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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Wish for ( আকাঙ্খা করা ) I do not wish for name and fame.
  • Despair of ( নিরাশ হওয়া ) Do not despair of success.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Add to ( যোগ করা ) Add this to that.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Care of ( যত্ন নেওয়া ) Take care of your health.

Idioms:

  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses
  • To and fro ( এদিন-ওদিক ) Being unable to make up his mind the man is walking to and fro.
  • Hush money ( ঘুষ ) He offered a hush money to suppress the murder.
  • Irony of fate ( ভাগ্যের পরিহাস ) He could not succeed by irony of fate.
  • To the contrary ( কাহারও বক্তব্যের বিপক্ষে ) In the court he said nothing to the contrary.
  • Crying need ( জরুরী প্রয়োজন ) Mass education is the crying need of Bangladesh.