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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Open to ( উন্মুক্ত ) His plan is open to objection.
  • Hope for ( আশা করা ) Let us hope for the best.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Lay by ( সঞ্চয় করা ) Lay by something for the old age.
  • Sentence to ( দন্ডাদেশ দেওয়া ) He was sentenced to death for murder.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • queer go ( অদ্ভুত ব্যপার )
  • From hand to mouth ( দিন আনে দিন খায় ) The poor man lives form hand to mouth.
  • Red letter day ( স্মরণীয় দিন ) The 21 February is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • At once finger ends ( নখদর্পণে ) All these facts are at his finger ends.