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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Make out ( বুঝতে পারা ) I cannot make out what you say.
  • Qualified for ( যোগ্য ) He is qualified for the post.
  • Hunger for ( তীব্র আকাঙ্খা ) His hunger for knowledge surprised us.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Commence on ( শুরু করা ) Our examination commences on the 3rd July.

Idioms:

  • Carry the day ( জয়লাভ করা ) Rajib, the best player of the school, carried the day in the annual sports.
  • Do yeoman's service ( বিশেষ উপকার করা ) Raja Rammohan Roy has done yeoman's service to our country.
  • pound of flesh ( এক চুল এদিক ওদিক নয় )
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Bad blood ( মনোমালিন্য ; শত্রতা ; দ্বেষ ) Now there is bad blood between the two brothers.
  • At dagger drawn ( খড়গহস্ত ) The two brothers are now at daggers drawn.