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

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Grateful for ( কৃতজ্ঞ (কোনকিছু) ) I am grateful to you for your help.
  • Plead for ( ওকালতি করা (কোনকিছু) ) I pleaded with him for justice (against the wrong done to me).
  • Play on ( বাজানো ) He played on guitar.
  • Eager about ( আগ্রহী ) He is eager about the result.
  • Live beyond ( বাঁচা ) He lives beyond his means.
  • Zealous for ( আগ্রহী ) He is zealous for improvement.

Idioms:

  • Bring to book ( শাস্তি দেওয়া ) He should be brought to book for his misconduct.
  • Now and then ( মাঝে মাঝে ) He comes here now and then.
  • At random ( বেপরোয়া ; এলোমেলো ) He hit the ball at random.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • Out of the wood ( বিপদমুক্ত ) He is not yet out of the wood.
  • Slip of the tongue ( বলায় সামান্য ভুল ) This is a slip of the tongue, don't lay much stress on it.