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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make for ( অগ্রসর হওয়া ) The ship made for England.
  • Excuse for ( অব্যাহতি দেওয়া ) He will not be excused for coming late.
  • Brood on (over) ( মন খারাপ করা ) Do not brood over your misfortune.
  • Alarmed at ( আতঙ্কিত ) We were alarmed at he news.
  • Obstacle to ( বাধা ) Poverty is often obstacle to higher studies.
  • Jealous of ( ঈর্ষা পরায়ণ ) I am not at all jealous of his fortune.

Idioms:

  • Make both ends meet ( আয়ব্যয় মেলানো ) I cannot make both ends meet with my small income.
  • Come to light ( প্রকাশিত হওয়া ) Their private talk has come to light at last.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Man of straw ( অপদার্থ লোক ) We do not care a fig for a man of straw like him.
  • As if ( যেন ) He swims so beautifully as if he is the Olympic gold medalist.
  • After all ( সবকিছু সত্ত্বেও ) After all, he is a patriot.