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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Pass for ( গণ্য হওয়া ) He passes for a clever man.
  • Officiate in ( পরিবর্তে কাজ করা (পদ) ) He officiated for me in that post.
  • Resign to ( আত্মসমর্পন করা (স্বয়ং) ) I resigned myself to fate
  • Eager for ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager for promotion in service.
  • Depend on ( নির্ভর করা ) Success depends on hard work.
  • Consist of ( গঠিত হওয়া ) This class consists of fifty boys and thirty girls.

Idioms:

  • be on ones back ( একেবারে কুপোকাত )
  • A bolt from the blue ( সম্পূর্ন অপ্রত্যাশিত ) The news of his father's death came to him as a bolt from the blue.
  • Weal and woe ( সুখ-দুঃখ ) Human life is full of weal and woe.
  • Take one to task ( তিরস্কার করা ) He was taken to task for negligence of duty.
  • Bag and baggage ( তল্পিতল্পাসহ ) He left the place bag and baggage.
  • A bed of roses ( সুখ-স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যপূর্ণ জীবন ) Many people think that life is a bed of roses