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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Long for ( কামনা করা ) He longed for fame.
  • Inquire about ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) I inquired of him about (into) the matter.
  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • Prompt in ( চটপটে (উত্তর) ) He is prompt in his answer.
  • Parallel to ( সমান্তরাল ) This line is parallel to that.
  • Essential to ( অত্যাবশ্যক ) Food is essential to health.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • At all events ( যাই ঘটুক সব ক্ষেত্রেই ) I shall stand by him at all events.
  • Flesh and blood ( রক্তমাংসের শরীর ) Flesh and blood cannot bear with such insults.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • A black sheep ( কুলাঙ্গার ) Tom is a black sheep in their family
  • breathe out ( নিঃশ্বাস ত্যাগ করা ) At last, he breathed his last breath out, and that was the end.