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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Search for ( অনুসন্ধান ) Their search for the thing was of no avail.
  • Vain of ( অহঙ্কারী ) She is vain of her beauty.
  • Charge on or against ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) Theft was charged on (against) him.
  • Sure of ( নিশ্চিত ) I am sure of success.
  • Obsessed by ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is obsessed by the idea.
  • Complain to ( অভিযোগ করা (ব্যক্তি) ) The complained to the Director against the Manager about her behavior.

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • harp on the same string ( এক কথা বারবার বলা )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • By the by ( প্রসঙ্গক্রমে ) By the by I came to know that he was ill.
  • On the spur of the moment ( মুহুর্তের উত্তেজনায় ) He did it on the spur of the moment.
  • put a spoke to ones wheel ( কারও উন্নতিতে বাধা হওয়া )