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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Greed for ( লোভ ) He has no greed for wealth.
  • End in ( শেষ হওয়া ) All his plans ended in smoke.
  • Preside over ( সভাপতিত্ব করা ) He presided over the meeting.
  • Yield to ( আত্মসমর্পণ করা ) He Yielded to his enemy.
  • Engaged in ( নিযুক্ত (কাজে) ) I was engaged with him in talk.
  • Composed of ( তৈরি ) Water is composed of Hydrogen and Oxygen.

Idioms:

  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Far and wide ( সর্বত্র ) His fame as a scholar spread far and wide
  • Lion's share ( সিংহভাগ ) He took the lion's share of the profit.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.
  • As usual ( যথারীতি ) He is late as usual.
  • a rotten apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few rotten apples.