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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Believe in ( বিশ্বাস করা ) I do not believe in his honesty.
  • Ashamed for ( লজ্জিত ) I feel ashamed for you.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.
  • Indebted to ( ঋণী ; কৃতজ্ঞ ) I am indebted to him for this help.
  • Escape from ( পলায়ন করা ) The prisoner escaped from the jail.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).

Idioms:

  • Hard and fast ( বাঁধা ধরা ) There is no such hard and fast rule in this matter.
  • On the wane ( হ্রাসমান ) His fame is on the wane now.
  • At a stretch ( একটানা ) He can run ten miles at a stretch.
  • Die in harness ( কর্মরত অবস্থায় মারা যাওয়া ) Dr. Sen died in harness.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Cut to the quick ( মর্মাহত হওয়া ) I was cut to the quick by his words.