে বাঁচা ) The cow lives on grass.
  • Ashamed of ( লজ্জিত ) He is not ashamed of his conduct.
  • Callous to ( উদাসীন ) He is callous to my suffering.
  • Opportunity for ( সুযোগ ) I have no opportunity for (of) doing the work.
  • Quarrel over ( কলহ করা (কোনকিছু) ) They quarreled with one another over the property.

Idioms:

  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • Kith and kin ( নিকট আত্মীয় ) He has no good relationship with his kith and kin.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Build castles in the air ( আকাশ কুসুম চিন্তা করা ) Don't idle away your time in building castles in the air.