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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Appetite for ( ক্ষুধা ) The patient has no appetite for food.
  • Look up ( শব্দার্থ খোঁজা ) Look up the word in the dictionary.
  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Open at ( উন্মুক্ত করা বা খোলা ) Open at page 20 of English book.
  • Talk of ( কথা বলা (কোন জিনিস) ) I am talking to (with) Mr. Roy of (about, over) the matter.

Idioms:

  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • throw dust in ones hands full ( কারো চোখে ধূলো দেওয়া )
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.
  • Out of order ( বিকল ) This car is out of order.