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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Afraid of ( ভীত ) I am not afraid of ghosts.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Lament for ( বিলাপ করা ) She lamented for her child.
  • Prohibit from ( বারণ করা ) I prohibited him from going there.
  • Equal to ( সমতুল্য (কাজ) ) He rose equal to the occasion.

Idioms:

  • Big gun ( নেতৃস্থানীয় ব্যক্তি ) He is a big gun of our locality.
  • Breathe one's last ( মারা যাওয়া ) The old man breathed his last on Sunday last.
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.
  • Hard nut to crack ( কঠিন সমস্যা ) The problem of adult education is really a hard nut to crack.
  • Catch red handed ( হাতে নাতে ধরা ) The thief was caught red handed.