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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Hard at ( উদ্যমী ) He is hard at work before examination.
  • Zest for ( অনুরাগ ) She has no zest for music.
  • Stare at ( একদৃষ্টিতে তাকানো ) She stared at me.
  • Beware of ( সতর্ক হওয়া ) Beware of pick-pockets.
  • Render into ( অনুবাদ করা ) Render the passage into Hindi.
  • Subject to ( শর্তাধীন ) This is subject to approval of the committee.

Idioms:

  • Turn over a new leaf ( নূতনের সূচনা ) After his failure he turned over a new leaf.
  • a bad apple ( কোনো একটা দলের সব ভালোর মধ্যে খারাপ বা মন্দটা ) In any group of average citizens there are bound to be a few bad apples.
  • Above board ( সংশয়হীন ভাবে নির্দোষ ) His activities are open and above board.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • As it were ( যেন ) The sun is, as it were , the lamp of the universe.
  • Hold water ( ধোপে টেকা ; কার্যকরি হওয়া ) This policy will not hold water in this situation.