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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Count upon ( নির্ভর করা ) I count upon your help for this work.
  • Anxious for ( উদ্বিগ্ন ) He is anxious for getting a job.
  • Accused of ( অভিযুক্ত ) He is accused of corruption.
  • Pretend to ( ভান করা ) He does not pretend to high birth.
  • Count for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) His advice counts for nothing.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • feather ones nest ( কাজ গুছিয়ে নেওয়া )
  • Fish out of water ( অস্বস্তিকর অবস্থায় ) When he came to the village, he felt like a fish out of water.
  • Nip in the bud ( অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা ) All his hopes were nipped in the bud.
  • Chip of the old block ( বাপকা বেটা ) He is a chip of the old black.
  • To the backbone ( হাড়ে হাড়ে ) The boy is wicked to the backbone.