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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pride on ( গর্ব করা ) He prides himself on his high birth.
  • Crave for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) He craves for wealth.
  • Enquire into ( অনুসন্ধান করা (কোন ব্যপার) ) He enquired of me into the matter.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Weary of ( ক্লান্ত ) He is weary of hard life.
  • Divide between ( ভাগ করা (দুটি বা দুজন) ) Divide the apple between Raqib and Shafique.

Idioms:

  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Moot point ( অমীমাংসিত বিষয় ) Dowry system is still a moot point in Bangladesh.
  • have ones eyes ( কারও হাতে বিস্তর কাজ থাকা )
  • Achilles heel ( দুর্বলতা বা ত্রুটি ) He is trying to hide but everybody knows his achilles' heel
  • Hue and cry ( শোরগোল ) The villagers raised a hue and cry to see the thief.