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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Ambition for ( উচ্চাকাঙ্খা ) He has no ambition for fame in life.
  • Pass away ( মারা যাওয়া ) He passes away last night.
  • Rob of ( অপহরণ করা ) Somebody robbed him of his purse.
  • Deprived of ( বঞ্চিত ) He was deprived of his property.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Wait for ( অপেক্ষা করা ) I waited for him for two hours.

Idioms:

  • Birds eye view ( মোটামোটি ধারণা ; এক নজর ) He took a bird’s eye view of the flood-stricken area from an aeroplane.
  • be up and doing ( উঠে-পড়ে লাগা )
  • cringing flatterer ( খঁয়ের খা )
  • Beat about the bush ( কাজের কথায় না এসে আজেবাজে কথা বলা ) Please come to the point without beating about the bush
  • a piece of cake ( খুবই সহজ ) This assignment is a piece of cake
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.