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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Guilty of ( দোষী ) He is guilty of murder.
  • Suffer from ( কষ্ট পাওয়া ) He is suffering from fever.
  • Partial to ( পক্ষপাত দুষ্ট ) He is partial to his son.
  • Guess at ( অনুমান করা ) Can you guess at her age?
  • Live for ( বেঁচে থাকা ) He lives for fame.
  • Taste for ( রুচি ) She has no taste for music.

Idioms:

  • At one’s wit’s end ( হতবুদ্ধি ) He was at his wit’s end and did not know what to do.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • Steer clear of ( এড়াইয়া চলা ) You must steer clear of evil company.
  • reap the harvest of sin ( কর্ম ভোগ করা )
  • Crocodile tears ( ময়া কান্না ) He shed crocodile tears at our misery.