"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.
  • Apply to ( আবেদন করা (ব্যক্তি) ) He applied to he Secretary for the post.
  • Responsible for ( দায়ী (কোন কার্জ) ) He is responsible to the committee for his action.
  • Wanting in ( বিহীন ) He is wanting in common sense.
  • Differ on ( ভিন্ন মত হওয়া (ব্যপার) ) I differ with you on this point.
  • Absorbed in ( নিবিষ্ট ; মগ্ন ) Scientist is absorbed in experiment

Idioms:

  • word of no implication ( কথার কথা )
  • live by ones wit ( কথা বেচে খাওয়া )
  • A rainy day ( দুর্দিন ) Everybody should save something for rainy day.
  • Set free ( মুক্ত করা ) The prisoners were set free.
  • All but ( প্রায় ) The poor villagers are all but ruined.
  • In cold blood ( ঠান্ডা মাথায় ) They committed this murder in cold blood.