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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Clue to ( সূত্র ) Find out the clue to the mystery.
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Need of ( প্রয়োজনীয় ) I am in need of more money.
  • Quick of ( চটপটে ) He is quick of understanding.
  • Laugh at ( বিদ্রুপ করা ) Do not taught at the poor.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.
  • By fits and starts ( অনিয়মিত ; মাঝে মাঝে ) He works by fits and starts.
  • Bone of contention ( বিবাদের বিষয় ) The paternal property is the bone of contention between the two brothers.
  • bell the cat ( সর্তকতার জন্য বিড়ালের গলায় ঘন্টা বাধা ; কোন কাজ যেটা অর্জন করা কঠিন বা অসম্ভব ) Everybody is trying but who actually bell the cat?
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • keep your chin up ( সুখি হওয়া ) His attempt keep your chin up